The amazing hidden car culture of Communist Cuba

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Bill Warner is the Founder and Chairman of The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Foundation but he is also a world renowned automotive journalist and photographer. He co-wrote a book about Cuba's Car Culture. This is the story of his research. Learn more about the Bill & the Concours at ameliaconcours.org/
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@rodaj687 4 жыл бұрын

It's not car culture it's called survival.

@VINwiki 4 жыл бұрын

Fast & Furious got some parts of it right!

@clintgliford9941 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Top Gear was the best version of Top Gear we had. Now we have Car Trek!

@MianCowell 4 жыл бұрын

What a high profile guy to have on VinWiki!

@Brock_Corb 4 жыл бұрын

Right? Founder of amelia island concourse ... I loved how he just casually slid that a governor or congressman casually helped him out.. Lol he forsure runs in some better circles then I do.

@lurk7967 4 жыл бұрын

@@Brock_Corb he was born into it just because he had a co gressoerson help him casually doe snot mean he's better than you

@kingroyalgaming6122 4 жыл бұрын

@@lurk7967 🤦🏾‍♂️🤡you're dumb

@USN1985dos 3 жыл бұрын

@@lurk7967 Found the communist

@isaacsrandomvideos667 3 жыл бұрын

Brock Corb wow

@guskipper1194 4 жыл бұрын

If I stumbled upon a 300SL like that I would lose my mind!

@CuoreSportivo 4 жыл бұрын

only in a us-sanctioned country. cuba is the only example for that right now.

@bandsiam980 4 жыл бұрын

i would have been attempting to buy it haha

@trumpzilla7095 4 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. That 300SL would turn into a Gem if any of us got a hold of it.

@lamberko 4 жыл бұрын

The Cuba 300 SL is well known since decades. Thousands of offers. Not sold.

@claycrawford9009 4 жыл бұрын

lamberko how much were they offering do you know?

@roberthudson2327 4 жыл бұрын

I go to Cuba a couple of weeks every year. If you know the right people, relationships forged over time, there are a number of absolute original 50s cars kicking around. Hard to find, but they exist. I went over a 57 Ford Sunliner a few years ago in Havana near Revolution Square. I could find nothing about it that wasn't original Ford. Incredible restoration.

@atomicmillenial9728 4 жыл бұрын

Very, very rare. My dad got talking to a Cuban guy on Facebook who has a bone stock '55 Crown Victoria, even has the 292 Y-block in it still. He gets a lot of parts from Canada and Australia.

@c103110a 4 жыл бұрын

"The people are very resourceful and have nothing." Coming to a country near you.

@philincaundo 4 жыл бұрын

Uhhh. Not quite.

@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus 4 жыл бұрын

If the swamp donkeys ever get their way.

@jasonroman8031 4 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong

@isaacsrandomvideos667 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@7891ph 3 жыл бұрын

Only if the"Trickle Down Economics" Communist's have their way.

@CharlieBrownGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Finally some VinWiki instead of hear more corona news everywhere thank you guys for the videos we need a distraction from all the bad that's happening!!

@pieyield2255 4 жыл бұрын

clos2221 agreed. Thank good for VINWiki and their new show, Car trek

@CharlieBrownGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Pie yield _ indeed matter fact I just got done watching their first video really good !!

@Toxic2T 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this cleans up the mind, at least for the day.

@jefferyepstein9210 4 жыл бұрын

Pie yield _ Anything with Tavarish in it I can’t watch.

@Kellsboro 4 жыл бұрын

Bill Warner is a great addition to the VINwiki channel with his knack for detail and storytelling. He's "been there, done that".

@drost582 4 жыл бұрын

As Canadian we go to Cuba often. Around Varadero we see new Chev and Dodge trucks, Audi, VW, and Mercedes. Majority are 50s car and most appear to have been sitting in the ocean for 50 years. Very nice people.

@KWMQ 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 2006 or so I spent 10 days in Havana doing some training at their vaccine plant. Every day they drove us from the hotel in Miramar to the plant out in the middle of the sugar plantations in a late-90s Chrysler Grand Voyager (3rd gen I think). The coolest thing was every lunch they drove us to their hospitality building, which must have been an early-20th century plantation owner's house, in a variety of 1970s and 1980s US or Canadian school buses. Lots of little Fiat/Polski 126s there as well - on one trip into the plant one got stuck in a pothole a couple of cars ahead of us, so a couple of guys waiting on the side of the road just ran over and lifted it out. Just about everything there has a diesel engine - at rush hour the stench of low-quality diesel fumes was pretty overpowering.

@brettbilger1390 4 жыл бұрын

Who else is here after watching Car Trek?

@masongoff6075 4 жыл бұрын

Most watched Car Trek from hearing it here

@wschnitzler 4 жыл бұрын

Mason Goff nope

@cdawg272 4 жыл бұрын

LoL

@maxbakken8521 4 жыл бұрын

Yea no

@jamesfletcher474 4 жыл бұрын

Yea nah

@tor2823 4 жыл бұрын

once i ran over a donkey *vin wiki music plays*

@123ascars8 4 жыл бұрын

shrek plot twist It was a person

@katieandkevinsears7724 4 жыл бұрын

I went to Havana in June 2017. I saw that Bonneville convertible in person. It has an inline 5 engine today. Quite creative engineering to keep those cars running.

@magnacars 4 жыл бұрын

That 300SL coupe has now been resorted.

@user-rv8wb1nl1b 3 жыл бұрын

or restored . . .

@enrique9471 4 жыл бұрын

Cuba has heart and spirit like no other. I wouldn’t say that they have nothing because they’re poor. They don’t have access because they’ve been denied access. Still a cool video.

@RemygunzxxTV 4 жыл бұрын

Since 2013 I've been wanting a classic from Cuba most of those cars they're driving you cant even find a frame anymore

@caden3122 4 жыл бұрын

“The newest American car we saw down there was a ‘61 Pontiac” *literally a 2010s ranger behind it*

@OIcu-go2tk 3 жыл бұрын

That is not a Ford, it is a Asian built SUV. Do your research before trolling.

@sdannenberg3 3 жыл бұрын

@@OIcu-go2tk Is it one of those Chinese knock offs?

@freshtree Жыл бұрын

he was referring to back when he went there

@caden3122 Жыл бұрын

@@freshtree I made this comment when I was 15 you can’t blame me for being a little stupid LMAO

@TheJeracuda 4 жыл бұрын

the part about Russian tractor motors reminds me of the beginning of Fast 8 where Vin Diesel mentions that the car he's looking at has a Boat Motor in it lol

@andrewkasper9959 4 жыл бұрын

I want to have a beer with this man

@Philip_J_Hill 4 жыл бұрын

a Coors beer? 8:54 Edit : added timestamp

@jacobs.9797 4 жыл бұрын

This was a really cool episode! Really insightful and entertaining!

@BatCaveOz Жыл бұрын

I remember when Dominic Toretto drove a flaming 1930's pickup truck in reverse to win "The Cuban Mile". True story... Good Times... Family.

@Darkwolf0925 4 жыл бұрын

Wow i been fan of the channel for quite some time and i never thought of hear about a car story from my country!!! Good job guys!!

@dunnestgaming1415 4 жыл бұрын

adrian ruiz same

@nickstalker3254 4 жыл бұрын

jerry seinfeld called these classics, to which bill burr said that theyve been driviing those cars for fifty years theyre not classics theyre probably sick of them.

@98RandR 4 жыл бұрын

Those "polski" cars he refers to means literally polish. Polski fiat to be exact.

@Samana444 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is my favorite interviewee period. Has the best stories

@mikesteele5729 4 жыл бұрын

6:30 That Chrysler once belonged to Ernest Hemingway. I read an article about it's restoration.

@jeremyfowler1519 4 жыл бұрын

I loved that show Cuban chrome. Hope someone does something like that down there. Crazy how they kept these cars going with any part they could find or make.

@trumpzilla7095 4 жыл бұрын

Great speaker, Great story VINwiki. Thank you.

@tannerrangel9214 4 жыл бұрын

I love his narration & casualness

@evalonious 4 жыл бұрын

Great episode Ed!

@markchip1 4 жыл бұрын

Ahh! The Parque Centrale Hotel in Havana! Great place, great service, great ice cream too!!

@smokeybear390 4 жыл бұрын

There's literally a ford behind 1960's pontiac, you know the newest american car you saw in cuba.

@aceofspades9845 4 жыл бұрын

last time I was this early an entire city wasn't destroyed by 2 giant balls

@jamesmanning4346 4 жыл бұрын

This made me think of Fate of the Furious

@CreationsVibration 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandma hid a plymouth super bird for decades

@warmongerairsoft 4 жыл бұрын

I like how he talks about “If your in a Communist country then everybody’s watching you”. Dude, ever heard of the Patriot Act? Our shit government does the same thing

@LouisSubearth 4 жыл бұрын

Here its our devices doing the spying, and also selling ads from the data they gather from us.

@warmongerairsoft 4 жыл бұрын

Louis Subearth devices made and tended by humans

@s3ody9999 4 жыл бұрын

I think ChrisFix should make a debut on the channel.

@hitmanforeverjohnlynch8160 4 жыл бұрын

I could listened to that for hours.

@flatfourluka1306 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite story from Vinwiki

@henrycollins2478 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine that the 300sl talked about is the same one that classic and sports car wrote an article about it being restored

@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus 4 жыл бұрын

What a cool guy! I'd love to be in his close-knit car entourage.

@tony66au 4 жыл бұрын

That was different, I like it!

@dredontdrown 4 жыл бұрын

As a cuban I go to cuba to visit family often. There’s actually pretty new cars that you can rent when you arrive to the airport. My dad went this past summer and he rented a 2017 Mercedes GLC. There are new cars but gas is scarce so if you see a newer car it’s rented by someone who is a tourist.

@s0y_s0y26 4 жыл бұрын

I know a lot about the hidden gem cars in Cuba

@lamberko 4 жыл бұрын

So what?

@s0y_s0y26 4 жыл бұрын

lamberko there extremely beautiful cars some beyond repair I’m Cuban myself and occasionally go hunting for cars like these for fun

@boxedfender4810 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sad to hear how these rare classics get modified with the "wrong" motor or parts or sit in a state of decay because it's history and that's important. The ones that live on tho are gorgeous 😍

@SickeningEmu 4 жыл бұрын

this guy is a beast. Respect

@supercarspr 4 жыл бұрын

Our sister island is a hidden gem for classic cars!

@jeanguerra1869 10 ай бұрын

I’m the son of Cuban exiles and I travel to the island quite often as I love the culture and the people , in if there is something I learned is that the wealth is still there it’s just hidden now , people that you think don’t have it , have it

@Brock_Corb 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's quite the guest you got Ed, I'm sure he has a few interesting stories in him. #VinWiki #EdBolian

@Steven-eb5op 4 жыл бұрын

In Havana there is a really good car museum with a lot of vintage cars including Rolls Royces

@yellowdoghnut45 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta watch Cuban Chrome on motortrend. Absolutely amazing show

@andrianstefanus3958 3 жыл бұрын

I guess I’m just a kid cause some of the 50-60s car that were shown I automatically attached eyes to the windshield and imagine em like the Disney car movie.

@mfoxo 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Rabbit was still married!

@PaulFloyd207 4 жыл бұрын

Here after watching car trek.

@artysmotorsports 4 жыл бұрын

Cars and women in Cuba are certainly something you'll never forget 👍

@quickshotzz6680 3 жыл бұрын

Just got back from Cuba was my 17th time love the people and the car culture

@communismman1471 4 жыл бұрын

Aww I thought he would show the xray of the España Suiza

@bukarabdullahi127 3 жыл бұрын

I stayed in Cuba for some months... lived in San Jose, about 30min or so from Havana.. I went to Havana frequently. Immediately you get to Cuba, its like you are in the 70's .... it's all old school.

@805NAVE 4 жыл бұрын

Remember Ed, there was no flood in Santa Monica last April. Ooops wrong video

@jefferyepstein9210 4 жыл бұрын

I saw a 57 Ford with a Yugo engine in Havana.

@33ecto33 3 жыл бұрын

3:15 GAZ 14 'Chaika', V8. Very cool. 6:05 Polski Fiat 126p Rear wheel drive, rear engine, 2 cylinders, 700cc if yer lucky lol

@henryatkinson1479 3 жыл бұрын

GAZ Chaikas are still some of the coolest cars on earth.

@davetires7300 4 жыл бұрын

Ver y well Done Eddie 👍🤓🇺🇸 YOU GET THE GREATEST STORIES ...

@jktwice8235 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating story!

@Sahbab11 4 жыл бұрын

Great memory and storyteller

@timbennn9970 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to listen to him tell story’s

@LouisSubearth 4 жыл бұрын

5:21, he says the newest American car out there was the 61 pink Pontiac. But there's a 2005-ish Ford Ranger behind it, and it doesn't look like the Mazda based model at the time (they had shorter grilles and headlights. Maybe it came after he last saw the Pontiac?

@boxedfender4810 4 жыл бұрын

I could be wrong here but its very possible that it didn't get there from the USDM.. The ranger was sold in other countries I believe

@LouisSubearth 4 жыл бұрын

@@boxedfender4810 it could be either US or Canadian spec, but a lot of US cars end up in the Middle East, and it's very possible that the importer that brings cars to Cuba has access to those Middle Eastern auction blocks, as well as auctions in Mexico and other nearby countries where US cars may end up in.

@CuoreSportivo 4 жыл бұрын

i heard about the hispano suiza story but can't remember the source.

@SimonvanderWorp 4 жыл бұрын

There's supposed to be a DB5 in Cuba with a Lada engine and interior

@mikainaidoo938 4 жыл бұрын

Their is

@BBJ737 4 жыл бұрын

That red at 1:01

@WhiteTrashPardy 4 жыл бұрын

Meyer Lansky that’s me!

@justinkoster4417 4 жыл бұрын

as a canadian going to cuba is easy and canadians love it there cuba has an amazing charm about it. Americans need to calm down about cuba they are no threat to you they may still be a communist country but americans up until recently have gotten along fine with china. Cubans are great people

@TNPolaris 4 жыл бұрын

I went to Cuba in 2015, believe it or not, theres a Porsche 356 knocking around that someone drives daily. Saw it a few times. It's pretty rough though 😥

@Auto.Anorak 4 жыл бұрын

I was studying Cuba in politics before the Corona virus shut my school down, this is really interesting to hear about.

@jamescameron9420 4 жыл бұрын

"three quarter sized Obama"

@geoffreyhicks8506 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome story.

@binkleyme 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to import vehicles from Cuba?

@typxxilps 4 жыл бұрын

nice one about communism and capitalism : getting tips makes the difference

@FirstGendodgegarage 3 жыл бұрын

buddy said the newest car they saw was a 1961 .. LOL @ 5:22 there is a ford ranger

@jytheiowaguy1897 4 жыл бұрын

These classic cars are mostly Mercedes diesel powered nowadays. I think they're getting new Chinese manufactured vehicles there too.

@joesshows6793 4 жыл бұрын

We really need to get back to Cuba. So stupid to hold a grudge all this time

@LouisSubearth 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Cuba no longer represents a threat to the US, so I guess the embargo lift is long overdue and let them open up to the world in full force. Maybe that way we can ship them the parts to restore those classics and they can teach us how to be as resourceful as they are.

@joesshows6793 4 жыл бұрын

Louis Subearth their economy would explode thanks to our want for classic cars. Win win for all

@LouisSubearth 4 жыл бұрын

@@joesshows6793 their economy can't go any lower. If anything, the embargo will have them on par with the Dominican Republic in terms of economic development.

@declanvillar5557 3 жыл бұрын

2:45 what is that car? It’s not a Gaz Chaika

@carlsegerstrom3989 4 жыл бұрын

Why is there a neon sign of the Lacoste company. They make clothes...

@christiantava442 3 жыл бұрын

The 300 SL was restored by an Italian entrepreneur

@freedumbsquirts4809 4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, we're being constantly spied upon in the land of the free...

@fearlessshadow5856 3 жыл бұрын

Vinwiki needs Tom Cotter stories

@dutozousa 4 жыл бұрын

It’s so cool history

@DTittle 4 жыл бұрын

Daddy saw one of the t.v. series about cars in Cuba and said he felt sorry for all those have to live under such oppression. Of course he’s a tad biased because his U.S.A.F. Reserve Unit went on alert during the Cuba Missile Crisis. He was an armorer/J-57 engine mechanic assistant on the F-100’s.