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RE: Trabant (no LBC) (was ZAFER Triumph 12/50 ,LBC content not known)

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Subject: RE: Trabant (no LBC) (was ZAFER Triumph 12/50 ,LBC content not known)
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:05:29 -0800
> I'm pretty sure the Trbant wasn't made of fibreglass. If I recall it was
> some sort of compressed cellulose or whatever.

Yeah, it was something similar to Masonite, basically molded compressed
sawdust with a hard glue binder of some sort.  I thought it was hilarious
when the new unified government declared it to be "toxic waste" !

OTOH, it actually looked like a pretty ingenious solution to the problems
facing the old East Germany.  Short on steel ?  No problem, build a wooden
car !

Randall

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