Voices of Cuba #9
September 26, 2005 at 2:00 pm | In Santiago de Cuba |
Enrique owns and built the 57 Pontiac I had for a week while in Santiago de Cuba.
He works in construction and claims he isn’t a mechanic, but just likes to “tinker” a little.
In this case, “tinkering” means installing a turbodiesel engine from a delivery truck, a Toyota Tercel steering system and a 5-speed transmission from a Toyota 4×4, in addition to 4 disk brakes from a late-model Skoda.
The thing looks harmless enough, but turn the key and it rumbles and shakes like a soviet tank. It sips less fuel than his father’s Hyundai Accent, and diesel is way cheaper than gasoline here.
He’s been running it this way for 10 years now with no problems, but would like to fix up the body a little.
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