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NefCanuck,Apr 6 2009, 11:58 AM Wrote:I'm curious as to how those newer cars got into the country (I see one pic has a late model Volvo in there)

Wonderful pics, makes me wish I could go, but Cuba isn't eactly an "accessible" country :ph34r:

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Any car company that isn't American (well, after 1959 anyways), can be there. I have a pic of a FIAT dealership, and the jeeps (Suzuki Jimny's) and buses are all Japanese. Many of the cabs are Peugeots, while most privately owned cars are ladas or pre-1959 american cars.

The only thing is the maintenance... the first jeep I got into had over a foot of travel in clutch pedal that required me to raise my knee up beside the steering wheel to push in, and all the dummy lights were lit and none of the buttons worked.

The second jeep we got had only one dummy light on, but it was blinking .. the clutch had 1/4" of travel -- seriously, the moment you took weight off your foot, the clutch was engaged, and the front end wobbled a lot at 120kph... so while goods are imported from other countries, they're maintained with Cuban ingenuity and will power.

How many '39 coups have you seen with a diesel engine swap? I counted at least 4.