From: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
>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 !
Fooled Car & Driver. When they tested a Trabant wagon, they said the
"fiberglass" body was solid, and the car had fewer rattles and squeaks than
a Corvette of similar age and mileage.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.vtr2002.org
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