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I don't think many people in Cuba are going to be willing to sell their 1950s (actually, a few from the early 1960s as well) cars, because the few that have a car really want a car, and they can't replace them with new.
I had always wondered why their streets had no Moskvitches, Ladas, Dacias or Skodas, and I found out the answer only after decades.
A Cuban law, circa 1962, banned ALL purchases of new automobiles for private use. It is not the US embargo that only stopped the export of US cars to Cuba, it's Cuba's own embargo on the import of any personal cars.
Who knows. Cubans are now permitted to sell produce they grow, and work as individuals for cash payment, so maybe someday they will open the market for new cars.
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