this video is interesting but it's also kinda of a uncanny time capsule. watching old east german videos on worn-out magnetic tape has this weird feel to it
[QUOTE=Ownederd;45434148]this video is interesting but it's also kinda of a uncanny time capsule. watching old east german videos on worn-out magnetic tape has this weird feel to it[/QUOTE]
i felt like i was watching 1984.
Man, that part at 25:25 where they're cutting out the body panels with the band saw. That's both impressive AND terrifying. I wonder how many workers lost a finger or two at that station...
[QUOTE=Zags;45437725]Man, that part at 25:25 where they're cutting out the body panels with the band saw. That's both impressive AND terrifying. I wonder how many workers lost a finger or two at that station...[/QUOTE]
this is mainly what i wanted to show- the complete lack of safety and care for these workers, how bad this shit was in soviet-owned germany.
but also seeing trabants be made is pretty cool too, they're incredibly shitty but unique cars. What other car has a 2-stroke 2-cylinder engine and has a body made of compressed cotton?
Funny how we still have these going around on the road where i live and yet i saw them in a museum when i was in the UK. Just saw one yesterday.
[QUOTE=Adarrek;45440474]Funny how we still have these going around on the road where i live and yet i saw them in a museum when i was in the UK. Just saw one yesterday.[/QUOTE]
If I'm not mistaken, they have fan clubs as well.
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