Cuban find

[Bob Forman]

This came from The Chicane tonight. This 300SL was apparently abandoned in the fields of Cuba by (most likely) a capitalist prior to the Castro brothers taking power. I hope the owner was able to escape the Island with its weight in cigars. What a pity.

[Jim Nelson]

That will get rebuilt, given what Gullwings are going for.

[Emil Wojcik]

That will get rebuilt, given what Gullwings are going for.

Yes, but only if it finds its way out of Cuba first.

[Jim Nelson]

That will get rebuilt, given what Gullwings are going for.

Yes, but only if it finds its way out of Cuba first.

You bet, that's an important safety tip. I can only imagine the number of collectors chomping at the bit to go there.

[Mark Sabbann]

I can only imagine the number of collectors chomping at the bit to go there.

The car situation in Cuba is a time capsule worth keeping. The combination of natural and governmental isolation, limited parts, local ingenuity, natural patinas and custom looks has come together as a special and unique cultural entity. Before this gets disrupted with collectors buying this and that and cars going here and there, I think it would be really cool for someone (or a group of folks) with deep pockets to cherry pick a few dozen prime examples that highlight the depth and breadth of the cars there and keep them together and further preserved, representing the car culture of Cuba in a special collection. That's my vision... We are nearing the point in time, beyond which comes the change. It's only this 'original' once and I don't think a comparable situation exists anywhere else in the world.

[Bob Forman]

I guess we are really behind the times. Here's a youtube video with 140,000 hits of the same car. Looks worse here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAyJzgsPLOE

[Mark Pribanic]

I guess we are really behind the times. Here's a youtube video with 140,000 hits of the same car. Looks worse here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAyJzgsPLOE

Yeah, old news

[steverestelli]

A 2010 Cuban law bans the removal of classic cars from Cuba:
http://beta.english.manoramaonline.com/ ... -cars.html

[Brian R Adams]

A 2010 Cuban law bans the removal of classic cars from Cuba:

There's also a 1959 law that bans the removal of classic humans from Cuba.

Brian

[Vic Skirmants]

"There's also a 1959 law that bans the removal of classic humans from Cuba"