Before the Batista government was overthrown on New Year’s Day 1959 and the subsequent U.S. trade embargo in 1962, Cuba was a major importer of American vehicles. At one point, there were over 140,000 of Uncle Sam’s finest on the island, mostly imported during the Caribbean country’s golden era of the ’40s and ’50s. Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs — just about any classic car from that period could be seen flamboyantly parading up and down Havana’s streets to the swinging beats
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