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58_Roadmaster
So those were Passat's! My mistake :(. I do have several images, if anyone would like to host them, I could email them to the willing party.
One is a newly imported European car of some sort. Another is a large traffic intersection that includes a military convoy, and to the right one of the step-side pickups the Iraqi people seemed to love. A third shows a MB W126 and a late 80s BMW 5 or 7 series. The fourth image is one of several I took of a massively _useless_ freeway stack-type interchange north of Mosul.
Also here is the link again to the 59 Chevrolet I saw on a base in Mosul:
http://forum.imcdb.org/forum_topic-2674-Iraqi_59_Chevy_former_taxi_2_pics.html
If this thread ever branches out to include trucks of any kind, I will add that I saw many MB cab-over and Scania tractor trucks. The MB's displayed large gaudy MB emblems (sometimes 3 with 2 smaller ones flanking a larger one). Another popular ornament was similar to the Packard cormorant. Did Scania also use this kind of mascot?
One last observation, is that South Korea must be a major trading partner in that region, not only in automobiles, but also in electronics with the presence of Samsung and LG equipment and retailers that could be seen when I was stationed there.
One is a newly imported European car of some sort. Another is a large traffic intersection that includes a military convoy, and to the right one of the step-side pickups the Iraqi people seemed to love. A third shows a MB W126 and a late 80s BMW 5 or 7 series. The fourth image is one of several I took of a massively _useless_ freeway stack-type interchange north of Mosul.
Also here is the link again to the 59 Chevrolet I saw on a base in Mosul:
http://forum.imcdb.org/forum_topic-2674-Iraqi_59_Chevy_former_taxi_2_pics.html
If this thread ever branches out to include trucks of any kind, I will add that I saw many MB cab-over and Scania tractor trucks. The MB's displayed large gaudy MB emblems (sometimes 3 with 2 smaller ones flanking a larger one). Another popular ornament was similar to the Packard cormorant. Did Scania also use this kind of mascot?
One last observation, is that South Korea must be a major trading partner in that region, not only in automobiles, but also in electronics with the presence of Samsung and LG equipment and retailers that could be seen when I was stationed there.