This 600 cc two stroke cylinder Trabant was spotted in the outskirts of Yambol. Even without one headlamp, it still runs around Yambol and is accepted that these 'handicaps' are normal on Trabant cars. It least it has a licenced number plate, in my village the vet has one and it has no lights or number plates and I 've seen him giving our local policeman a lift in it. They are more strict in Yambol City that the villages though.
Yambol is not the prettiest City in Bulgaria, but it does have a unique character which is now in the process of being captured by camera. What you see now in Yambol will be short lived in a world of change, especially with the EU strangling the heart and soul of Bulgaria's culture with directives and uniform regulations.
Saturday, 17 January 2009
A Road Worthy Trabant in Yambol City
This 600 cc two stroke cylinder Trabant was spotted in the outskirts of Yambol. Even without one headlamp, it still runs around Yambol and is accepted that these 'handicaps' are normal on Trabant cars. It least it has a licenced number plate, in my village the vet has one and it has no lights or number plates and I 've seen him giving our local policeman a lift in it. They are more strict in Yambol City that the villages though.
I read many years ago, before the Berlin Wall fell, that Germans had a joke:
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Answer: Fill it up with gasoline.
I remember traveling to Germany in 1992 and seeing lots of Trabants in the former Eastern Germany. The strangest thing was the various pastel colors of the cars, all of which were in shades a little off from what would be considered attractive for a car by western standards.
quite interesting....
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