Plymouth 1950-52? in Varadero, Cuba

One of the more rough, but certainly useable for local runs old Plymouth. The car looks quite solid underside, and the body is a lot better then some much newer cars seen in the Northeast of North America. The locals have to be very resourceful in how they keep cars on the road. Brake fluid for example, can be castor oil, or, as seen, a mixture of brown sugar, shampoo, and alcohol, which, in a pinch, can be very strong rum. Yes, it works, but the drivers say in the owns, with a lot of use, the pedal gets spongy. They know it is because the concoction of fluids is starting to boil. In irony, the interesting thing is that many cars are retrofitted with 4-wheel disc brakes, and done quite well at that. I'm sure 'real' brake fluid makes it into the country as do the nice wheels seen on many of the cars.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Old cars in Cuba
• Varadero Cuba
• spikedpunk
• Plymouth of the 1950's
• cars of the '50's
• antique car
• old cars in the tropics

[CORVAIRWILD]

Must be at a resort, nice concrete pavers... Imported from ???? And halogen headlites, from Europe???

[spikedpunk]

@CORVAIRWILD The resort is very nice. It will have to be researched where the pavers came from, but there is a cement factory up the peninsula to the east by a few miles. Much of this stuff is made locally. The headlights come from Europe and South America mainly. Very few vehicles run with sealed beams.

[JSneaker]

OMG, you were in Cuba? 

[spikedpunk]

@JSneaker Yes, that was where the combo of old cars and sun could be had together!

[Comrick317]

Totally amazing, the whole brake mix of fluids.

[spikedpunk]

@Comrick317 And it works, I am sure a lot of this was trial and error.

[monarch1957]

@spikedpunk I'm just checking my book of cars of the 50's and that one you saw is a 53 the 54 had a differnt grill with PLYMOUTH in block letters and round signal lights but the rest of the car is same for both years.

[spikedpunk]

@monarch1957 Thank you Barry, I am not so up and up on the Plymouth products of the era.

[monarch1957]

It looks like a 53  or 54Plymouth