They were made from "Duroplast" a strange polyester resin with cotton
fibers. It soaked up water and cracked in the winter. It's difficult to
recycle. I know of a Gas station in Sweden that have a blue Trabant 601
on the roof with the script "KING OF THE ROAD" on the side.
http://digilander.libero.it/cuoccimix/ENGLISH-automotorusse9-I(Trabant).htm
If you want to know more on the Sachsenring "Trabant" cars.
Thomas
citerar D F <dafox1@hotmail.com>:
> Some folks may never have had the pleasure of seeing a Trabant. East
> Germany [pre Wall collapse]. Their bodies were predominately made from
> particle board. The bugs loved'em.
>
>
> <()?))>
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> DAFox [SRL311-04646]
> Tucson, Arizona
> dafox1@hotmail.com
> http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m4209136303&n97189398
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
> To: "Autox \(E-mail\)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: Peristroika
> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:34:31 -0800
>
> I had a set of those on my Trabant, but it's now part of an apartment
> complex in Romania.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Marc Tyler
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 5:54 AM
> To: SPL311RDST@aol.com
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Peristroika
>
> Does anyone know of a source for KGB gas-a-just shocks?
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