To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Classic Car Restoration, JDM, and Automotive History Dec 22, 2024

Trabant Parade CRASHES Berlin Wall at the International Spy Museum

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Trabants are small cars made in East Germany that were very basic and simple. They are famous for being a part of the history of Eastern Europe.

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Zastavas are cars made in Yugoslavia that were known for being inexpensive and practical. They are part of the history of Eastern European cars.

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Ladas are cars made in Russia that are known for being cheap and easy to fix. They are often seen in many Eastern European countries.

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It's my only combi.

And so I'm president.

But we made a deal and got that done.

And both of those fellows are big into the parade of Trabonts at the Spy Museum.

So mid-November, or second weekend of November in D.C., there'll be often like 40 or 50

Trabonts, and they attract some Ladas and some Zadastavas and some other Soviet cars.

And they set up a cardboard version of the Berlin Wall and they crashed through it on the street.

Oh, that's neat.

I've got to see that now.

Yeah.

I mean, it's...

Yeah, you kind of have to.

You kind of have to.

And that's...

Wow.

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