Ram Senior - BHPian



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A car that a pig could eat? Strange but true!



Among these are: fibreglass,

carbon fibre,

aramid (aromatic polyamide) fibre, such as Kevlar,

Lexan polycarbonate resin,

Polyurethane-coated Lycra as used by Chris Bangle in the 2008 BMW GINA concept,

.. But can you imagine that people actually made a car of material that an ungulate would consider edible?



In other words, a car that a pig could eat?



Yes this 1988 Trabant P610S is actually being eaten by a pig.



This model was first introduced in 1964 and produced unchanged until 1991.



It had a smoky 26 bhp 2-stroke 2-cylinder engine and a very noisy gearbox.



The body was made of recycled Russian cotton-waste dipped in a bakelite-like phenolic resin from the then East German dye industry and baked in an oven. The resultant material was called Duroplast.



This material was edible and there were many stories of farm animals like pigs and goats biting into Trabants and eating part of the body.



Here it is captured on camera !!!







Mama! The sow's eating my car!





Fender consumed





Talk about biodegradable cars



Ram

Mama! The sow's eating my car!Fender consumedTalk about biodegradable cars Among materials of automotive construction around the world, we are acquainted with space age materials different from the conventional pressed steel sheet.Among these are:But can you imagine that people actually made a car of material that an ungulate would consider edible?In other words, a car that a pig could eat?Yes thisis actually being eaten by a pig.This model was first introduced in 1964 and produced unchanged until 1991.It had a smoky 26 bhp 2-stroke 2-cylinder engine and a very noisy gearbox.The body was made of recycled Russian cotton-waste dipped in a bakelite-like phenolic resin from the then East German dye industry and baked in an oven. The resultant material was calledThis material was edible and there were many stories of farm animals like pigs and goats biting into Trabants and eating part of the body.Here it is captured on camera !!!