With his final breath, the last thing Wolfgang König saw was the rusted undercarriage of a pink 1953 Plymouth Belvedere. Fans of classic cars from the 1940s and 1950s love visiting Havana. They are everywhere, especially on the streets in La Habana Vieja. Some are rusted and aged while others appear in factory condition, like this pink 1953 Plymouth Belvedere. Yet under the hood may be black-market parts from Russia, China and the US, or built with Cuban ingenuity. Why the time warp? In 1961, importing foreign cars was banned. Although the embargo has been lifted, new cars sell for eight times their market value – unaffordable at Cuban salaries.
