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European 80's Family Photo With 2002


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Neat to see that YU sticker.......I actually have the oval sticker for Croatia on the rear of my '73tii...it just happens to cover a slight paint flaw and exhibits my Croatian heritage! :-)  Can't post a pic at the moment, but will later if I think about it.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

John Weese

'72tii "Hugo"

'73tii "Atlantik"

'74 '02 "Inka"

'76 '02 "Malaga"

'72tii engine VIN 2760081 - waiting on a rebuild

"Keep your revs up and watch your mirrors!"

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Yes, life here is different here as in States. But still there are differences between countries that has been once in YU.

Im from Slovenia, the northiest country of them all and first one that gain it's freedom.

If you come to Serbia and you visit Slovenia we can meet and i can show you some of the beauties. (natural, 02 here are only few).

If you agree we can stay in touch till that day if you use Facebook or something.

Blaz, I have been to Slovenia.  It is an absolutely beautiful country.  I made my wife promise to take me back.  She has been many times as she use to pass through each year on their way to the coast of Croatia.  

I would love to stay in touch.  PM me about keeping in touch on Facebook or other means.

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  • 4 years later...
On 12/10/2013 at 3:29 AM, LarsAlpina said:

Kewl family picture! And kewl bills and documents, Jim.

 

FWIK former Yugoslavia wasn´t that strict with closed borders, limitations in freedom of travel and all that stuff back then in cold-war times. Quite a number of Yugoslavians were working in Germany in the 70s and 80s, e.g. a good friend of my father named Ivo - already died from cancer, may he R.I.P.

 

I do like this kind of stories very much. One of my favourites is the one and only Porsche 911turbo (930) that made it into DDR (GDR/Eastern Germany) while the borders where still closed. Was (and still is) owned by Hartmut Thassler, one of the designers of the MT77 (Melkus and Thassler in 1977) which was a very successful Formula racing car in the former eastern block besides the czech MTX (Metalex Plsen) and the Estonia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkus_MT77

Mr Thassler managed to get the car through the iron curtain with the help of a syrian guy studying at the university in East berlin. As this guy was a foreigner he was allowed to travel to the West and cross the inner-german border.. For those who are able to understand german here is a video: http://www.vox.de/medien/sendungen/auto-mobil/2faaa-178b67-6028-21/ddr-turbo.html .

 

A friend of mine from Leipzig (located in DDR in former times) owned a red Mercedes 280SL R107 from the early 80s on. Car was confiscated at the border from the West German owner for having committed some kind of crime (I don´t know the details) by former DDR intelligence agency STASI. Axel somehow managed to buy the car in East Berlin (was always a car and motorcycle enthusiast and still is). He told me he shortly learnt not to park the car anywhere with the rooftop open because the first time he did that he found an anonymous message saying "bloody bigwig" and icecream was smeared all over the seats when he came back. OK, would maybe have made me angry also if I would have lived there - me having to drive a small Trabant 601 with 0,6 Liter two-stroke engine with 26hp and seeing this guy driving a 184hp red Mercedes convertible way out of my reach.

 

Also during the early 80s we once spent the family summer holiday in Bulgaria (western people were highly welcomed in the holiday resorts at the black sea because they were bringing hard currency into the country). I was really surprised to see a white BMW 2000 NK in front of our hotel one morning and strictly went for the pool attendant who was able to translate as he spoke german. Proud bulgarian owner told us that some year ago the original BMW engine broke down - then he opened the hood and showed to us the Moskwitsch (english spelling is Moskvich I think) engine they had implanted instead. He complained about the lack of power compared to the original BMW powerplant but told us that it was impossible to get any parts for repair in Bulgaria at that time.

 

Zdenek Halada owned and raced a pig-cheeked Alpina 2002 already in the 70s in former Czechoslovakia. http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/photo/Zden%C4%9Bk-Halada-CS.html And with Czechoslovakia not to forget about the Gazela B5 BMW 2002 TiG:

http://www.racingsportscars.com/make/photo/Gazela.html . Basically a modified body shell of Skoda 110R optically reworked to look like a Porsche and powered by a BMW 2 Liter M10 modified with parts from Alpina.

One Lancia Stratos was imported to Poland for rallying and after they had totalled the car in an accident they transplanted the surviving drivetrain into a polish produced Polonez. http://hooniverse.com/2012/06/12/stratopolonez-the-fso-polonez-with-the-heart-of-a-lancia-stratos/

 

Very, very interesting stories to be found in this field of car history. What I like most about it is that it shows you can incarcerate people physically with closing borders but you will never manage to incarcerate them mentally - thoughts and dreams will remain free. And if once a dream is determined in a human´s mind he will find ways to make it come true against all obstacles.

 

Best regards, Lars.

 

One Lancia Stratos was imported to Poland for rallying and after they had totalled the car in an accident they transplanted the surviving drivetrain into a polish produced Polonez. http://hooniverse.com/2012/06/12/stratopolonez-the-fso-polonez-with-the-heart-of-a-lancia-stratos/

 

There were actually two Lancia Stratos imported to Poland for rally driver Andrzej Jaroszewicz.

 

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