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MADem

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13. There's a fine line between 'inventioneering' and artistry. Enough people have acknowledged

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 12:40 PM

Dec 2014

the artistry of these vehicles to make them a "thing." And since many of them have Russian diesel engines under the hood, they aren't what they started out to be--they're something else entirely.

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I find the talk about buying up Cuba's cars like a flock of vultures [View all] n2doc Dec 2014 OP

The cars in question bear only a superficial resemblance to their origins. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #1

Correct, inside they are a jumble of euro parts DonP Dec 2014 #10

I agree. blm Dec 2014 #2

If they can sell an old car for a new car and a new house, well, they should go for it. MADem Dec 2014 #3

I have no problem with them selling if they wish to, at market value n2doc Dec 2014 #4

cars may be a bad deal after more research, I'll just bottle sand and sell it LOL snooper2 Dec 2014 #5

Let people drool--it 'ups' the prices if they do. MADem Dec 2014 #7

From what I've seen over the years, most of them would be "parts cars" in the U.S. Throd Dec 2014 #6

Some of the modifications are beautiful and make the car "more than" what it would be worth for MADem Dec 2014 #9

American collectors don't put a high premium on shade tree inventioneering. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #12

There's a fine line between 'inventioneering' and artistry. Enough people have acknowledged MADem Dec 2014 #13

Not to worry Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #8

Cubans drive those cars because that is what upaloopa Dec 2014 #11

My ex-mother-in-law made money off of Cuban artists for years, thanks to the embargo. msanthrope Dec 2014 #14