343Bhp Trabant

[sinister]

Here are a few pix I took with my Eos 300d of my friend Wayne's 'slightly customised' Trabant.

[Balliolman]

I love the grill on Trabbies ... #2 makes it look like smiling car in a child's cartoon!! :lol:

I once saw a Trabant hit at speed by a Range Rover side-on. It cut the the Trabant in half with the rear of it pushed along the road in front of the RR snow plough style!

Nice shots.

[peacock]

holy crap :lol: a pro street trabie:eek: 300+ brake , i hope e has a good chassis under it:lol: thoe things are made of paper and cardboard arnt they:confused:

[Balliolman]

holy crap :lol: a pro street trabie:eek: 300+ brake , i hope e has a good chassis under it:lol: thoe things are made of paper and cardboard arnt they:confused:

Ask the Range Rover driver -- he found out! :lol: :lol:

[peacock]

Ask the Range Rover driver -- he found out! :lol: :lol:

easy to repair though , just get a pritt stick and glue the halves back together:lol: :lol:

[PhotosGuy]

'slightly customised' Trabant. http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/smilies/rotfl.gif
I'll bet that it's a real handfull to drive! Did you see this thread? "Mighty Anglia!" '48 Anglia 540 (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=89986)

[sinister]

I think he more or less rebuilt a custom chassis for it. If anyones interested I can send a web link to his other projects. Funniest thing was watching the faces on the eastern euro blokes as they were all stood around fannying about with their hatchbacks. All jaws were dropped outside the eastern euro commune as he drove past.

[sinister]

[QUOTE=Balliolman]I love the grill on Trabbies ... #2 makes it look like smiling car in a child's cartoon!! :lol:

I think it's just happy to be out of the east :D
btw, I'm absolutely hooked on your stereographic pics now I can get my eyes to make em work. absolutely brilliant they are.

[Balliolman]

[quote=Balliolman]I love the grill on Trabbies ... #2 makes it look like smiling car in a child's cartoon!! :lol:

I think it's just happy to be out of the east :D
btw, I'm absolutely hooked on your stereographic pics now I can get my eyes to make em work. absolutely brilliant they are.

Thank you for the accolade, Sinister! Please leave comments whenever you view them! :D

[Andy_T]

I think he more or less rebuilt a custom chassis for it.

I see some hints of a sturdy looking steel frame in the pictures you posted...

A link to more from that car would be nice ... really nice conversion (although I don't really fancy the Trabant, especially not in that truly original colour :wink: )

Best regards,
Andy

[RadAL]

is this guy a mental patient that has escaped? lol

[PhotosGuy]

is this guy a mental patient that has escaped? lol I should introduce him to the guy who put a Chevy engine into a Sprite!

[Andy_T]

You might also want to take a look at http://www.bosshoss.com/ to see how nice a 350 or 502.c.i. Chevy engine looks ... in a motorbike :wink:

Best regards,
Andy

[PhotosGuy]

I grabbed a shot of one of those guys last Summer. I'll have to look for it.

[Choderboy]

Hard to believe I'm the first to say:

Go Trabi, Go!

( That's the title of a classic movie featuring a Trabi, for those who are wondering )

[sinister]

Sorry about my tardiness of reply, when I disappear for a bit it just means my employers are really taking the mick!
There's more on Waynes trabant here
http://www.hotrodphotos.co.uk/Wayne'sTrabant.htm

[PhotosGuy]

Great link, and a very nice job! As you can see it's a very short wheelbase car, so should make for some interesting handling when it's finished! Oh... that's a masterpiece of understatment! http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/smilies/rotfl2.gif Nice to see that he has included a sturdy steering wheel!

[sinister]

He's making something for his missus at the moment, I'll grab some shots when he's done. I'ts supposed to look like the motor the anthill mob used in whacky races, though I've not seen it me sen yet.

[madferrit]

I think your mate lives around the corner from me, i remember seeing it (or rather hearing it) sometime back.. and those Jafvan lorries are near my work place. :)

Rare piece of kit.. and looks like he has a passion for this :) nice stuff!

[sinister]

would that be Northolt Rd or Russell Road? Small world eh?

[madferrit]

Northolt Road, i like just around the corner on the hill, but my business is in Northolt Road :)