Author Topic: what do you know/think about Trabant (Read 3096 times)

neil 126 · « **on:** June 02, 2007, 10:18:58 PM »

I am looking at Trabant that is for sale near me, i know they are two stroke two cylinder engines and made of a coton fibre reinfprced plastic, but what else can you tell me.
surely someone out there in the 126 world has had one of these before.
neil

ciaoflyer · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2007, 09:03:32 AM »

Hi

My next door neighbours son in law is into them in a big way, he thinks they are great, I shall speak to him and let you know. I understand that the chassis is the bit to watch as it is the only bit not made out of fibreglass!

good luck

fiatfsm · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2007, 07:13:05 PM »

chassis rust is very bad, look really closely. the body isnt fibreglass, its a weird resin that is very hard to destroy and is toxic when burnt! they are great to drive, very quick for the size and a real hoot to drive. parts are available and they are easy to fix. later cars had a VW polo engine btw. you can tell them as they have a different grill and sound boring too. Id love one myself.

dajwid · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2007, 07:22:03 PM »

Go for a Polo one if you can. great fun to drive in a plastic car type of way.