Civilian autos in Vietnam 1950 to 1972

[rodsginger]

To all of you Vietnam Vets.
I am building a street diorama - somewhere in Vietnam - and was wondering what type of civy vehicles was commonplace?
Did you see any of these at all?
Thanks in anticipation.
Rod

 

[quang]

Hello Rod,

I'm not a vet, I'm the real McCoy!

I used to live in Saigon until 1966 and I don't recall any of the cars in your post.

The most likely cars that you would encounter in Saigon at that time were the famous blue and cream Saigonese taxis.

They were just everywhere and were for the great majority based on the French Renault 4CV.

Heller used to make the 4CV in different scales/versions. I don't remember 1/32 though.

The other cars in Saigon were mostly French (Renault, Citroën, Simca, Peugeot) and outdated (mostly 50's) American (Ford, Chevrolet,...) models of the period.

HTH

Quang

 

[rodsginger]

Cars etc.

Quang
Thanks for your reply.
Pretty much what I thought.
Must check out ebay for those 1/32nd Linberg/Pyro etc. kits.
Cheers
Rod

 

[RobertC33]

Rodsginger,
There were:
Citroen 2cv
http://citbug.free.fr/2CV/2cv-20.JPG
Citroen Deesse
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...itroen_ID_19.jpg/250px-1969_Citroen_ID_19.jpg

Citroen Traction
http://www.delest.nl/media/img/DCP_1631.JPG
VW beetle and bus http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1960-1969/1966-Volkswagen-PU-blue-f-sy.jpg, and also a Honda (not motorbike) by the late '70.
Robert

 

[rodsginger]

Thanks

Robert
Much appreciated.
Rod