Trabant Ride Butlins 

I used to ride the Trabant when I was a kid back in the 60's. Loved it! I haven't seen it for decades. They should build a retro amusement park with all the old rides such as the Trabant, the Scrambler, the Roll-O-Plane, the Wild Mouse, the Sky-Wheel, etc. and of course a good old Ferris Wheel and a wooden roller coaster. I sure miss the cheap thrills!

I remember riding this as a child in the 80's. from memory it was indoors.

Yes yes yes!!! My absolute favorite ride as a child!

Thanks for sharing. When I was a child in the late 70's I think this was located undecover.

cool video i always love the trabant it is my favorite ride i broke down and cried when minehead got rid of their trabant i loved that ride so much when ever i hear that a trabant type ride gets removed it always brings back memorys of losing my favorite ride and it makes me upset it may sound a bit stupid because i was so obsessed with the minehead trabant that my friends say that we were connected i still think of her and the fun times we had i and hoping to build a model of her an have it motorised i wish that minehead never got rid of her i know that it is a bit strange calling the ride "her" i always called the minehead trabant "her" i know it is just a ride but still when i was holidaying in minehead butlins i was always in the funfair when the trabant was there i rode on her more than any other ride in the funfair

Yes this was undercover for years... Was also in the union jack colours.... Fond memories !!

This looks like the mid 1960's version of the ride before they redesigned the lighting package and added the new decorations in the middle with the disco ball on top. I was not aware any of these still exist. They also had to put the platform together piece by piece. A real time consuming set up.

Yes this ride was undercover for years... It also had a red White and blue paint job ...

So true ! It still does that to this day.. It's had another upgrade but is looking good. Hope to film again later in the year

Its still going strong today, looks different, same ride though, 42 Yrs old now

The minehead Trabant was removed at the end of 2008. Sadly was in repairable

theres also a trabant in minehead butlins amazing ride

it is now a dart bored colour is black and white

it looks weird on top