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and wouldn't dodgy bid quality because it became, and i conic symbol of east germany or the gentleman democratic republic, a country that describes itself as a socialist state, but it is remembered as a field experiment in communism where secrets abounded surveillance was on the present and freedom was severely tortillas. and rest, stepping out of line, could have dire consequences. if was here that the tribe b as its formerly known, began rolling off factory lines in the fifty's giving our duties citizens a degree of independence under depressive. eugene, even i'll give you a good pick with a 2 stroke motor and a body made for cotton. probably both fanatics receipt and come to zip code, you little task. the trouble with something with an automotive oddity. the bid is the cod, the bill to the bilingual. it's quirks and faults have since had prepared the code

status. how could it costs from a country that no longer exists, done into an international phenomena. the join us when a do any to try and piece together? why a call one source call and is now looked upon with the fiction and sometimes people ocean. this is the story of the chubby, the, there was a time when cause like this dominated the east german city escape. the turbine

walks the fine line between automotive lemon and caught his car. sure was followed by a tiny to stroke more to bed with smelly and noisy. but for the people of east germany, it allowed the possibility of mobility and gave them a sense of freedom in a country that was otherwise the restriction of the trip on tuesday of the americas east, germany, a comm much maligned dingy the cure. but the word only began looking at it fondly when the berlin wall fell on the 9th of november 1989. as chubby after chubby crossed over from the east to the west. the cookie got attracted to as an applause from the gathered crowds. thus began its transformation from an outdated automobile to a symbol of villians and hope for the people of east germany. and one woman had the idea of immortalizing that moment to all of posterity. big can those painting of which are bon breaking through the wall is now part of them usually and buildings,

east side galleries, the longest surviving stretch of the wall, the odd is to so to be a little more the use of ben, how highly instagram's local fox my search for kingdom took me to a remote beach and pointed to the mazda on in spins where the otherwise building these dispenses how windows creating what she calls her east storm gallery. although her beloved unusual is never far from her thoughts so much to me, the chevy was always a symbol of freedom. even in the g d, off the the can do, do i have been to doing jiu and move to been in in 1983? it was bid that she 1st encounter the war. let's leave it on beach. and suddenly i found myself standing in front of the world. and i realized this will seem to go on forever. obviously, the bar across the street and stood right in front of it. i want to learn much as

far as i could go. and it was that the sy 1st dreamt of painting the light in 1989 . shortly before the wall fell, big bought himself a trap on deluxe. the very same one she later painted on the mural and as with many east germans owning and driving because of liberating experience, copy, it was a wonderful feeling with the company. i had the feeling of freedom. and it was so tiny to a stroke that led her to produce the work for which she's best known today as can be modified when the world. so i read the newspaper article about how all tests from all over the world were being invited to paint on the lawn. i dropped everything when i put my paid supplies into my chubby and drove straight to the will. isaac men to come. i chose to change only on 3 sections because i wanted people driving past to immediately get my painting and wanted to express and think . wow freedom. why, how big it has fond memories of her chubby. she certainly wouldn't trade her jimmy

for one know because out alone is the car wasn't bad. if i have, i would go to my experience when driving a try be long distances. you'd end up with a headache them on by the spectrum so that they tried to m. okay. now the seats were really uncomfortable. okay. and besides the seat back was to show and there wasn't a ways headrests in every county. so yes, that was several things that weren't really was holding onto the visual hires. and so the outline and the big like many of those in east jeremy didn't hang onto head, try be home usually will certainly contribute it to the cause trans permission from automotive lemon. to both go to a darling youtube was 1991 album, optimum baby feature, the chevy, painted by building b street that is tearing why? and that was the movie go try the go. the chronicle of the misadventures of an east german family as they declared road trip to italy in the clunk of car.

to truly understand the trib band and the journey it's made into the hearts of some or to improve youth. it's not enough to make the experience because the chubby stand is incomplete without a visit to its birthplace. and it's not hard to figure it out. the garden, siobhan country when you origin, because where the trop on, which translates to companion was assembled for over 3 decades today. the former chevy factory has is the august horse museum with the dedicated trip on exhibit features in every version of the cot ever made. and even a chubby simulator, the, it allows opposing of freedom. that was unheard of. i'd say 30 years after the 2nd world war speak owens known for luxury cars from the auto union

stable switch to making an affordable people. scott for the east german population to enter the integrated version of the chubby, the p 50 and it's early days. the trip on to is a symbol of innovation. to combat the scarcity of sheet metal, a new material doodle task was invented by engineer both gunbar to the material combined, low quality clock and 5 lives that east germany had an abundance would finale exist seen. you have to imagine you have one been layer of cuts and not very sick and there is a very fine line of rest and powder, trickling over each layer. and at the end to end up with 90 layers, residence in cost. and that gives you a sick tissue and then is then cut and then covers with the facing paper and eventually insert it to the press and they digits out a body panel. this is new,

indestructible, and lived up with a name doodle task. material that's put in draft order your and seem to simply last forever and from disability. the capacity, whether the chevy be 50, had to $500.00 c. c engine generating around 80 and horse power and the try b, p. 60 had a 600 c. c engine with around 23 horse power. the most popular try be of them all. the fame, 601 height of 594 c. c engine that turned out around $26.00 horsepower. the speeds at which most people traveled around and it might have been relatively low. but boy was demand for the trip on time. started with about 2 years that you had to wait from the order to delivery. and in 1989, let's say it could be between 10 and 14 years depending on the model that you chose . in fact, it was digital, the coolest waiting times that nearly done east durham,

and single sonya schmidt off the idea of thinking that seems to in about a cuddly blue trap on see she'd read it, had some influence to get hands in a try be and felt guilty about it, the in the eighty's, the following eastern the has the were sentiments ahead. i hate to last for the trouble and it was needed on a daily basis and invoice or a symbol of stick nation. while the west had caused it, had become significantly more advanced on the technology in conflict front, but try be, remain the same. there will plans to try and develop new models of the call over time and told her that it's a little bit. but the political power has to be put a stop to it. the the most significant change

made to the call was in 1990 when the trouble and 1 point one was given an 1100 c. c. full store volkswagen engine. but it was too little, too late, by the time the very last drop by and drop it off the production line. all of put it had been lost. what you mean with a few unkind nicknames like to because in papa, which translates as because of use and cardboard, a reference to the general task that had once been the child's innovative highlight . also the fall of the berlin was shop on to available for the tool away. okay. sometimes even for free, there was also something known as the chevy to the right along the line of the top on unwanted bending and unloved wood. one man's trash is another man's treasure. today, the chubby has become something of a collector's item with fees and the youngest of tribe these having crossed the right for the age of 13. the little machine is know from the in classic cottages

tree, which has helped increase disappear, and it's gone globe from germany to the rest of the audio and the u. k. it's even cost the eye of con, that's across the pond. but i caught up with to try the pens closer to home vessels bids. jose gonzalez has a fun this because from the eastern block, the spot for plastic off hand to organize. the last meeting in belgium. one is the largest gatherings of its kind, and he's an admission to see just to split the trip on a car. he believes has been the subject of unfair criticism. this was always seen as the exact on the books. the problem is absolutely someone interested in plastic automobiles. the is your of the cars behind the iron

curtain was impossible. solutions a to resist for me is a forces is certainly from west the newer, but from the west, off with the narrow uh was a workflow secrets full of misconceptions. who are very far away. i thought back then. so i've been living a lot and i think that's also part of the, the charm of having a car like these that the allows you to discover, to explore, to, to know more and to change what you know already. the kind question is, 1973 trip on 6 o, one named helga a machine that's helped him get a glimpse into a wood he otherwise knew. little about 7 years in and how guys like a family member who's defense is you available. always jump has exactly the same issue and healing concert executive thing. difficulties are little finding the to know the talk from the west from the same but i also have one. i need to case.

i don't find it comfortable. the polls is very funny. if the car is more powerful to the problem in terms of loading capacity, carriers less people in less luggage. and the problem is harder to far cuz then the problem, although it's smaller susie fashion for the pine size preston. jessica is disease and he's been as a garage to do its time period where he hopes to try be will feel at home. while he goes about restoring the cause of reputation. the reputation and the rest of the cars themselves because they are disappearing to make people interesting, this car that they make sure that they don't lot. and then the end up being this crap the context is important. and given when the challenge was designed and where it came from, it has to be critical of because i suppose,

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