Out to Lunch, on Flickr. The Volga, once a USSR status symbol and in the post-USSR era used to store potatoes. Chisinau, Moldova. April 2009. Canon Powershot G10.
the car used by monk Thích Quảng Đức, seen at the Burlizer prize winning photo of his public suicide
protesting the persecution of Buddhists by South Vietnam's Ngô Đình Diệm administration 1963
Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City. January 2009. Canon Powershot G10. -- Another relic: the staff car of the President of
South Vietnam, Nguyen Van Thieu, on display in the basement of the Reunification Palace. He fled the country some 9 days before the North Vietnamese
Army took control of Saigon. With stop-overs in Taiwan and the UK, he finally settled in the USA, where he died in a Boston suburb in 2001.
Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Vung Tau, Vietnam. December 2009. Canon 5DMII - 1.4/50. -- Colonial residue: a Citroen 'Baby Brousse'. Citroen developed the
idea to produce cars in its former colonies without having to invest in expensive stamping machines. Hence the square look.
an "imported, colonial" Citroen, an 11CV, in Saigon:
Citroen 11CV by andreas, on Flickr, "Pen-F" Zuiko f3.5/20mm, Sony NEX5n, Saigon 2007
visually this one maybe a more close association, just choose the one you want to continue with Jeepney by andreas, on Flickr, Fuji Finepix F31fd, Manila, Philippines 2007
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