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Pilot Harlequin sailplane
Pilot Harlequin, quite a rare bird and an interesting concept by John Lupperger. A lot of Aquila with Sagitta wings an all packed into 2M. Smooth airfoil and high wing loading.
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The Chap A Jolly good little hobby! -
F3B res Proper rarity, I've never seen one. I think the kit was 2-3 times the price of a Gentle Lady or similar basic 2m model. -
F3B res Should make one fast ship!
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Andreas Just guessing, 40 usd vs. 28 for Gentle Lady. for a kid like me the premium would have been too much to hurdle -
Andreas Which is kinda stupid as I did purchase a Pilot QB 20h ii, which was about the same as Harlequin.
Random Vintage RC plane photos
Weighing only 610g she really floats, great sailplane that seldom it built the way it deserves.
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Triumph & Morgan
Nice looking lived in Triumph TR3 attending some kind of accuracy trial it seems. Not sure where you're need a spotter in a car like that though.
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MB Semi Trailer Coach
Many may have seen Cuban commuter busses made of semi trucks. but this Mercedes from the 50's is certainly a novelty! In fact it is not what it seems to be a coach but a promotional lorry for Melissa, German herbal tonic!
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Cheap Tricks Very!
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Coltrane I think the Cubans call them camel...
Starstruck Mercedes 300SL
It seems 300SL Mercedes was the weapon of choice for many of Hollywood's stars in the late 50's early 60's Or was it just a promotional gimmick by the factory, go figure.. click on to see more stars in 300SL Mercedes.
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Andreas obviously, Max Hoffman working his way in Hollywood...
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JoyRide Talk about pointing fingers , boldie! -
NoOneFamous These cars! They literally are for rich and famous! -
Coltrane Wasn't he Russian?
W123 velours
Very stylish dark green w123 W123 creme velours and climate control.my guess is 300d
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Coltrane Not too shabby!
Ferrari 275GTB art car
Ferrari 275GTB art thing that I know absolutely nothing about other than it's pretty cool and most likely lived in France of all the places!
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JoyRide At least it's not boringly red this time!
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Coltrane It's bonkers and I love it
Stunning Vintage Photos of Jaguar E...
The Mamas & Papas showing off their motors in 1967. It seems Mama Michelle and John Phillips had better taste than the rest of the group-
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Timber loading Mercedes 300sl
You paid ridiculous money for your 300SL Roadster so you might make it work for its living, right? Here's the Stuttgart's finest hauling a mighty timber load...
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Hans Baumaster So different back then! Imagine turning up on the lawns of Pebble Beach like this today. -
Andreas Adam, you always come up with this weird and wonderful 300SL material. Keep it coming, thanks.
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Gottlieb Interesting. The plates look like this could be in Sweden. Which kinda would explain it.... -
Jules Nice car and very versatile
200D w110 Heckflosse Barn Find
Over the time you find yourself facing moments that underline passage of time and the fact that it's not indefinite, all things come to an end one way or another.
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Giovanni OooHH. very thigth fit that door!
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German Car Fan Bar...erh..barn
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German Car Fan Is that BMW 3.0CSI door?
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Adam And so she heads for the light...
Compton Coupe w111 Flachkühler Res...
This particular example was found in a mildly sinister back yard in the heart of Compton L.A.
Somehow we survived inspire of demoralizing comments by so called friends.
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German Car Fan Looks pretty sound!
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Andreas It is, exeptionally so.
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Andreas They would have come in handy when the cops pulled you over on Sunset boulevard...
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No Problemo! Yo Homie! Compton rulez ok!!
Mercedes Benz 500sec s1
Mercedes Benz 500 sec brown metallic, battles the northern winter, but for how long?
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German Car Fan It needs a garage for the winter
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BenzBoyz Yeah
W109 300 SE L 6.3 -70
Long way home:
From factory Stuttgart to US. Then back to Germany, Berlin. Then to Frankfurt and finally to Finland.
Ab Werk Stuttgart nach US, dann zurück nach Deutschland, Berlin. Dann nach Frankfurt und schließlich nach Finnland.
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How to Win Friends & Influence Peop...
How to win Friends and influence People? That's easy all you need is this 220SE Cabriolet, the rest will just happen!
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Cheap Tricks not too shabby
Ringo Starr rocking a Facel Vega
Tyre kickers beware! It's Ringo time! Here's Sir Ringo's other motor with stacked head lights.
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MGE
Sir, this really is your E-type OTS, trust me! We changed fluids, served the brakes and it passed MOT with flying colours.
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Jules Alors...c'est génial!
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Coltrane I see no reason why it would raise any suspicion.
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Panu Ahtopaine That went pretty smooth, didn't it.
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Marcus I thought I`d sniff at it but it`s kinda cute.
Lava Lamp inventor
Where would we be without this man and his ingenious Astro Lamp invention?
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Proper Camper
There's campers and then there is proper campers. your call.
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Jaguar E-type racer abandoned in a ...
Jaguar E-type racer abandoned in a back street, check the additional cooler in the bonnet, that's hood Travis
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Hans Baumaster wonder if that's massive oil cooler or auxialry radiator?
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Andreas Dunlop alloys, there something going on here!
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BIG Z bad to the bone...
FSO 1100 Coupé prototype like Espr...
What looks like 70% Lotus Esprit and 30% Fiat 1/9 is actually Zbigniew Wattson's FSO 1100 Coupe Prototype.
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Jules Looks very modern to me.
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Hans Baumaster stunner
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JoyRide Commies will not tolerate.
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BIG Z Not that bad, shame about their government!
Ferrari 512S FIA Homologation line ...
The line up of 25 Ferrari 512S for FIA Homologation in Maranello in 1969. The yellow one is the chassis #1030 for Scuderia Ecurie Francorchamps
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Nemo I wonder how many were really in running order that day ; ) -
JoyRide the first and last of the line!
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Americana Who cheats the best wins, that's Motorsport for y'all. -
F3B res Candy shop.
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American Racer Most of them had an engine at that point anyway!
Too Many F40 Ferraris
Looking to purchase something truly individual would F40 suit me?
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BIG Z A few million on the run.
"Light" the Woodstock VW hippy bus
Back in the summer of '69, Dr. Bob Hieronimus got a cool gig painting the Woodstock Light Bus for his buddies in the Baltimore rock band, Light. He worked his magic by a lake just outside Baltimore, and this groovy VW bus set off on its epic journey to the legendary Woodstock festival.
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Chris Quinn On the roof of it...naturally
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Americana Looking at these photos makes me sad.
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Americana Not because of what it used to be but what it has become.
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Chris Quinn Love bro!
Le Mans Winning Alpine a210 Barn Fi...
Gerard Gombert was once a handsome mechanic and local motorcycle racing daredevil over the years something snapped and Gerard turned a hoarder of race and sports car wrecks, mostly Alpine.
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Bayer K67, All Polyurethane body Ca...
Some call Bayer K 67 the world’s first car with an all-plastic -polyurethane that is, stressed body. They are wrong, Lotus Elite was!
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New wire wheeled Ford GT40s at John...
Very nice display of brand new Ford GT40s at John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ltd. The Opalescent Silver Blue,Original demonstrator P/1069 was dispatched by John Wyer to Garage Filippinetti for display at the 1967 Geneva Motor Show before touring Ford Dealers around the world.
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Adam P/1069 all the way in Finland! https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Adam/906/3826
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Adam Ps, great array of early GTs all with Borrani wire wheels.
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Adam n 1971, P/1069 was acquired by Anthony Bamford of JCB fame. and thus repainted to JCB yellow. Not very stylish in my book.
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Gottlieb A sight for sore eyes! I also love those wire wheels that look so much better than the Halibrands
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Cheap Tricks How many much for the lot then and now?
Ford GT40 life hack #1
This shot harks back to the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, showcasing a rather dramatic issue faced by the factory Ford GT40s on Daytona’s dizzying high banks.
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Coltrane Thanks to the considerable centrifugal forces at play, the GT40’s suspension decided to compress just enough to let the right-front tyre get uncomfortably close—indeed, too close—to the underside of the car’s bodywork.
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MilkMan All Go -No Show!
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Gottlieb Imagine driving one to a concourse show like that these days!
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Coltrane Hah! The all-knowing judges would soil themselves over it!
Mercedes multilink suspension
Mercedes multilink suspension rig during pre production test of the best suspension solution so far
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Cheap Tricks That would have sold like hot cakes in the US. HaHaa
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Coltrane Rootes Arrow, more specifically Sunbeam Vogue
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Coltrane Thanks to badge engineering also available as Chrysler Hunter, Chrysler Vogue, Dodge Husky, Hillman Arrow, Humber Sceptre, Singer Gazelle , Sunbeam Arrow and many more...
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Coltrane Yes
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Cornelius Crappy car nobody wants.
Porsche Type 823 Fake Tank
Imagine the exhilarating experience of driving a Porsche Type 823 fake tank, the epitome of battlefield glamour! Imagine the thrill as you cruise along in your deceivingly tank-like contraption, its thin tin body offering the ultimate (lack) sense of security, drawing the enemy artillery fire
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Americana Poor Bastards!
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Americana what a stupid ass thing!
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Göran Stupid propaganda thing. no good for anything but getting killed! -
German Car Fan Madness!
W111 Heckflosse safety cell
Designed by Béla Barényi, the W111 was the first series-production car to incorporate crumple zones into its design, a revolutionary step that remains a fundamental principle in modern car safety.
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Gottlieb That's the gospel but actually already the Ponton series had the Barényi, safety cell.
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American Racer Anyway it seems to work
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Andreas Excellent design working just as it was meant to.
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Hans Baumaster True
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MilkMan shame about the car
MB L319 & VW kastenwagen
Old photo of Finnish MB L319 & VW kastenwagen, needless to say I prefer the L319.
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German Car Fan both are great
VW Käfer Oval spotting
An old spotting of VW Käfer are Beetle, oval with folding sunroof. I believe desirable in certain circles.
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German Car Fan Very desirable
Elvis and Mercedes 300SL roadster
Wait a minute, did Elvis trade this 300SL roadster for the BMW 507? Not sure if that was a smart move?
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MilkMan That would not be a smart move at all. Anyway, the fella leaning on the screen frame looks like an owner to me.
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MilkMan As Elvis look on..in admiration of some sort ; )
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Hans Baumaster The 300SL is registered in Hamburg area, Elvis was stationed 450km south in Friedberg.
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Adam Good point
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German Car Fan Super!
FireVette
I'm not sure if this is too much for the vet guys to handle but to me the Stingray with firebird nose doesn't look half bad.
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57 Chevy Bellair convertible.
Mint condition Chevy Bellair convertible in metallic light red/pink
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MilkMan with a continental kit and all...
VW Käfer Oval Faltdach
VW Käfer Oval Faltdach, early beetle with a sliding roof in a barn, staircase to heaven?
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Compton Coupe Mercedes w111 Flachk...
There she is, the one owner donor S500. Roughly as frozen as the whole project.
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Americana Winter wonder land...
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German Car Fan It should be in a garage!
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Adam This w220 has a life mission now.
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Cornelius Stupid plan you destroy the car's value! Don't do it.
Paddock Photographic Tales
Mercedes W196r #22 with #18 in the paddock.
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Americana Slick cars
Oil Delivery
Fine art at its best, "Heating Oil Delivery” by George Hughes
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Americana That's more like it!
Sophisticated Lady by Carl Goldberg...
The Fankenlady is light very agile and reasonable performer. What more would you ask for?
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Göran I suppose that's enough : )
Vw Beetle play room on wheels.
Back seat Playroom for your VW opportunity or threat?
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JoyRide Both, absolutely!
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MaxPoke69 Even a slow car may be dangerous
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Visitor Other than that, opportunity.
Project Tip-Tow
Project Tip-Tow was a Cold War-era experiment by the U.S. Air Force that aimed to extend the range of early jet fighters by having them "tow" next a larger aircraft, specifically a B-29 or B-36 bombe. Tip Tow was a brainchild by Richard Vogt an eccentric German aeronautical engineer.
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Hegi Kalif 3m sailplane
Santa stuck in the snow with his Kalif.
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Waking up the Shark Nose (BMW 3.0 C...
The shark nose's been dormant longer that it should. So it was finally time to open the Aladdin's cave and let the sun shine in on the dusty blue paint. The engine was as happy as ever to wake up after hibernation but the brakes not so...
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Hans Baumaster Excellent!
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German Car Fan They were men to be driven, you know...
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Gottlieb Noce, BTW managed to spot the earlier short nose 2000CS on a trailer today.
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German Car Fan You're talking bout this? http://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Gottlieb/389/2193
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bucket and sponge You too guys, give it some soap!
Sagitta 900 Crash an Rebuild Tale
Today, my Sagitta 900 had it's re-maiden. In exceptionally beautiful and freezing northern winter weather. There was a low hanging inversion layer or below which it was -15 Celsius and around -2 above.
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F3B res This could be the most beautiful photo of a glider I've ever seen in my life.
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Coltrane I'm so glad this photo was on the cover page as I would have missed it otherwise.
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Coltrane it's almost unreal in its beauty. What a place you've got there!
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Adam Winter wonder land, Santa's secret test facility
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American Racer That sure ain't no California and this thing's not for the weak.
Merry Christmas and a happy new yea...
May 2025 be a better year!
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Americana Thanks! You and your family too!, merry Xmas!
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Göran To you and all the world, merry Xmas and a much much better new year
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German Car Fan And a happy new year
Turbonique Rocket Powered Turbo Rea...
Turbonique -the rocket powered turbo rear axle- came about in 1962 in Orlando, Florida, a stone's throw from NASA rockets, by Gene Middlebrooks, a Nasa subcontractor on the propulsion system for the Pershing missile program, looking for new business.
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Gottlieb Holy Smokes and Thunder!
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Panu Ahtopaine Splendid idea..indeed.
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Hans Baumaster Absolutely mad idea!
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NasWag Mega awesome!
Mercedes Velours Vs Leder
When it comes to Mercedes interiors you cannot pass velours when it comes to 70's and 80's cars.
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Hans Baumaster Two very different approaches to luxury interior. Velours can be fragile and hard to keep clean but no one can deny how comfortable they are.
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w123-Fahrer Those must be w123 Series 2 velour (suede) seats
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Heckflosse Are they for sale?
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Andreas Not really!
Airtronics Aquila Solarfilm Failure
Beautiful sunny day with potent thermals and my new old Aguila solarfilm wing goes on a holiday in the sun. I tried a few hi-starts and it was dreadfully bad.
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Mercedes 220s heckflosse sharing ba...
Two survivors of different breed sharing their barn, Mercedes Benz 220s Fiat 1500 Spider.
w111: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/276
https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/55
https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/112
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Heckflosse Safe and secure for the winter!
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Adam cosy
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German Car Fan Heckflosse!
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Lumis I like the Fiat Spider even more
Lenny Kravitz works on his Vw Beetl...
Today Lenny Kravitz has mainly been working on his Bug. How's your day so far?
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Andreas ...Mr. cab driver fuck you I'm a survivor...
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JoyRide Staged or real? I have no clue!
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Panu Ahtopaine Bug nut working on his lug nut
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JoyRide How old is Lenny anyway?
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JoyRide Seems pretty fit
Sporty Camaro SS
They never said it was a sports car but a Sporty Sportster, thus SS I guess!
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MaxPoke69 SSShhhh!
Cobra 289 for sale, vintage ad
It does not seem like a lot of money for a 289 AC Cobra these days but actually 9000 was a lot for such an obsolete car in 1974.
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N:5069 Iowa Cobra
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Winterbottom rust belt cobras tend to be affordable....
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Winterbottom Not
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MaxPoke69 9000 won't buy yo a replica even these days!
Facel Vega Dragster
Once upon a time in my dear Sweden someone thought a Face Vega would make a great drag racer.
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Pilot (OkModel) Tommy vintage Sailp...
This is where it all started on Xmas in 1983 or so. My very first RC plane ever, Pilot Tommy. The poor glider snapped its wing on a towline in 84-85 what was left of the bird was (kinda) patched in one piece put away in an attic and forgotten for 36 years. Until now that is!
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Bird of Time 3-metre Sailplane Scra...
To size up what needs to be done and to motivate myself to push further I decided to assemble the bits and pieces together. Starting to look like a proper sailplane. 800 grams as is with the servos, which isn't bad considering its size.
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Winterbottom Such a beauty you're building . I take shape like that is not the easiest to build. I almost love this as mush as your primary project.
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Winterbottom At least I presume the E-type is your primary project, as there's so much going on with you: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/778
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Andreas In top three at least when it comes to cars. I might enjoy building ang especially flying gliders even more...on a good day.
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F3B res 800g that's very light for an almost finished BOT. well done
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Shrike As far as gliders go this has to be one of the most beautiful ones if not the most.
Ferrari 288 GTO factory test
Ferrari 288GTO wearing the famous MO prove licence plate, pre-production car.
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Italian Job Notice 288 GTO emblem, which the production cars did not wear.
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Italian Job Sold to a private individual unknown whereabouts, to me at least!
Michalak Corsaspider
Michalak Corsaspider a clever speedster concept by Michalak Corsaspider and build by Voll, 2.0l-engine with 115HP from the Kadett GSi sits behind the driver with bits of Ascona. 40kg less than standard Corsa It was was a blast!
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MilkMan Sounds like a ton of fun! Shame it never got into production.
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Andreas Interesting
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German Car Fan Super! style, light weight, performance, handling, it has everything!
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American Racer That would have been criminally fun!
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Adam Those must be Ascona strut towers, I bet the rear axle is actually Ascona front one..
SGS tuning Mercedes 500 sec pick up
Styling Garage (SGS), a renowned coachbuilder and tuner located near Hamburg, Germany, operated from 1979 to 1986. The firm, which became synonymous with luxury and opulence, specialized in crafting extravagant designs predominantly based on the Mercedes-Benz W126 S-class.
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Hans Baumaster Oh my god! I had almost forgotten about SGS.
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Hans Baumaster it was a good thing
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Adam It actually does not suck.
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Adam I certainly could live with one
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Lumis I like it.
Dkw F89 Roadster
Who would have imagined! Inside a humble DKW f89 there is almost beautiful roadster. I have no idea who did the modification though!
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German Car Fan It looks good!
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German Car Fan Very good!
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Winterbottom Frankly I always thought so called hot Rodgers lack imagination repeating the same formula over and over again. I would take this over any ol'32 hiboy or other cliche-rod
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Gottlieb East German IFA
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Andreas Outstanding
Aeronaut Stratos model of the year ...
Introduced in 1983, winning the model of the year award the same year, what ever that means. The cool bit is you can still order the kit directly from the manufacturer!
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Restoring...
Idiots' guide to restoring c123. What to expect when you've got the hots for a rusty Mercedes coupe carcass.
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w123-Fahrer When did you restore C123?
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Andreas in the 90's, way before internet, web stores or common sense were invented.
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JoyRide Oh Boy What a joy!
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Jules Massive...Massive job!
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German Car Fan You did it. that's alla that matters.
VW Sirocco Rally team
VW Sirocco Rally Team busy at social isolation, not fully successfully so though.
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Panu Ahtopaine Let's be careful out there!
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RennMeister Looks like a fast team.
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BIG Z Looks staged to me
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Nemo right
Covid-19 Corona SM?
Covid-19? Corona? SM? never herd...what are they? Think I'm good though, mate!
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Panu Ahtopaine Be safe!
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Andreas Quite handy these days.
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Hans Baumaster I would be more afraid than feel safe.
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Abroc I could live with that:
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Nemo I know people that are into this thing.
Pontiac GTO 1970
Beautiful 1970 Palisade Green Pontiac GTO cruising in the night, nothing can beat that!
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Nemo Looking good
Peugeot 205 interior design
Everyone knows the mighty Peugeot 205 was designed by Pininfarina. And what a great job they did! However you might not know the interior was penned by Paul Bracq!
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Iso Grifo A3/C Bizzarrini taking it...
What you're looking, is actually two Iso Grifo A3/C Bizzarrinis no.0214 & 0210. combined by racing legend and ex WWII B-24 belly gunner Max Ernest Balchowsky.
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Italian Job That's how it was back then. People harping about matching numbers and the rest of that BS have absolutely no idea of the reality when it comes to historical racing cars. It was all about mix and match to make it to the next race.
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Americana It used to be matching what you could get your hands on, whereas today it's all about matching numbers in one way or another -if you know what i mean...
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Jules very interesting!
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Adam Mix-matching-numbers.
David Bowie Mercedes 450SEL 6.9
David Bowie entering his Mercedes Benz 450SEL 6.9 In Los Angeles during the "lost year" in Los Angeles 1975
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Adam Hipsters take a note, w116.
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The Chap Check ignition and may God's love be with you...
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JoyRide Kids here me out, If smoking killed David Bowie, you won't stand a chance!
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Hans Baumaster he was terrified of flying btw.
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Années 80 hunka-hunka burning love vol2
Strippers' choice at Earls Court 19...
1973 Earl Court Motor show, head for PR at Saab Mr Wankalot thought it was a brilliant idea to hire staff at his local strip club. They tell she is Mr Wankalot's personal favorite at the gentleman's club in Bristol.
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The Chap Good heavens
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Chris Quinn Ok good, just one more question who exactly is your target market Mr Wankalot
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Americana Ivy League swinger couples, preferably living in suburbia.
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Cornelius Safety conscious swingers?
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Göran Early Electronic fuel injection Manual transmission Special 99 ems
Golden Cobra
Cool cat lookeng pretty confident in his Golden Cobra 427sc in the 70's.
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Mustang Hardtop Shell on rotisserie...
Mustang Hardtop body on a rotisserie.
The gutted bare shell looks like it was abandoned and forgotten outdoors.
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Obscure stuff
Plymouth Super Bird Minivan No idea who where or why?
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Get Daytona Started
The rumor has it after their first disqualification at 24HRS du Mans due to illegal jump start. Shelby came up with a clever plan. Should they have a flat battery there was a bit rain coat under which one could hide a battery with cables running inside the sleeves. A trick that worked
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Andreas Who ever cheats the best wins.
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BMW Boomer clever fellas
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Nemo That's the way you do it!
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JoyRide that's an electrifying story!
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MaxPoke69 To race is to cheat.
Car Classified Ads in 1938
Very interesting reading this second hand car classified listing page in 1938 makes. Which one would you choose?
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Antartic Snow Cruiser: Designed to ...
Rarely does one witness such a fucked up design than the infamous Antarctic Snow Cruiser, a collaboration between US government ( you can already see where this is going) and Armour Institute of Technology.
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The Chap Looking at the thing you would assume it belonged to Thunderbirds ' fleet of marvelous vehicles.
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Adam in getting stuck on Antarctica?
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JoyRide They weren't that stupid after all, the plane is there for a purpose. Man!
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Panu Ahtopaine How on earth were they fooled to think that thing would ever work on ice and snow? I mean really!
Austin Healey and the bird
Great photo, could be me in the 70's cannot tell for sure cause I was so stoned the whole decade and some
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Jaguar XK120 Roadster Le Mans
Gregory W. Teaby power sliding through a curve Jaguar XK-120 le mans
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Winterbottom That's a proper beauty.
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Andreas I think Le Mans refers to the racing kit rather than 24hrs du Mans
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Nemo It's not drifting, it's a power slide.
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Abroc That's the way you do it! floor it
Cutaways are cool
And a third Jaguar E-type cutaway, this time in red color.
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Comparing Jaguar E-type size and si...
Comparing Jaguar E-type size and silhouette with BMW X6 coupe
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Winterbottom What a difference, in every imaginable way
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Göran an eyeopener
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Andreas Good stuff!
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Gottlieb amazing
ClassicDigest restores Trojan 200
A newcomer joins the Classic Digest fleet.
Hooray to Trojan 200!
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Andreas Wow! This is so out there...Gotta get one of these some day. Keep up the good work guys!
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Giovanni Grazy little car, I love this car!
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Jules Waiting for episode II
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ClassicDigest Crew Hi Jules, the II part of the Trojan Saga is on its way. We have just been so busy with our Mercedes 280 se 5.0 project. (as well as developing classicdigest site...)
560 SEC barnfind possible AMG?
A barn fresh 560sec with rust free body is decent find these days. Some paper work seems to suggest it may be a genuine pre merger AMG. The quest for more evidence continues.
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Hans Baumaster That is some find, what is the story behind? Did you guys buy it?
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ClassicDigest Crew The usual story, someone watched too much pimp my ride, trashed a fine car doing an imaginary LS-swap (yawn) and run out of steam when the damage was done. Yes, the car is part of ClassicDigest fleet now. Its final destiny will be decided upon once the po
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Nemo Congrats! besides LS ten times better than SBC I recon.
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BMW Boomer not bad
Austin Healey Hard Top
Random photo of an Austin Healey hard top that looks quite interesting. Not a factory item I'd say and not one that you see often.
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Andreas Looks like FHC modification to me.
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Adam Yeah, the roof is flush with the A-pilar.
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Adam The question is, are they related? https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Winterbottom/1277
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Winterbottom Are they, in deed?
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Andreas Plausible...if unlikely
Citroën CX
What is happening to this poor Citroën CX?
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Italian Job Someone who fell in love with Alfa Romeo B.A.T 7
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Carluccio-69 Movie car? -
Adam Super Leggera ...
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Gottlieb I thing this was a custom built in France in the 80's it was white with two doors,
Neglected Cosworth MB
Another neglected 190 2.3-16 mercedes, car that broke speed records, introduced Ayrton Senna to the world and after rough start ruled DTM....all forgotten now. There goes the fame and fortune of this world.
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Nemo A shame, really.
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Adam M3 is either grossly overpriced of 2.3-16 / 2.5-16 underpriced.
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Adam What is the story on this neglected example?
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Youngtimer SAVE THIS CAR!
Mercedes Benz 280 w123 winter
Mercedes Benz W123 280 sedan coping with winter and snow with style.
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Pilot Q.B. 1800 laser cut kit
This is the very reason behind the short kit, my friend's QB 1800 gliding beautifully in the 80's.
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Gottlieb golden era of RC?
Mercedes-Benz w123 safety body
The ingenious Mercedes-Benz w123 safety body structure demonstrated by a car without its outer body panels doors etc. extremely strong and safe!
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w123-Fahrer much stronger than w114/115 https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/w123-Fahrer/262
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Heckflosse It all started with w111
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Gottlieb Ponton even
Lamborghini Countach in the snow
I love Alps, Italy, skiing and mid-engined sports cars... this could be my dream.
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Années 80 Crazy -just crazy
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Carluccio-69 It's a car. Cars are supposed to be driven aren't they?
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Andreas They are! Not entirely sure if that includes snow and salt though ; )
Microprop Variomodul vintage RC
Now this is proper Nib nos and all that jazz vintage collector material the Microprop Variomodul sender with a very bespoke receiver battery. Untouched since when? The 80's late 70's?
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Rosie the riveter
Beautiful female worker on b17 plexi nose bubble.
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Göran Beautiful photo
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Americana the greatest generation!
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Gottlieb When did they invent the Plexiglass (plastic)
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American Racer Plexiglas was first brought to market in 1933 by Röhm & Haas AG in Germany
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American Racer In GB same material was sold as trademark Perspex roughly around the same time.
Wonderful Times Ahead with W111
Beautiful dash in a w111 220S sedan with webasto manual sun roof
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Andreas Lovely!
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Adam Life is good for the fella.
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Heckflosse in deed
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Gottlieb true style and standard
Peugeot 205GTI bring a trailer
It might be the greatest sports car killer of all times...however, it's still French and needs a bit of help every now and then. but hey, we all do!
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Jules Mon dieu, que s'est-il passé?? What happened?
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ClassicDigest Crew Nothing that drastic, just time for a bit of head rehab.
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German Car Fan Typical of French cars. But you have a good tow car there!
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Youngtimer Fix it get back on the road and enjoy!
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Carluccio-69 Did it get fixed?
CLK new emblem
They tell us mercedes is plannihn to give up on traditional hood ornaments.
Just as well, mä vain hiihän...
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JoyRide Now that's more like it. what is ma vain hidan?
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Nemo Brilliant, now where can I order one?
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Adam Holy crap : )
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Giovanni Mercedes for Manuela Di Centa!
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Carluccio-69 Hah!
Heckflosse w112 w111 with coupe rea...
There has been talk about assembling a heckflosse with coupe bumper. This is what it could look like. I prefer original
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Andreas Looking at the boot lid I can tell this is actually a coupe with w111 sedan taillights and fins. But the point is, yes that's pretty close to what it would look like and I like it.
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Heckflosse You are right, so it seems.
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Carluccio-69 Real or AI?
Capri with Cortina Stars
When you combine the best of 60 Ford.
Ford Capri MK1 Cortina Stars
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Carluccio-69 Other than the whale tail and the rear lights it's not bad. not bad at all!
AC Cobra ARTCAR
I think someone wrote an article on this AC Cobra artcar on ClassicDigest.com, I could not find the story though.
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Coltrane I also love the very 300SL artmobile you shared previously: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Adam/443/2306
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Années 80 I want one, I need one even if its too old for me, ha ha haaa
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Lumis Ars longa vita brevis!
Nissan Gloria Hardtop and Silvia Co...
It's brown, luxurious, has CC-hips, and most of all it's pillar-less.
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JoyRide Cool, but what's the story with the funky Japanese side mirrors?
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Andreas strangely intriguing car
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Americana Doing it's best to look like it came from Detroit.
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Youngtimer cool
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Youngtimer different
Alex Cunningham Commodore Special
A.Cunningham Opel Commodore Special was a one-off special for Alex, then general manager of Adam Opel AG and later a candidate for presidency. Flash body modifications were in-house job while the performance bits came from Irmscher-Tuning
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German Car Fan Toll! you found color photos! I only had these b&W: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/German+Car+Fan/283/1919
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Adam Different color, license plate, wheels and no bubble flares. Same car in different iteration or another one?
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NordMan This is the better version! no question.
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Andreas Look at Opel now¡
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Giovanni Verry good!
Curtis P40 gallery
In the early pre Pearl Harbour days. P40 fighters scattered around the plant yard in different stages of construction, from bare fuselages to test running planes.
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Spitfire Spotting
Not so long ago, one would see something of this nature on the road, feels so distant now as it has been raining two weeks non-stop...
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1975 Toyota Celica GT «Freestyle»...
Kneissl Ski Team next to what I believe is Toyota Celica GT «Freestyle» customized by George Barris. No further info available
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Panu Ahtopaine Finally a spoiler that is of any use!
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American Racer George Barris! That's awesome!
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Adam Barris was Hollywood must have something to do?
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N:5069 Batmobile!
Michael Corleone's Alfa Romeo 6C 25...
Michael Corleone's Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 he drove during his exile in Sicily.
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TGK-69 It was a good movie.
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Winterbottom They don't make movies like that anymore.
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Adam I believe 6C was aged of its time, even post war ones.
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Americana Great movie or movies!
Detroit Steel as Land Fill
There was a time when Detroit's finest was considered only good for land fill. They were wrong of course.
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Nürburgring Touristenfahrten in Po...
Nürburgring Touristenfahrten has for more than 50 years allowed Joe average a chance to LARP a race driver, like our hero in his Porsche 356 here
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American Racer Nothing to it, brake hard before and accelerate through the apex.
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Heckflosse nothing has changed since, today the same
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German Car Fan Nürburgring rocks!
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N:5069 Driver error.
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Speed Demon Swing axle action at its worst.
Bad Day for Mercedes-Benz 300SL
Must have been Monday for this Daimler-Benz Werks w194 300SL racer. Could this be Targa Florio 1952?
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The Chap Just checking the greasing points, sir....
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Hans Baumaster Judging by the policeman's uniform I'd say this mishap it took place in Germany.
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Henry I always thought they all had an under pan but this one's got fully exposed space frame.
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Andreas I was thinking about the under belly as well. Possibly they only used it for high speed events and left out for events like this to help with the excessive heat build up?
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RennMeister This was Gaisberg -Austrian hill climb race.
Royal w112 300SE cabriolet
Prince Philip of Belgium in his metallic green / cognac Mercedes 300 SE W112 Cabriolet.
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Hans Baumaster That 300SE is the finest post war cabriolet.
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Gottlieb Agreed
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Robert Klienge Does anyone know if the car survives?
Total Eclipse ( of the heart? )
Yes it's true I got myself an e-glider. But I have a good excuse it's vintage...Airnautics Eclipse from the 80's -I guess.
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Adam Beautiful.
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F3B res Oh Eclipse, one of the first E Gliders along with the Goldberg Electra. How does it fly, power off that is?
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Andreas s A lot better than I was expecting. It has a wide speed range due to e205 air foil and glides better than some pure gliders of the era. I also managed to reduce the total weight from 1250 gram to 960 and move the centre of gravity 10mm or so rearwards.
U.S. Army Air Force scale models
During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Force used scale models for several critical purposes such as training and education (pilots and other crew), mission planning as well as public relations and recruitment. The modes builders were USAAF personnel.
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Andreas Very neat stuff.
Aston in the Wall
After all you're just another Aston in the wall...
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Coltrane ...Teacher leave them kids alone...
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Hans Baumaster It's actually DB6
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Nemo We don't need no (traffic) education.
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Adam Actually that's DB6 but never mind.
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NasWag Ha ha Haa!
Expensive scrap metal
Would you pay over 200.000 sterling for a pile of AC Ace scrap metal? Someone just did at H&H auctions!
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Great Pains Spirit 2m
She flies beautifully, very sensitive to weak thermals.
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Roger Moore with "The Persuaders A...
In the British TV series "The Persuaders!" starring Roger Moore, he drove an Aston Martin DBS alongside Tony Curtis in his Dino 248. The show ran from 1971 to 1972, and the Aston Martin DBS added a touch of classic British sophistication to their adventures!
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Winterbottom Hmm, in a way yes, but exclusive and hand build.
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The Chap "De mortuis nil nisi bene"
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Hankey Bannister I'm with Claudius. Posh Mustang! That's what it is. -
Göran brutal & powerful
Cortina MK1 Snowed in
No way to treat such a classic, is it? I'll promise to take it indoor soon!
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356 Cabrio Zuffies as Dutch Police ...
356 Cabrio Zuffies as Dutch Police Cars
Think of a police cat today a Euro hatch back, stw or VW van. Dutch irks politic on get 60's were made of different wood, they drove Porsche 356 cabriolets
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JagMan Totally impractical and not that fast, what were they thinking?
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Hankey Bannister most cars would blow doors off this beetle.
BMW 850 e31 mule looking like e24 o...
I think this is the BMW GT coupe they should have built! It is of course BMW 850 e34 mule that looks like an e24 on steroids.
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German Car Fan Yes yes and Yes!!
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TGK-69 I think 850 was always a bore. This mule on the other hand.
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Hankey Bannister Mucho macho
Bernie was here
I'll just park this here and wait for a ticket.
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Nemo "how many times do I have to tell you, you need to press the clutch with your left foot, it's not that hard ol'berniboy"
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Göran Sharing a moment, those two
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Hankey Bannister Man of many talents.
Ford Escort Mk1 Special
You could say this MK1 Escort is more special than an average one.
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Andreas It does have some rather unique features, I give you that.
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JoyRide I love the work they've done. An absolute fan!
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Göran They over did themselves with this one.
Rocket Man Fritz von Opel
"Cause I'm the Rocket Man and Elton's just an imposter " Fritz von Opel
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Confiscated Alfa Romeo Sprint "prot...
This little Alfa Romeo Sprint, that was alleged to be a Bertone prototype, was confiscated by the Finnish tax officials and will be auctioned soon. The car has no paperwork to confirm its history or origin though.
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ProtoTipo Any markings, tags or vin visible?
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Hans Baumaster Pretty sure this is not a genuine Bertone, if it is someone must have modified it afterwards.
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Hans Baumaster Is it steel or Aluminium?
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Stefan_Holmström Financial problems, it is sold because of the previous owners debts.