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What Kind of Person Would Sell a Communist Car?
At the height of the Second Red Scare, a Southern California man named Willy Witkins imported and sold East German Wartburgs and Škodas. The hate mail came rolling in. I don’t know how anyone could...
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Trackday Diaries: Have to see a man about a dog.
“Say, Rodney,” I inquired via phone, “I wonder if you might be interested in helping me look at a Town Car in Pataskala for a guy in Czechoslovakia.” “I wonder,” Rodney responded, “if you might be...
View ArticleRare Rides: This Skoda 120 From 1985 is Red, Like the Communism That Built It
Late last week, on our Rare Rides entry for the Renault Alliance GTA, commenter scott25 alerted me to a Skoda he spotted on Kijiji (which is what eBay is called in Canada or something). As most people...
View ArticleRare Rides: The 1971 Tatra 2-603 II, East Germany’s Stasi Transport
Today’s Rare Ride has a checkered history, as it served as quiet shuttle for secret police and terrorist spies alike. Let’s find out more about this rear-engine Czechoslovakian V8 luxury car. Tatra is...
View ArticleRare Rides: The 1997 Tatra 700, One Last Hurrah
Rare Rides featured exactly one Tatra automobile previously, and it was the grandfather of today’s subject. While today’s blue beauty doesn’t have the state authority and terrorist provenance of the...
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