CUBA: The AMERICAN CLASSIC CARS from the 1950s in HAVANA ????
SUBSCRIBE: - Under dictator Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s, Cuba was a holiday destination for America and the mob and lots of American cars were imported from the US, which is only 90 miles away.
For over 60 years, American economic sanctions made new vehicles virtually unobtainable, which meant that the old Dodges, Chryslers, Fords and Chevrolets from the pre-Castro days are constantly mended and modified to keep them going.
Here's a video of these fabulous classic American cars, most of them battered beyond belief but still plying their trades as cabs on Havana's streets.
Cuba is a Caribbean island nation under communist rule. It has sugar-white beaches and is dotted with tobacco fields, which play a part in the production of the country's legendary cigars. The capital, Havana, is lined with pastel houses, 1950s-era cars and Spanish-colonial architecture in the 16th-century core, Old Havana. Salsa music plays in the dance clubs and cabaret shows are performed at the famed Tropicana.
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Driving Classic Cars in Havana, Cuba ???????? | Vlog #23
In this video I am in Havana and Veradero Cuba. I’ll going to show you around with classic cars and taxis as the Classic Chevrolet Bel Air, several fords and Plymouth’s!
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Havana Classic Cars
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Cuba's classic cars parade through Havana
Participants rallied their classic cars through Havana's old city during an annual event organised by “A lo Cubano” Car Club on Nov 4.
CLASSIC CARS OF CUBA - Pre-1960's American Cars in Havana
Catch a short glimpse of 2010 Havana, Cuba and the last American cars exported to Cuba - pre-1960 - beat up, but still running strong! See classic Ford, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Mercury, Dodge, Buick, Chrysler, and other American cars still rolling along! Here is Cuban Car Culture in HD!
Cuba Cars 2019. Havana, Cuba
Took a cruse to Cuba, toured Havana. Lots of old cars there. 1955 chevy 4 door was may favorite. i think alot of them were cars for the tours of the city.
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American Classic Cars in Havana Cuba - The Ultimate Survivors
I visited Havana Cuba this year, and I recorded a lot of video of all those beautiful American Classic Cars driving around in Havana, Cuba. It is a car enthusiast dream over there, to see all those American Muscle Cars driving around in the wild. I made a 5 minute incredible special on Cuba. Please help me to identify all those American cars, so I can name all the cars here in the description of the video. Catch a short glimpse of the current day Havana, Cuba and the last American cars exported to Cuba -- in the early1960 - beat up, but still running strong! As Detroit automakers battle to survive, their vintage cars in Cuba may outlive them. Lacking access to original car parts Cubans make their own parts or take them from other cars. In this video you will see classic Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Ford, Mercury, Dodge, Chrysler, and even a vintage Mercedes-Benz still rolling along! Here is Cuban Car Culture in HD Video!
Classic Cars (1940s and 50s) in Havana, Cuba 2019
I usually do not post videos of cars but these are such a treasure and treat to see and experience!!!!
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Havana Classic Cars Video (HD)
See the sights and hear the sounds of a walk through Cuba's Central Havana and along the Malecon. The video is shot POV style with all natural sound.
Havana One-Day Highlights | American Classic cars | Cuba La Habana
Visiting Havana, Cuba in winter. Old town. Famous American Classic cars from the 1950s.
Один день в Гаване, Куба. Старый город. Классические американские автомобили 1950-х годов.
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Havana by Classic Car - A unique Cuban experience
Take a ride around Havana in a classic car. Havana is a unique city on a beautiful Caribbean island, with an odd mix of new buildings and derelect buildings side by side. One of the most famous things about Cuba is the huge number of old American classic cars. Whilst on a cruise ship visit in 2017 we took the opportunity to tour Havana in a 1950s Ford Fairlane, a true American classic. Enjoy this footage of the cars and the sights of Havana.
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Recounting the story of how we crashed a 1949 Chevy on our trip to Cuba.
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American Classic Cars - Havana, Cuba
Havana, Cuba - Classic american cars still in operation and used for daily commuting. A wonderful island to visit and enjoy.
Havana, Cuba Nov 2018 - So many 1950's classic cars!
A day in Havana, Cuba. (more info below)
© November 2018.
A visit before any major changes or change in access.
Cuba has been stuck in time since the early 1960's. About one third of the vehicles seen were 1950's vehicles. Touring around is like going back in time or a movie set. We had about 8 hours and set up a walking and vehicle tour in both hard top air conditioned (although we preferred to keep it off and windows open)and convertible, online before for a Royal Caribbean cruise. Our local guide was great!
Walking just a few blocks can change from upscale to run down buildings.
More details: Cuba has its own money for tourists and its own for residents, (worth about twenty five percent). Cubans have free health care and schooling.They are allotted primarily rice and sugar with a small portion of pork meat occasionally. Cubans have a base of about $20. a month to live off and try to subsidize that income.
Grocery stores consist of dry goods, shampoos, pasta, cookies, etc. All the same brand and often only one type of each item. Vegetables, fruits and meats (mostly pork) are sold on streets or street side open markets. Bread is bought from neighborhood bakeries and they are often out, Eggs (about 5 per month) are also picked up at specific stores, rationed and short supply. Milk is usually powered, often only for mothers and babies.
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Every Cuban family registers with a local supply store, where they can use a libreta or ration book. This typically provides about 10kg (22lb) of rice, 6kg of white sugar, 2kg of brown sugar, 250 millilitres (1 cup) of cooking oil, five eggs and a packet of coffee per person per month, along with 2kg of meat (usually chicken) every 10 days, a bun every day and a bag of salt every three months. Milk is provided for pregnant women and children under seven years of age.
The basic libreta products are guaranteed, but they are not enough – so people often have to travel to several places on several different days to make up the shortfall. Where to find eggs is a common subject of discussion.
“The rations are enough for rice and sugar, but for other products, they only last five or six days so you have to buy extra. You have to spend a lot of time before you can get everything you need,” said one of the more affluent families in the Náutico district of the city. “We hire a messenger to do the shopping for us.”
We take it for granted when we walk into our supermarkets...
For decades, many items have effectively been off-limits to those who could only pay in pesos. At a farmers’ market near Miramar, the sign outside a butcher’s stall offers only three cuts of pork. Asked for beef, the butcher scoffs. “I’ve forgotten what it tastes like,” he jokes. “I haven’t had it since I was a child.”
To buy scarcer items, Cubans used to need the currency used by tourists – the CUC (Convertible Unit of Currency), which can be used at “dollar stores” which offer a far wider variety of goods. Partly for this reason, many skilled engineers and doctors found part-time jobs as taxi drivers or hotel staff to add a CUC income to their meagre peso salaries.
A kilo of milk powder costs almost a third of the monthly salary of 500 pesos (about £14/$21). A steak dinner can cost a family half this income.
Even at these prices, the shop has run out of butter, ketchup and short pasta. The black market partially fills the vacuum. On roadsides further out of town, unauthorized hawkers tout bags of sausages, crackers, potatoes and other products that are scarce or only supposed to be available through the state system.
With money, it is possible to eat well in Havana. One result of reform has been an explosion of private restaurants – known as paladares – which have given those who can afford it a choice of Italian, Spanish and French cuisine, including lobster, steak, shrimps and even crocodile meat. (as shown in video).
Less than an hour’s drive outside Havana are Cuba’s most productive pastures and croplands, but the country still needs to import about 80% of its food.
2015: The US is only 90 miles away but it supplied just 15% of the island’s agricultural imports last year. Although the US embargo theoretically allows sales of food and medicine to the island, it also includes restrictions on credit and shipping that make such trade prohibitively complicated and expensive.
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Note only smaller ships visit Havana. So you may give up some large ship emanates to visit a place like no other.
This public video is edited down from family video, heck, you want to see Havana, not us.
If we ever go back, from now reading online, I would bring a backpack of packets of powered milk! Car parts are two heavy and sure to set off customs alerts.
Keeping Those Old American Cars Running In Havana
Back in the 1980s I made this series for Ted Turner and Turner Broadcasting. You can see it here - . To support my efforts to create more clips please donate to me at patreon.com/allinaday. A two-hour incredible special on Cuba. Turner wanted to put cable television there. I don't know if he succeeded. But the film is a great piece of Cuban history. #cuba #classiccars #havana #auntiqueautos
Havana Cuba - Classic Cars
How awesome these cars were to ride around in
HAVANA CUBA - (Day 2) - (Classic Car Tour & Old Havana
Day 2 of our 4 day trip to Havana, Cuba. We traveled to Cuba from the United States in late 2018 and stayed in Vedado, visited old Havana, and also made a stop in Varadero.
Our day started with a walk around Vedado in search of a classic car to take us around for a tour and then drop us off in Old Havana. After exploring Old Havana, we got caught in the rain, but it only lasted about an hour or so.
Towards the evening we scrambled to find a cab for 5 people, as no cab drivers were excited about 5 passengers in a 4 passenger car and were scared to get stopped by police. Luckily we managed to find one who took a small bribe and drop us off at our Airbnb.
Later that night we looked for some local nightlife and found a nice oldies club called Submarino Amarillo beetles themed club
Havana's Classic Cars... the Living Transport Museum
In November 2014 Engine Porn visited Cuba to film the island's amazing array of trains from all eras...
Maybe not for much longer Cuba is a nation lost in time - it's a living museum of transport. We couldn't resist filming quite a lot of classic cars, mainly American beauties from the 1940's and 50's...
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This City is BEAUTIFUL! - Havana Cuba Vlog Day 2
Welcome to Havana, Cuba! ???????? Today we’re on a mission to explore Havana by foot and see what this city is all about. It's a day full of classic cars, delicious foods and a lot of walking ✌️
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Touring Havana Cuba In Classic American Cars
Taking a ride through Havana in two big old American convertibles. Driving from Old Havana to the Hemmingway house and up to Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro at sunset. Through the tunnel and back to Old Havana via the Malecon.
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