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To: AngieGal
"BMW Builds a Cloth Car"

The East Germans beat BMW to it - the Trabant's body was made out of a cotton-based plastic that resisted rain, snow, and sun...but apparently not goats, who allegedly liked to munch on the Trabi's body paneling. :-)


18 posted on 06/10/2008 3:20:17 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

Biggest hazard for the BMW...

Moths.


19 posted on 06/10/2008 3:22:12 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: DemforBush

When I lived in Poland, my friend told me that I could buy a Trabi for 2 bottles of vodka...I shoulda tried it...


20 posted on 06/10/2008 3:25:18 PM PDT by stefanbatory
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