We were in Cuba in December '18. I went bat-shit crazy over the Fifties cars I saw. Most in great shape Cubans love their cars. Few were original, though. I took dozens of photos. My fave: me behind the wheel of a '58 DeSoto Diplomat (actually a Plymouth Belvedere made in Canada). Try to find one in the US.
The embargo may have hurt the economy but it kept the cars cool as shit. The island was untainted by distinctively trashier models being exported out of America in ensuing decades.
