Thread: Hyndburn Chat
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Old 14-02-2018, 22:52   #64
Barrie Yates
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Re: Hyndburn Chat

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Originally Posted by Gremlin View Post
And there's a grain of truth to every joke: The car, which was produced in Zwickau, Saxony, was made of a hard plastic known as Duroplast, made from recycled materials including pressed cotton fibers, synthetic resins and rags from the Soviet Union.
Saw quite a few on my trips to Berlin in late '70s. Bit dated design wise but looked OK for a runabout - until you saw or heard one with the engine running.
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