tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post5980903852106815090..comments2024-03-27T15:55:32.875+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: Funny old cars - Poland 1989Michael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-82425706499441278812009-10-12T08:05:35.964+02:002009-10-12T08:05:35.964+02:00Not funny, fascinating.Not funny, fascinating.Paul from Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-13111813213891810012009-09-12T22:32:07.846+02:002009-09-12T22:32:07.846+02:00Ingatief is the grandson of the San Stefano imperi...Ingatief is the grandson of the San Stefano imperialist and plans a soviet takeover of Canada for the minerals.Lucky Archer - Λάκης Βελώτρηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566128816737977880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-21002400607962956352009-08-24T23:04:58.391+02:002009-08-24T23:04:58.391+02:00WHP - don't forget the Fiat 126P has a rear-mo...WHP - don't forget the Fiat 126P has a rear-mounted engine - which reminds me of a joke from that era. A Swede and a Pole were boasting about their cars. The Swede says "If I smash my Volvo head-on into a brick wall at 60kmph the engine remains untouched". The Poles says "If I smash my Fiat 126P into a brick wall at 60kmph, the engine also remains untouched."<br /><br />Jan - the Zaporozhets without the 'ear flaps' is just not the same!<br /><br />My fave communist-era cars however were the Czechoslovak Tatras - the T600 Tatraplan and the T603.Michael Dembinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-5532404462772284912009-08-24T13:06:26.847+02:002009-08-24T13:06:26.847+02:00Some fifteen years ago I owned a Zaporozec. It was...Some fifteen years ago I owned a Zaporozec. It was of this slightly modernized mk II series, with these spectacular air ducts sadly removed. My god, what ride was it ! Though it only had about 40kkm on the clock and the previous owner looked after it as if it was his own child, I was only able to make about 15 kkm in two years. It experienced all kind of mechanical failures, including a blown gasket, ground camshaft and a gearbox failure. And a fire from that ingenious gas-burning heating system. <br /><br />But the astonishing roar of 1300ccm, 45 hp, V4 engine will never be forgotten... (Particularly as the silencer fell off once)jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-57844038899920360762009-08-22T13:01:33.887+02:002009-08-22T13:01:33.887+02:00Ah, more pictures to bring back memories - thank y...Ah, more pictures to bring back memories - thank you for posting them!Aphelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11306206716810175997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-50491234954920381032009-08-21T21:47:00.424+02:002009-08-21T21:47:00.424+02:00But with an old Trabant, one could chop it in half...But with an old Trabant, one could chop it in half, throw away the front (and make a chicken house out of it), add two shafts, and have a nice little horse-drawn carriage for two people. Could one do this with a Fiat 126? Or with any of those other cars?White Horse Pilgrimhttp://transylvanianhorseman.typepad.com/whitehorsepilgrim/noreply@blogger.com