It isn't often that one can get a ride in an East German automobile where I live. I jumped at the opportunity.
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@Innochamp8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and nice to see that people in USA own Trabants and enjoy them.
@trabiman268 жыл бұрын
Trabant's are the best ;) I've got first Trabant 20 years ago and I had over 20 Trabants since then. This is kind of car which you love or hate nothing between. Sound of 2 stroke engine, smell inside the car make you feel happy ;) No modern car will give you that much fun because Trabant has completely unique construction. I'll be keeping my 5 Trabants forever 🙋
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+trabiman26 just like any of the old car is unique Do you smell the smoke in your car then you got holes in muffler:-)
@melonkat47033 жыл бұрын
I wish I had one of these
@Miniorpernik8 жыл бұрын
nice to see trabi lives across the pond!
@patrickmuller5904 жыл бұрын
Great to see this Zwickau legend there in the US ❤️
@Steelgreyeyes8 жыл бұрын
One of these made it to the US back in the early 90's ... inside the case of a Yugoslav built aircraft that was a copy of our AT-6 Texan. I had the honor to drive it down to the nearest auto show in October that year, and it was quite the attention getter as you cruised at a 45mph top speed. An East German woman came by and asked if we knew how to turn it into a sports car .... then laughed and said "Put a pair of Nike's in the trunk!"
@KiwiPowerNZ8 жыл бұрын
+Steelgreyeyes Well 2 stoke engines are quite tuneable aren't they? It's all to do with the exhaust manifold design, expansion chambers and such.
@advandervelden15888 жыл бұрын
My dad was a dealer off trabant in The Netherlands. I remember he sold the first weekend 25 new trabi's. He sold some as "delux" That was with chrome bumpers and chrome rings on the headlichts. Brings back the memories.
@joeblo57998 жыл бұрын
+Ad van der Velden a trabant dealer in the netherlands, that's not something i would have ever guest at or put money down as a bet.
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+Ad van der Velden that was a last 1991 601 version?
@advandervelden15888 жыл бұрын
+Aki Ami Masen It was indeed model 601. But it was arround 1965.
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
***** Well the eastern types market of the Trabant 601 was made with chrome bumpers and headlights only in 90 and 91. So that's why i'm asking cuz western 601 versions were made with better parts with high end stuff of the De Luxe. Exactly the same thing was with other cars like Fiat Volga Lada etc.
@advandervelden15888 жыл бұрын
+Aki Ami Masen mij father Let The bumper chromt by a local Shop.
@MCTeck8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chuck! The owner did a great job of describing the Trabant. These cars have quite a "Cult" following in Europe. I have seen some that have been heavily customized. 2 Strokes forever!
@RideswithChuck8 жыл бұрын
+MCTeck They are very rare here.
@trabbipaul8 жыл бұрын
A verry cool Car. My new its from 1964 and he needs some Work. And i can make the first drive when the weather its a little bit better as right now. Sincerelly Paul from Germany
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+trabbipaul well that is a great car i was have a Trabant 601 Sedan De Lux from 1986 but the engine was dead so i sold it and now i regret cuz i dont have the place for this car and taxes were too high for me at the time. In present times a one year ago one oldtimer was one Trabant 1.1 with Volkswagen engine and he don't wanna sell it to me but after some negotiations he say yes but I was late on that day and some other mutherfucker was steal this car and burn it cuz he can't turn engine in this car. Stil i can't handle with that i was lost that piece of modern Art like a substitute of USA cars from 50's like a Chevy 55 or 57.
@tompinion41387 жыл бұрын
It's nice that the owner of this car is so knowledgable about them. It's always interesting to hear about the history and details behind a particular automobile make.
@RideswithChuck7 жыл бұрын
I had breakfast with John this morning. He informed me that he has entered his better Trabant in the Geneva Concours Show.
@f.d.35955 ай бұрын
In Germany and Europe, nobody says 1967 Trabant. People say Trabant 601. Later, the Deluxe version also had a fuel gauge. The license plate says that the vehicle was registered in Berlin. It's nice to see that the owner looks after the Trabant and enjoys the vehicle.
@RideswithChuck4 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind words.
@Stratotank3r6 жыл бұрын
The number plate at the front indicates that this "Trabbi" was registered in Berlin. The first character (in this case an I) showed in which federal country the car was driven. Our Wartburg had a C for the city of Neubrandenburg.
@mtc23008 жыл бұрын
The 2 stroke version production ended in June 1990. The fourstroke version, build with VW Polo 1.1 liter engine, was ended in 1991.
@lochlannach92565 жыл бұрын
I visited East Berlin a couple of times before The Wall came down. When the lights turned green at intersection and about 1000 of those things revved up you could neither hear a thing nor breathe. Disgusting devices they were, though fascinating. Nice car there :)
@marzsit98334 жыл бұрын
basically powered by a snowmobile engine. one cool feature of the plastic body is that they don't dent or rust out.
@zorngottes17786 жыл бұрын
probably the most underestimated and missunderstood car ever. When You look at what the car had to be: cheap, simple, reliable, easy to maintain and repair (even by the owner), lightweight, with a high transport capacity, long lasting. It did it all.
@ubalze55775 жыл бұрын
it is so crazy!! the east german trabbi in the USA...unbelievable!! greetings from east Germany!
@ricusserfontein1086 Жыл бұрын
I love it. Simple peoples car with tons of character. Wil still run in a 100 years.
@emanuelmayer7 жыл бұрын
this was my first car, drove it from 1995-1999 -.-' I still miss it.
@jocking37 жыл бұрын
That can't be an 1967 one, because the vents on the "C" column first appeared in 1969. Also, the heating system is from a newer car too. It's maybe 1967, but it has been trough a lot of modifications, far from original. But still, it's nice to see a trabi so far from it's home. :)
@benjyfriedman6 жыл бұрын
Wolfgang Sander the Trabant featured in this video can't be a '80 or '81 because the steering wheel is a two-spoke. The Trabants manufactured after 1980 had 4-spoke steering wheels.
@RawData6 жыл бұрын
The cars serial number is 2296754 (you can see this in video), so the chassis dates of 1976. The motor seems to be a P63 (mixture 1:33) produced up to 1974. In east germany the people daily used this cars for very long time and after decades(!) older cars were a mix of many spare parts from different "epoches". This car is nonetheless a very nice one and it seems to be in very good optical AND technical condition! I would be happy to own this one.
@jocking36 жыл бұрын
Only the S and De Luxe models had 4 spoke steering wheels.
@nisserot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. I really like the sound of the acceleration and shifting at 07:30 - 07:43. Such a rich and beautiful sound. You used a recording device with good bass response and minimal/gentle AGC - which in my opinion is very important to properly capture car/engine sounds. (Most car videos here on youtube lack that)
@Spongschbob4 жыл бұрын
One thing about the fuel: Back in the days there were two types of premixed fuel available at the gas stations, so there was no need to fumble around with an extra oil can and such...
@wolfgang40782 жыл бұрын
Real exotic car for the US ! Evan here in germany it became a rare car. Back to the car basics like a 2CV ( wich I drive) makes a lot of fun and takes you back in history.
@RideswithChuck2 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe I had a ride in one.
@PRH123 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice balanced review. Without silly jokes and political comments. Thanks!
@MikesMovies8 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating video with a iconic car! a real bit of automotive history that, thanks for sharing!
@ottovonostrovo14866 жыл бұрын
When I was there in the 70's both East and West Germany has separate gas pumps for premix gas-oil or gas. A god send for us with 2 stroke vehicles without oil injection a la Japanese bikes of the same vintage (1970's). I had a 1957 RT 250 DKW motorbike.
@NuZTheRockerOFFICIAL8 жыл бұрын
Cars are one of my passions, this is a great old beast!
@moenchii7 жыл бұрын
Finally someone who doesn't hate on Trabis! :D
@MarcABrown-tt1fp2 жыл бұрын
They are not bad cars for their time. Yet it took 5-10 years for one to be delivered and they were produced well beyond the time they should have. Every bit as much sandbagging as Intel did with their quad core CPU's but x15. Its quite weird what no competition will do to a market, or a system of organization.
@Doggieman11118 жыл бұрын
Great interview and wonderful video of this historical vehicle. Thanks so much for posting this.
@RawData6 жыл бұрын
This dude knows his trabant. The car is in very good and original condition. The car starts excellent and smoke is minimal. Even the tires are good fitting the time. Congrats! I love it!
@RawData6 жыл бұрын
Btw. The radio is from Czechoslovakia and for sure "after market".
@jamesingersoll77228 жыл бұрын
I love that Trabant! Two-stroke, baby!
@Innochamp7 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that even in the US some Trabants are preserved and driven.
@TheShadeTreeFixitMan8 жыл бұрын
I expect that this car is very rare here in the US. Neat little vehicle that kinda reminds me of the older Saabs that were 2 stroke.
@caypiranha12464 жыл бұрын
Berlin licence plate...I did learn to drive in the 1959 "600" model,my grandpa used to own...
@PeterM09118 жыл бұрын
I use to own a '91 model, the latest one. It got newer igniton system with hall sensor not the old contact breaker. I have no problem with the car ever, altough brakes and wheelbearings weren't designed to handle the "racingstyle" driveing, what I practiced that time :), so I had to pay extra attention to keep them in good condition. It was quite comfortable too. One occasion I reversed into a ditch and the car banked on its sill. I'm wasn't a bodybuilder, but I could lift it up by its rear bumper and push it out. I have lots of great memories with that car. To be honest, I've had good few modern cars since. BMW, Peugeot, Mazda, etc.. But non of them was that perfect to me. Trabant was just a simplyfied and pure car. Made up to the job. Every minute I spent to drive that car was joy. Oh, and once I replaced the neadle sleeve bearings of the pistons wrist pins during my lunchbrake. And even I have left time to eat my lunch too. :)
@GJ-zb3me5 жыл бұрын
Great vid ! I have a trabbi I drive regularly here in Australia and am always surprised at the attention it gets
@Bulletguy073 жыл бұрын
Great to see an American appreciate the Trabbie. When the Berlin wall fell thousands of these little cars came chugging over the border and many were practically given away. You can still see a few privately owned ones in Germany and in Berlin they have fleets of them as taxis for tourists! It's the sort of car that pees off the common as muck Ferrari and Lamborghini posers as they see more folks staring at that funny little car!!!
@rizalhalim3313 жыл бұрын
thank you for educating us about this Cold War era car, a really special car in its days
@kaztrohun7 жыл бұрын
My first car was a Trabant 601S. Greetings from Hungary. :D
@mlm31658 жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Germany from 1989-1993 and I would have never thought to see these cars in the USA and I saw a lot of them over there.That "gas gage" killed me LOL!!
@95thFoot7 жыл бұрын
Dip sticks never lie....
@Petr756618 жыл бұрын
rrrrrrrran tan tan tan tan tan tan tan :-D
@GrandTheftChris7 жыл бұрын
reng deng deng deng reng reng reeeeeeeennnnng deng deng deng reng deng deng deng (as we would say in german ^^)
@alimombali20357 жыл бұрын
Rrram bam bam rrr bam bam bam bam bammm bam bammm bam here in the Netherlands ;)
@quas3927 жыл бұрын
If you were driving a barkas (which was wartburg van) it would go BLEM BLEM BELM BLEM BLEM DUNDUDDNDNDNDNDNDN BLEEEEEM DUDNDNDNDND
@onesandzeroes5 жыл бұрын
Trrrra ta ta ta ta (Poland)
@finno1234565 жыл бұрын
Lets leave it at crazy frog😂🤣
@Horvi838 жыл бұрын
I love it! - Congrats for the video! :)
@190170708 жыл бұрын
Good job John L!
@justboy51824 жыл бұрын
Man how I love this car, nice video! I thought americans can only laugh about this car but this video showed me the opposit thank u man! Bth I am from germany.
@RideswithChuck4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@AOP7623 жыл бұрын
If I have shall so much money that I could to go to see You car and You in USA. Unfortunatelly nowadays is some problems , but maybe it is possibly later . I´m from Finland, near of DDR. Oh yeh.
@42luke93 Жыл бұрын
If there is something to be liked about this car I would say that shifter is very convenient to use: 0:08
@robertschumann90597 жыл бұрын
dont forget that the Trabant was literally made from nothing
@rolandzoske4487 жыл бұрын
And 1970 also starts at the Monte Carlo Rally - and won it's class.
@Jeffrey3141593 жыл бұрын
Except recycled clothes and the same plastic we make our toilet seats out of
@enumrob4 жыл бұрын
I would love to pull up to some upscale restaurant or hotel and have the Valet park it. Smoke out everyone AND he probably wouldn't be able to get it into gear!!
@terryshrives83224 жыл бұрын
Very interesting car. Thanks for sharing
@gigimuresan8 жыл бұрын
Great classic car...very rare.
@afrikan16418 жыл бұрын
Everything about this car is beautiful. Glad it still is in a stock condition. I just came across a 78 buick opel for sale which i plan on purchasing. Gotta love the oldies, lol am the only 22 year old here looking at these old beaters?
@brianrevere62185 жыл бұрын
We have been running an opel at the 24 hours of lemons for a couple seasons. We punish her badly and she just keeps going. Love that little thing! Enjoy yours
@TheCarArchives968 жыл бұрын
Hi Chuck i run a large Facebook that is devoted to Socialist era cars mainly from 1945-1991 also a few members from the States with Volgas a Zil Trabants Lada's Wartburgs old Skodas and even a Dacia 1300 :D its called Eastern bloc cars over 5,000 members
@TheCarArchives968 жыл бұрын
Facebook group :D
@motorman18735 жыл бұрын
Oh man that's very cool hey bud if you're around this way anytime soon I'll get you to come down turn around and stuff all your ignorance straight up your stupid fucking ass and then you can go home smarter then you were how's that sound bud?
@paulccraciun18167 жыл бұрын
Independent suspension? Damn, I bought a 2015 car and it only has semi-independent. And it's a 4 door hatchback. You can cut down the frame of the doors and you can call your trabi a coupe :)
@f.p.13083 ай бұрын
The vehicle still has the old 6V alternator and the old 6V starter. The vehicle can be converted to 12V, as it was later equipped with 12V electrics ex works. That is definitely better than 6V. I would replace the radio. There were also other car radios in the GDR. The radio inside is a cheap radio with medium and short wave. Listening to something like that is no fun. If you like, you can also fit the vehicle with a rev counter and a fuel gauge. That was also available back then. The recommended mixing ratio of oil and gasoline was till 1972 1:33 and from 1972 1:50 (further developed engine). The ignition is also in need of maintenance. The breaker contacts have to be adjusted again and again and replaced if necessary. Later, there was a maintenance-free electronic ignition. You have to look after a car like this, always lubricate the grease nipples etc. In any case: Always have a good trip with your Trabant.
@MopedCloyd8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that nice Video Chuck and John!My grandpa had two and my dad had one of these.Since I am a GDR born guy, I know these pretty well.The smell of the interior, the sound and all the small odds.You could say I grew up on the back seat of the 601 my dad had.It became a collectible classic here and people care for them really well.You can get all the parts you need, even NOS parts.There are a lot of clubs around here. For one of the next video, maybe you can find a Volvo guy who has a nice 240 series from the early years.Cheers!
@Forsetti1256 жыл бұрын
Make some oil in the rubber of gearshifter-its very easier to shift. Greatings from east Germany, near berlin, where the car is from.
@realgroovy248 жыл бұрын
I want one! Because of the history and how simple the engines are
@Tandler778 жыл бұрын
+Sony Trinitron Not only the engine. The whole car is very simple. No offence in my comment. Its the simpliest car I have ever seen. And yet fully functional and does what you can expect from a car.
@horstgirtew30865 жыл бұрын
The Trabant won the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally in the class up to 850 cc with a double victory.
@geronimothegreywolf7 жыл бұрын
give her a little love and she will run forever
@mentalbreakdown25647 жыл бұрын
Als Ostdeutscher freut man sich sehr! As a Eastgerman you be very happy!
@jlh4jc4 жыл бұрын
Many of these cars are in remarkably good condition for their age. In a planned economy, East German citizens had to get on a 10 year waiting list for one of these unless they worked for the government. They didn't have an option to say screw this, I'm getting a VW, an Audi, or any of the other West German vehicles. So when they got the Trabant after waiting a decade, they took great care of it.
@dominiksiebrecht89328 жыл бұрын
The "S" means "Sonderwunsch# or extra .
@dominiksiebrecht89327 жыл бұрын
s.O.
@GrandTheftChris7 жыл бұрын
@Mathias Wiegand: er meinte nicht das S auf der haube sondern hinter 601 du vogel. ;)
@GrandTheftChris7 жыл бұрын
Amon Herntrich nö ist genau richtig.
@95thFoot7 жыл бұрын
Sonderwunsch = "special edition" or "special request"
@dominiksiebrecht89327 жыл бұрын
Wo siehst das?
@ikutiap59234 жыл бұрын
I drove one in Hungary and it was real fun
@timrichter19807 жыл бұрын
In Germany, we use the shorter form of pronouncing 'Trabant'. We were glad to have 4 stroke engines in west germany, but now we are happy to have some Trabants still on the street, but not much. Preservation of the past if you will. Very reliable for its kind.
@CEOkiller8 жыл бұрын
I like the "gas guage" -worked or the Model T and it works for this!
@TalladegaNight6 жыл бұрын
i want one, i don't know why, but i want one.
@talfacprez8 жыл бұрын
IS this the Citroen guy a few videos back. I like collectors of cool and interesting cars.
@ziggassedup8 жыл бұрын
That almost looks like an "Opal" badge up the front..I would have liked to have been in the design room when that idea came about..
@DKlegacyRS8 жыл бұрын
+ZIGgassedUP. It's simpel, The manufacturer of the Trabant is VEB SachenRing. S for Sachen and a ring for the ring in the manufacturer name
@Monstervolging5 жыл бұрын
The roar of that beast
@coolrides8 жыл бұрын
Nice! I videoed one for sale at Mecum Kissimmee! :) Jack
@randy1097 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chuck! Good video. I worked for the DoD from the late 70's until today, with the "Cold War" pretty much over since '92. We were actually scared of the Soviets even though their 1970 cars weren't as good as we were building in the late 1940's. You can now see why US troops never had to fight this 'boogeyman'... Soviet technology was SO far behind us and our Western European allies it wasn't even funny.
@estebandufanzo55307 жыл бұрын
I was always under the impression that, while Soviet technology was pretty limited in civilian life, the military and space tech was highly innovative and advanced. The documentary on the NK-33 rocket engine, for example, highlights this. It was a super efficient engine designed and built in the '60s that utilized a closed-cycle system that Western engineers believed wasn't feasibly possible and was a sort of Holy Grail for rocket design.. Only when the Soviet Union collapsed and these old engines were revealed did it become apparent that Russian engineers 30 years prior had successfuly built something that the West thought couldn't be done. Hell, they were so good that they were sold and used in modern Western spacecraft decades later. I think the real issue wasn't the technological prowess of Russia but the lack of resources inherent in the Soviet system. It seems quite possible that, at the right time, the nation and Eastern Block countries could have been capable of victory in a new global conflict. Thankfully it never happened and of course we'll never know what really would have occurred. But one thing is for sure, it would have been a bloody, bloody event for all sides.
@Finsami717 жыл бұрын
Great video! Just search like 'East Berlin 1987' on youtube and youll find some more. For elderly guys like me, it really takes me back in a good way.
@tomg51066 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing
@jd8mm7382 жыл бұрын
I'd love to drive one of those, just once even.
@RideswithChuck2 жыл бұрын
Keep your eyes open. There might be one near where you live.
@jd8mm7382 жыл бұрын
@@RideswithChuck I'm close to Chicago, so similar to the DDR for sure!
@elhatarolodohod20405 жыл бұрын
They used to sell the gas and oil already mixed at the gas station.
@joaogoncalves10978 жыл бұрын
This car was the symbol of the communist regime in the former East Germany. As well as Lada for the USSR. Great video. Thanks for sharing this for us. Superb.
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+Joao Goncalves Yeah Right. Go to school and learn something before you gonna say some crap. That's not Communism *that was Socialism*. *Communism you got only in Catholic Church* And guess what Lada still is made vehicles in Capitalist Russia.
@wendyokoopa70484 жыл бұрын
lately a bunch of my xbone crew were playing Forza 4 and showing off the different vehicles in the game including a Van that you can do in A-team livery(I pity they fool who doesn't deck out in A-team livery) an isetta, and apparently a car you can do as the Ecto 1. I've decided we need the Trabant. Seriously. WE need to put a Trabant and Wheego in the game.
@srs_lol5 жыл бұрын
Very cool owner
@AriDerGamer8 жыл бұрын
The S in the Name Trabant 601-S stands for "Sonderwunsch" and this means you can have a extra wish. The radio was not the wish, someone fitted it in later probably, it was the extra shelf under the radio and this had an extra cost which was very high in the communistic GDR :D Greetings from eastern Germany ;)
@RideswithChuck8 жыл бұрын
+Aspera-Ari Thanks for the info!
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+Aspera-Ari Sorry but you are mistaken i was having the old Trabant 601 and that car was in my family since the 1986 and there was a original radio from 1985 year even in manual there is a note on that there was a radio but only in both like S and De Luxe Version. Only in Universal just read the stock version there was no any radio inside. Btw. that was a Socialism not the Communism - so kido you should learn something before you gonna say something stupid on things you don't understand. Communism you got only in Sect's and in Catholic Church ( and to be honest that is another Sect made tho thousand years ago )
@AriDerGamer8 жыл бұрын
+Aki Ami Masen sorry that the terms are different in German. I'm living in the former GDR an as i said, i was not really sure which version has a Radio^^
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
Aspera-Ari So now you know. Radio was only with both versions of the Trabant 601: *S* and *De Luxe*
@deltaforce49216 жыл бұрын
realy nice car
@recoveringnewyorker22437 жыл бұрын
It's a Bernie mobile!
@SuperNorstShow7 жыл бұрын
This would be such a great back up car. Simple mechanics, extremely low cost, likely easy to maintain. Sheesh, if Germany is still littered with them they can send one over to Mansfield Ohio, the ass crack of the USA.
@reneschneider50074 жыл бұрын
In Winter cold, in Summer hot XD
@Tight4Skin3 жыл бұрын
The cars panels are made of cotton with resin!
@MrLuvOldies8 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I never saw one before.
@RideswithChuck8 жыл бұрын
+jay capp I'm glad to be of service.
@noelconroy36478 жыл бұрын
2 stroke engine good in frosty weather are cooled :)
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+Noel Conroy That car was great during the winter time.
@noelconroy36478 жыл бұрын
Yes Stoke have a good week ahead and family regards :))
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
Noel Conroy but more effective cars are with RWD on snow than FWD from these two. But you can't compare with AWD and 4x4 drive
@chaoscast4 жыл бұрын
I owned the Trabant 601S from 1996 to 1999 and I loved it. It was perfect in winter. I truly miss it.
@norbertwahrstein3658 жыл бұрын
Beim rein setzten solltest du das Lenkrad nicht so strapazieren. Sonst hast du da nicht lang Freude dran ;) ich Rede aus Erfahrung...Gruß aus Deutschland
@_julian.rr_62078 жыл бұрын
Dacht ich mir auch so :D von mir auch Gruß aus Deutschland
@brokkrep6 жыл бұрын
Hoffentlich spricht er Deutsch, sonst ist der Kommentar sinnlos :()
@oooSturmgeistooo4 жыл бұрын
"When you sit down in your trabant, you shouldn't stress the steering wheel this much. Otherwise you risk breaking it". Habe es fuer sie uebersetzt. Hoffe es ist sinngemaes richtig. Nun kann er auch ohne deutsch kentnisse ihr gesagtes verstehen. :)
@norbertwahrstein3653 жыл бұрын
@Sonstiges gibt doch Englisch-Deutsch Translator 👍
@norbertwahrstein3653 жыл бұрын
@Sonstiges hat doch schon der Junge Mann im Komentare vor dir gemacht 👍👍👍
@Crewdriver957 жыл бұрын
Ein Top Zustand für dieses Alter wow
@atilapapns4 жыл бұрын
My first car in Serbia. 1994 🙂🙂🙂
@mityatarasov8748 жыл бұрын
The official vehicle of gopniks.
@nikolanikola85435 жыл бұрын
Nah... That would be the Lada or Zastava
@chadcastagana91815 жыл бұрын
What is a "gopnik"?
@nikolanikola85433 жыл бұрын
@Neil Foster *Moskvich
@eurasia20707 жыл бұрын
that car will be never stolen.
@maerzen77wellcome7 жыл бұрын
Sounds a bit more noisy than usual - maybe the heater pipe is rusty inside. That could be an unhealthy problem, the air is heated directly by the exhaust and exhaust gas could reach the inside of the car through a rusty hole. Turn on the heater for a quick test and if there's any smell of exhaust gas in the car, order a spare part soon and enjoy a quieter engine and clean, warm air from the heating-system on cold days! Nice car, btw :-)
@brutalmaster7 жыл бұрын
A "Pappe" (Cardboard) in America.. :) Cooool..
@austx2908 жыл бұрын
Wow...never seen one in person.
@akiamimasen86088 жыл бұрын
+austx290 then go to EU and Eastern part of the EU Germany Czech Republic Hungary Poland
@pamik8 жыл бұрын
yes my second part of family in east side of Czech Republic still owns one Trabant. When i rode inside it 10 years ago I felt a little ashamed, but now like everything changed in our world i would have felt cool:)
@henryseidel54693 жыл бұрын
Nice to see an American describe this car as it is: an easy piece of technics. In Europe it is just described as a piece of negative political propaganda. Of course it is a very simple one, but it works and does not claim to be more than it really is. A cheap way to get from A to B ! Ideal for short distances.
@TauvicRitter3 жыл бұрын
Its so cute
@BigRobChicagoPL7 жыл бұрын
It sounds like my scooter!
@kevinbyrne45385 жыл бұрын
This week (2019 January 10) I saw a Trabant 601-S de Luxe Universal in my town (northeast U.S.). The owner had bought it in East Germany, from the son of a widow, who had stored it in a garage after her husband died and her kids bought her a newer, better car.
@edwardschwenk31005 жыл бұрын
I hope they got her a reliable shiny new Russian - built Volga GAZ-21. (LOL) Just joking with you buddy.
@alexsekug11366 жыл бұрын
Hes in Illinois?! I need to buy one of his Trabi's
@trainroomgary8 жыл бұрын
Hi Chuck - Interesting automotive history and ride. How did the car pass the EPA Test for admissions? Back seat? • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
@RideswithChuck8 жыл бұрын
+trainroomgary A 1967 automobile only needs to pass 1967 standards as I understand things.
@TheCarArchives968 жыл бұрын
Also as its over 25 years old you can import any vehicle made before 1990 and also they made the Trabant 1.1 from the engine of a VW Polo you can buy them cheap in Hungary for around under a couple of thousand dollars