Local Car Industry History WTK

gastly369 · Postby **gastly369** » September 5th, 2023, 10:14 pm

zcarz wrote:Do you guys think we in Trinidad are capable of building modern cars especially electric ones that can compete in quality with those sourced from the UK or Japan

Could be done.... Compete with the japs and UK... Not sure

j.o.e · Postby **j.o.e** » September 5th, 2023, 10:20 pm

No… we can’t deliver the scale because even if trinis bought it, economies of scale would be poor and it takes a long time to develop the expertise for design and construction and the skill set for assembly

zcarz · Postby **zcarz** » September 5th, 2023, 10:39 pm

j.o.e wrote:No… we can’t deliver the scale because even if trinis bought it, economies of scale would be poor and it takes a long time to develop the expertise for design and construction and the skill set for assembly

Yup exactly what I thought

zcarz · Postby **zcarz** » September 5th, 2023, 11:19 pm

zcarz wrote:Do you guys think we in Trinidad are capable of building modern cars especially electric ones that can compete in quality with those sourced from the UK or Japan

Ok sure that would be great but the question is how?
Modern cars require a lot more than fitting together and screwing things in like most of these cars from the past in this thread

MaxPower · Postby **MaxPower** » September 5th, 2023, 11:52 pm

The answer is no, Trinis are not capable.

K74T · Postby **K74T** » September 28th, 2023, 8:00 am

Old pic from the 90's. Pretty sweet. Probably my second favourite to the stretched Crowns. Was an aftermarket accessory.

MG Man · Postby **MG Man** » September 28th, 2023, 10:02 am

I remember seeing this car around when I was a kid. Always felt the rear-mounted spare was tacky, especially with the faux wire wheel hubcap

The_Honourable · Postby **The_Honourable** » September 28th, 2023, 11:00 am

If i recall correctly, brides use to pull up in wedding with royals with that rear mounted spare :lol:

K74T · Postby **K74T** » April 22nd, 2024, 10:17 am

K74T · Postby **K74T** » June 24th, 2024, 9:06 pm

chindian · Postby **chindian** » January 26th, 2025, 10:57 am

Hey folks, what year was roll on roll off introduced in trinidad.??

bluefete · Postby **bluefete** » January 26th, 2025, 1:18 pm

About 1997 - under Basdeo Panday.

MaxPower · Postby **MaxPower** » January 26th, 2025, 1:32 pm

I remember clearly when the Honda Civic EG 92-95 model used to come knock down.

Postby **Dave** » January 26th, 2025, 1:58 pm

Roro or knocked down?
The early b13s and no Post Laurels were knocked down and reassembled. This was Unc under Bas.
Roro meaning driven on and driven off was after the knocked down units.

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » January 26th, 2025, 2:37 pm

reassembled with extra parts leftover

antlind · Postby **antlind** » January 26th, 2025, 3:00 pm

Dave wrote:Roro or knocked down?
The early b13s and no Post Laurels were knocked down and reassembled. This was Unc under Bas.
Roro meaning driven on and driven off was after the knocked down units.

I always assumed the no-post Laurels were imported fully assembled. Those were special cars back in the day.

Postby **Dave** » January 26th, 2025, 3:12 pm

So the essence of knocked down was that the suspension and engines were removed and reinstalled locally.

Postby **eliteauto** » January 26th, 2025, 3:27 pm

antlind wrote:
Dave wrote:Roro or knocked down?
The early b13s and no Post Laurels were knocked down and reassembled. This was Unc under Bas.
Roro meaning driven on and driven off was after the knocked down units.

I always assumed the no-post Laurels were imported fully assembled. Those were special cars back in the day.

Nope we had one that came knocked down PBB1806. Before those N&M brought in some regular Laurels RORO, our first was a local CKD from N&M and it rusted quickly, was replaced with another that they touted as "foreign assembled" was much nicer and for some strange unexplained reason, we collected ours with golf clubs in the trunk