Images of the inherited cars of Cuba
Motorists drive vintage cars past a billboard that reads "Everything for the Revolution" in Havana, Cuba Sept. 26/2001. For the first time since the revolution Cuban's will have the right to buy and sell cars. Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and MailKevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
Motorists drive along the Malecon in Havana, Cuba Sept. 27/2001. For the first time since the revolution Cuban's will have the right to buy and sell cars. Photo by Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail
A motorist tries to repair his antiquated cas as other motorists pass along the Malecon in Havana, Cuba Sept. 27/2001. For the first time since the revolution Cuban's will have the right to buy and sell cars.Kevin Van Paassen
Homer Gatierrez, 25, shows off his 1956 which is for sale in Old Havana, Cuba Sept. 29/2001. For the first time since the revolution Cuban's will have the right to buy and sell cars.Kevin Van Paassen
Motorists drive vintage cars in Havana, Cuba Sept. 27/2001. For the first time since the revolution Cuban's will have the right to buy and sell cars.
Lazaro Rafael, 31, repairs cars on the street outside his home in Havana, Cuba Sept. 30/2001. Rafael specializes in fixing the newer European and Asian made cars that have become more prevalent in Cuba in recent years.
Cubans gather as they wait to have a chance to purchase a vehicle at a car lot in Havana, Cuba Sept. 30/2001. Having worked abroad and declared those earnings upon returning to Cuba they are a select few residents who are permitted to legally purchase vehicles.