Cuba Cars (October 2024)

[@Cr00iser]

I remember going to Cuba once when I was a kid. One of the bigger highlights of my trip was getting to ride in the rumble seat of a '30s ford coupe taxi!

[@SlickWorks]

guarantee this 30s ford coupe is powered by a 4 cyl diesel and still on the road today and decades to come!

[@SzymonPmc]

​@@SlickWorksnowadays cubans can import cars from china so these will slowly become less and less common

[@SlickWorks]

@SzymonPmc No chance. These cars are generational family members. They'll keep them on the road no matter what

[@philashmore3925]

As a mechanic I always admire the ingenuity what they can build with nothing

[@christianheidt5733]

👍👍👍

[@charlesgale4257]

American mechanics could build parts too but why would they when you could get OEM parts shipped to your house for cheaper

[@christianheidt5733]

@charlesgale4257 No they can't. There's a difference between mechanics & machinists. These guys do it all.

[@dillonh321]

@@charlesgale4257 Very few American Mechanics.

[@jacobgreenmanedlion1863]

A dodge with a Mercedes 6 cylinder diesel built by Ssangyong? Amazing.

[@aaaabababa]

small correction that makes it even more amazing: it's a 5 cylinder.

[@static_Tricolor_camry]

The Government is to blame, they don't allow any new cars to be imported and sold in Cuba. That's why Cubans are stuck in the 50's it's actually not as bad as it feels, I wouldn't mind driving the same car for 50 years straight with a new engine swap.

[@defaultdamoge4118]

​@@static_Tricolor_camry i thought it was more because of other countries governments not liking cuba's government. So like the US and other western countries stoped importing to Cuba after the revolution but Russia still imported to Cuba through the years and by now i think other countries. Thats why theres some modern cars and a ton of eastern europe cars in cuba. I got all this from the top of my head though you should research yourself.

[@Nick-f9z2c]

I once watched a video where a Cuban man made a new fender from a oil drum by hand...it looked good too!!

[@305classics]

Been to Cuba many times and so many classics! Hello from Miami's Classic car scene!

[@MrBruce0777]

Glad to see so many of these old USA cars still driven and liked by all.

[@tonybruno7917]

Awesome video thanks for posting. Great 🎥 👋

[@Carl-x8y3c]

My parents married in the year 1955. Their bridal cars were Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe models , just like some of these ones in this video.

[@romanianisraeli]

This is amazing it is like a time war back in the 50's and 60s with all of the old cars and horse drawn carriages.

[@privateprivate1865]

That red 58 dodge is my favorite.. and I love the 57 desoto wagon

[@erander7879]

Not a single original engine but bodies kept in such nice shapes many times

[@marttielsila28]

Great video. Thank You! 😀

[@dailyhistoryfy]

The wild west mixed with the 50s and a bit of 21s century. I know a lot of people are very poor but damn this is such a vibe.

[@1gofastboat327]

I loved my time down there being a car guy , The people were great old Habana was awesome , nothing but joy comes to mind when I remember that trip . I feel bad for the folks there dealing with a tough situation today. Thanks for the video.

[@albertomorel6568]

GREAT DOCUMENTAL OF CUBA, NOT ONE HAS SHOW ME CUBA LIKE THIS!

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

10:26 looks like a dodge Mayfair? “Plodge” Dodge front end on a 1958 Plymouth. I also thought those were Canadian market only so it’s interesting to see one there.

[@scabbythecrownvic]

I thought that too

[@trusconi81]

Definitely a 1958-59 Chrysler product.

[@danielulz1640]

Also made for export markets.

[@darrellspraggins7966]

Thanks for the Grand Tour of old American cars. Love Love your accent!!

[@JamesChechele]

Cuba probably has the best machinist in the world keeping these cars going

[@PolizeiPaul]

Looking inside the 1948 Chevy it looks like it was converted from Manual to Auto. Very nice 😃.. Looks like some of the door handels need repaired though.

[@michaelyounger4497]

The older cars like these were simple mechanical devices. Easy to understand and fix with simple tools. Parts were simple and you could cobble them together with bits and pieces of metal and a bit of creativity. I used to fix my old cars like these Cubans do. These new cars full of technology have no future. Tinkering can't fix them. When bad times come..and they will...Cubans and old guys with old cars will drive.. the new rich with their computerized bricks will be walking..

[@pontiac_montana]

Stuff like this is why I love cars and went to School to become a Mechanic, the things people are able to do with soo little astonishes me! I don't want a new car, I just want to keep mine running as long as I can!

[@Boricua-ni4nb]

Cada cual con su gusto..qesten corriendo todavia es extraordinario..y la hojalateria y pintura es de calidad.

[@SALON_V_STILE_TRIBAL]

Cuba is such a place! Where else can you find so much both old USSR and US Cars and not so much modern cars too

[@romanianisraeli]

This reminds me a bit of Bucharest in the 80's with all of the Skoda's, Lada's, Trabant's and Dacia's really nice.

[@mikhailtseytlin5579]

Обратил внимание, что хотя на многих машинах стоят не оригинальные детали, все они очень аккуратные и отлично окрашены, не видно ободранных и помятых экземпляров и это очень впечатляет, как и сохранность самого автопарка.😊

[@dominikz.1376]

Is it true the majority of folks in Cuba drive these really Old vehicles like this? Or is it like half and half : old cars as such, and new ones?

[@TonnyMalm]

❤❤❤❤ I love old usa cars, and loock Havanna 😊😊😊😊

[@somenamelessdude8095]

When its all you've got, you take really good care of it.

[@magraotkll]

The motorcycles with 2-stroke engines would generate another video of their own. I observed many in this video, while in the rest of the world they were almost extinct from the streets.

[@tonywolton]

At 17.36, you can see in the background a UK built Ford Popular, probably in daily use, dating from the 1950s. Probably on its second or third engine, but like all the other USA cars, was only meant for about 10 years of running. Those cars were not meant to be used for 70 years!

[@Electra-xm7lu]

Once one of Latin America's most beautiful and wealthy, today a totally ransacked dystopia serving as human zoo.

[@6Metal6militA6]

Thank the sanctions for that buddy

[@elpacho....9254]

That’s what sanctions do.

[@louamorin4246]

Sanctions plus Socialism equals economic failure.

[@onz76]

No, thank Communism.

[@6Metal6militA6]

​@@onz76 this comment is the equivalent to hitting someone in the face with their hand and telling them to stop hitting themselves

[@ElectronicInspiration]

8:33 LED headlights?

[@pontusjansson1308]

how did a peugeot 205 make it to cuba

[@geezer4962]

Love the forties.

[@НавсёПровсё-й8к]

2:30 the wheels are from russian zil 130. 7:17 the white car on the left is russian lada 2101.

[@yurakovia]

Нет, это колёса от какого то прицепа (например кухня) или пушки зис-3.

[@НавсёПровсё-й8к]

@yurakovia Возможно. Но у прицепа (по крайней мере у полевой кухни) колëса обычно от газона (51 или 53). У газона колесо крепится на 6 гайках. А у ЗИЛа - на 8. Посмотрите в интернете (или живьём, если рядом с Вами есть эти легендарные грузовики) и сравните. Эти колëса изначально от ЗИЛа. Кстати, я видел прицепные жилые вагончики (домики на колëсах) с такими же колëсами. Как у ЗИЛа.

[@yurakovia]

@НавсёПровсё-й8к можно копнуть глубже и увидеть что-то похожее на полуторках и зисах. Но мне кажется из прицепа проще сделать такую тачанку, чем колхозить колёса от грузовика, или не дай бог целый мост))

[@НавсёПровсё-й8к]

@yurakovia Про мост согласен. Даже у жигуля он сам по себе тяжëлый. А про грузовики даже подумать страшно. Я видел, как некоторые укорачивают (сужают) задние балки от переднеприводных авто и получают тележки с колëсами от легковушки. Довольно проходимая конструкция.

[@RastenburgProductions]

Super! True ecology, using one vehicle for 60-70 years and not producing a new one every 5 years. The art of being able to make something out of nothing, adapt it. You are a mechanic, not just a parts changer. You have to make it work. Unfortunately, in Poland our mechanics are lazy === if something isn't in the store and the courier is not going to deliver it to you, they won't fix it. There are no parts, go find another workshop, we won't waste our time on it. WTF. Take it from another car, modify it, cut something, weld something. An old-school mechanic, until the mid-1990s === MacGyver. Now everyone is taking the easiest way out 😞

[@johnkurtz8115]

Same at Latvia

[@boataxe4605]

Please ignore the modern cars and motorcycles in the background.

[@therangercast5206]

Crazy how many different brands are there I saw a Lada, Peugeot, toyota, caddilac. Almost every country that made a car is there lol

[@trusconi81]

0:10 not sure what engine that is but definitely not original 0:58 steering wheel and seats are definitely not original

[@Myoldtrucks]

Some sort of 4 cylinder marine diesel

[@M0M0DAMEX]

This is how the whole world should be! Taking care of our elders😎😔

[@patrickcannell2258]

Many of these are running diesel engines. Isuzu are popular donars.

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

looks like tjauna Mexico 1960 meets New Orleans some interesting car mods @7:51. 9:13 lada? or soviet fiats ? 10:06 engine is ? 11:04 make ?

[@ZarbulkSales2]

10:00 is A Ssanyong engine..Korean

[@RastenburgProductions]

9:13 - yes sir.

[@Batu_26]

10:06 is just a rebadged Mercedes OM602 5 cylinder diesel. Extremely reliable and fuel efficient engine from the 80s.

[@carloshenriquebins5113]

What happened with the coupes and convertibles?

[@AceMiller-dl4gz]

Are they still on the hot sheet

[@BigMax-]

Sanctions are bad but in the case of Cuba it has created unique tourist attraction, but as soon as (if) the borders are opened, all this automotive heritage will be destroyed in months.

[@edvardsklempe1746]

This is miracle in Croatia where i live these cars are impossible to find even in technical museum but in cuba yes cuba would be good for making movies that Kind of car Will not passed on technical examination

[@O-plaat]

This car would pass technical inspection in Belgium, Its a car from before technical inspections were a thing, every car from before 1968 (the year the first technical inspections happend) only need to pass a brake test, the lights need to be adjusted correctly, the tires need to have enough thread and and frame need to pass a visual inspection. That's it, this car would pass.

[@lyndatomlins3448]

With all the old american cars in NZ, Im surprised how little you know about them [well, you made a vid. about them in Cuba] Better ones st home, mostly without later added Diesels & everything else changed under the rusted out metal. Cheers NZ

[@jackbarrie6007]

He sounds like a drugged kiwi

[@davidgalea6113]

Yeah definitely not a car guy...

[@killerdinamo08]

All original 👌👌👌. And they all have the same bolt pattern on the axles and numerous paint layers 😂.

[@caspaabriel4794]

Most of the cars in Cuba are shite! But no fault of any of the people. Typically it's the leaders on both sides. But the poor people wear it all. Term's of car's these people have no choices, new cars and car parts stopped coming into the country over 60 years ago. People keep their cars running whatever way possible, Cadillacs with old diesel engines etc..

[@ralphbillick1210]

Check your spelling ❗️🇺🇸

[@Amarillobymorning777]

You’re wrong: They voted and support Fidel Castro. That’s the results of it . Same thing in Venezuela. They got brain washed. Now the army elite are the bosses. Like a mafia .

[@devanpowers9499]

​@@ralphbillick1210 you're a sad soul.

[@redemptionjack4657]

Wrong they do get parts from Toyota.

[@caspaabriel4794]

@@redemptionjack4657 Aha, so parts from Toyota for 1950's period US makes. Like Cadillac, Lincoln, Imperial, Buick, Thunder Bird, New Yorker. . . . . .AHA. So what was "wrong" with my opinion??

[@Sheovion2]

from what i know most of these had the engines replaced by soviet ones, they're definitely not original and lifting the bonnet reveals that pretty quickly, and btw, many soviet cars can also be seen there, noticed quite a few Moskvichs, 2107's and 2101's (known by the russians as Zhiguli's) also noticed many modern modifications to these vehicles, such as LED lights and modern seats, they're far from original, but given the situation, you have to work with what you got, seen also several modern vehicles there, but i'd guess these are mostly inacessible for the average person living there

[@andrzej1501]

It looks like ZIS 110 mixed with GAZ M20

[@tomrogers9467]

As a veteran of 17 trips to Cuba over 18 years, the cars are one of my favourite parts of Cuba. The “tourist cars” are generally in great shape, the “local” cars, not so much. Cuba now is in worse shape than I’ve ever seen it. On my last trip in 2023 there was scarce food at the resort, shortages of everything. And that was before the electricity crisis. The viscious American Embargo amounts to a slow motion genocide of the Cuban people. No other country in the world, be it communist or democracy is persecuted as badly as Cuba is by the ever-increasing America inhumanity.

[@cristianvera8506]

Awesome video mate 🤘🙌 thanks for sharing 🇳🇿

[@Dean-ib3us]

No problem 👍

[@kensteffes6712]

Cuba has two classes, wealthy and poor.

[@hemusbull]

No sir/mme - privileged communist party members and the rest of thd folk...

[@EcchiGamingYT]

The West is going the same way.

[@boataxe4605]

Yep, and the USA is well on the way to the same situation.

[@darthdaddy6983]

The poor & the communists

[@kingtnaughty189]

We already have wealthy and poor so idk what your talking about​@@boataxe4605

[@miguelpp8342]

*_Life could be dream_*

[@racing-ric]

Amazing these places exist where people drive classic cars daily, no shitty modern cars no bullshit

[@paulwatson1507]

The back seat looks like it is from a bus

[@wilsonlemos2288]

De volta ao passado anos 30 40 e 50 a vanguarda do atraso

[@GrivenWarthog]

Cubans has way cooler cars than us.

[@Jay70chevelle]

All the cars in cuba are a mix match of parts of 50 different cars😂

[@matthrivnak6572]

You don't need new cars to get around, the old ones run just fine, just take care of them!

[@Jacobtheunwise]

Most of these cars barely run and only do because they have been rebuilt 50 times 😂

[@richardsobieck9660]

It’s great how they keep them going. But a 1948 Chevy did not come with an alternator.

[@alfabeech]

It's not the original engine

[@richardsobieck9660]

@@alfabeech He states several times during the walk around. "All Original" Obviously it isn't

[@gumpgump3635]

I think it was a lada engine possibly

[@Boricua-ni4nb]

That Cadillac 1940, para mi puede competir a nivel mundial #.Pontiac..Catalina convertible,una joya.

[@Leo-Jacoby]

No such thing as a trailer queen in that country.

[@duckstabed7381]

they're still living in the 1960s damn

[@ajwindmeyer2272]

Original but shows an alternator...

[@Myoldtrucks]

He also stares at a plastic go-cart steering wheel, driftwood fabricated turn signal, 3 different kinds of commercial bus seats and just plain rubber liner sheets hanging for door panels and repeated "ORIGINAL, THIS IS ALL ORIGINAL" hes a dumbass

[@DanaTheInsane]

Its not an original engine, anyway people upgrade from generators to alternators on a lot of old cars.

[@佐藤和成-b1x]

魔改造されてるっぽいけどカッコいいヤツやん！ T型フォードとか田舎のほうに行くと有りそう？

[@samuelanggoro7849]

I think toyota Corolla would be a luxury there

[@woecp]

The only thing original on that car, the first one is the body

[@mrksimm2002]

Honestly they just try to keep these heaps running with whatever they have close at hand.. clapped out beaters at best.

[@BubbaSnipe]

None of the old American relics in Cuba has the original engine any longer. Engines was by government mandate designed to last roughly 60.000 miles before a major overhaul was needed.

[@louamorin4246]

Some have original rebuilt engines. Most are diesel conversions.

[@michaelgorman4229]

Toyota diesel motor was replaced in it

[@AMPSLY]

youd be surprised how they keep some of them barely running, yeah a lot got swapped with diesels and whatever they could smash into one but you can make these engines run for quite a long time, just very terribly, but still running.

[@hakcan61]

Gördüğüm en iyi küba arabaları videosu👍 , iyi çalışma, Burt Munro ya benzerliğin şaşırtıcı,aynı köydensiniz galiba😋

[@DanaTheInsane]

No way that's the original motor.

[@trusconi81]

2:16 about 1947-48

[@EcchiGamingYT]

Damn. The 1940 Cadi was beautiful.

[@thumperpaul]

Sounds and looks like the original engines have been replaced by diesel ones….

[@curiosidadesdopassado6673]

As ruas parecem do Rio de Janeiro.

[@afraid2crashrc]

Shame on their government.

[@daveeriksson]

Chiv-----roolay???

[@johntasker9588]

And then there were two Ladas lol.

[@V8Power5300]

The non American engines kinda take the joy out of it

[@marshaldix651]

No rust on these cars?? My 2012 ram front fenders flapping in the wind like chitty chitty bang bang movie. Rust bucket!!!

[@jonathancunningham8739]

This is do to one them replacing the metal, two older cars having more "Meat" on them so you can sand the rust off and tons of polish with any oil they can get their hands on.

[@1988Dodge]

Also depends on if they salt roads in winter

[@ChadingtonElliotSmith]

Dude they are in cuba ... do you know where that is?

[@Jacobtheunwise]

​@1988Dodgeit's Cuba buddy it doesn't snow😂

[@1988Dodge]

@@Jacobtheunwise I didn’t mean it like that lol I was talking about the guy who said his truck was a rust bucket

[@RussolocoAKABlackRush]

Yea mate New Zealand mate ya ya ha hahaha

[@Dean-ib3us]

Thanks Mate

[@davidcarroll1883]

The spoiled brat kids in America could not live like these poor people have to.

[@mohammedshaji9785]

This car old bodies with new gen engibnes

[@fractalign]

It seems like hot rods and customs are a way of life in Cuba !

[@alejandroeguren4187]

Shitty "Frankenstein" vehicles. Nothing to "admire" here, except for the supreme great mechanics that manage to keep them running.

[@doutordelmar]

É isso ai wue o lula quer para o Brasil

[@nilsonmartins6484]

O Bozo golpista queria isso para o Brasil 😮😢

[@robhanhart2730]

No EV's overthere. very nice...

[@williammorales709]

Que bien 👍

[@Lakewiew]

Russia new cuba

[@atikovi1]

I see a few decent 20 footers, but even the red Catalina is probably a rust bucket under all that bubbling bondo. And I doubt any of them still have their original engines as all I've seen are diesel transplants. They are very resourceful people to keep these cars on the road.

[@kevinrice7635]

All the paint rolled on. No spray paint.

[@ChristianJohansson-ll8ih]

You obviusly know nothing of cars man… I’m sorry but nothing about these old relics are original anymore.

[@Zedsdead83]

The second you spoke, i knew you are from here in nz.

[@Zedsdead83]

See a 58 goldflash in amongst it. Noice.

[@Dean-ib3us]

Thanks mate

[@enterBJ40]

The only worthy vehicles I see are the Land Cruisers at 7:54. Rest is trash covered in kilos of bondo. That ugly town looks exactly like their cars!!! LoL.

[@permanentvacation2406]

You are lame

[@toyotacorollaaltis8613]

You are lame also your country caused this so your fault its like this

[@TopBanana76]

They're 65 year old cars, what did you expect?

[@isoalma]

original, no no no....

[@lucdeluc6577]

Who still thinks socialism is a good idea?

[@viniciusalberti6499]

If it's so bad, why doesn't the USA remove the killer embargo? Strange isn't it?

[@chillaxin813]

Fresh paint over rust and bondo. Even that Catalina was a POS. The bad bodywork and rust was obvious.

[@danielramsey1959]

Most of if not all run off of forklift engines now.

[@ЕвгенЦарев-ь4у]

На Кубе авто не ездят а плывут😂