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Published 14/09/2014 @ 18:16:32, By Gamer
The "Passat Variant" is a US VW Quantum Wagon! :wam:

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Published 14/09/2014 @ 18:42:32, By Lateef
The Passat/Quantum is a self-cobbled shitbox with a 1982-85 Quantum grille and headlights, with 1985+ bumpers and trim and ugly aftermarket repeaters.
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Published 14/09/2014 @ 19:18:41, By Neon
I think that is a Passat just with the grille and headlights of the US version
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Published 14/09/2014 @ 19:51:18, By ingo
Just back from our K 70-meeting in Gent/Belgium (where I'd been with my Vauxhall Vectra, as the evening before I've noticed, that the K 70-battery is gone). Of course I had always the interests for other IMCDb-ists in my mind :smile:

So at first two pics for eLMeR:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/674/QD1z90.jpg

It's the biggest bus company in my wider area (one bus is even visible in a IMCDb-saved movie-scene)

and annother non-Eastern bus:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/910/3iTlOb.jpg


Recently we talked about that: one of the very ver last 1975-K 70 cobbled, with export-parts as the regular ones weren't available in the plant any more. So these caps (black ones covering the indicator-hole of the "made for I/N,DK/J-wing", chromated ones for covering the "Swedish bumper" (with the headlamp washer).
The car is interesting insofar, as it's the one and only known, which was officially exported after November 1974:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/DDYuve.jpg

The rings around the headlights are grey, because the original V2A-steel ones ran out, too. So they took painted plastic rings...


Annother very very last example (produced at Steyr-Magna in Graz/Austria after the production in the Hannover-plant of VW already ran out:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/4GRf44.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/6OVhZp.jpg

Seen today noon in Oudenaarde:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/902/gUQvIc.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/673/Okm7IZ.jpg

where we had a classic Belgian-style lunch:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/537/bh4e37.jpg

O.k., not really original Belgian: I cannot stand the fruit-beer. And calories-reduction is healthier anyways.


Somwhow I thought about a specific IMCDb-member while noticing this motif:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/911/OeazOZ.jpg


At an used car dealer outside Gent:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/661/a7WVJN.jpg

P.S.Nearby the motorway around Antwerpen I passed two importers of US-cars. Surpringingly many new Dodge Ram were on their yard. Didn't know, that they are that popular in Belgium.

in Gent:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/912/BDjSAB.jpg


When I asked the driver, if the 236.000 km are original, he told me, that this T5 Transporter belonged in its first life to the leasing-vehicle-fleet of the German Army. Very typical for the Bundeswehr, that it is a real low-spec version. A K 70-fellow, who works at a VW-dealership, told me, that major customers as taxi-companies and authorities can order these special downgraded versions. So this 2010 VW T5 has manual window-lifters, no interior-claddngs in the back and no air-condition.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/674/fiu76r.jpg

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Published 20/09/2014 @ 00:53:16, By eLMeR
So at first two pics for eLMeR:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/674/QD1z90.jpg
It's the biggest bus company in my wider area (one bus is even visible in a IMCDb-saved movie-scene)

and annother non-Eastern bus:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/910/3iTlOb.jpg

Thanks, ingo! :smile:

I do sometimes also pay attention to smaller vehicles than trucks and vans:
http://elmer.re:8043/Photos/_data/i/upload/2014/09/18/20140918072805-472e8cda-sm.jpg
(Click...)

Shot 2 days ago while walking the dog, and dedicated to all lovers of rusty and/or French cars (not the same ? :grin: )
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Published 21/09/2014 @ 01:00:42, By chicomarx
where we had a classic Belgian-style lunch

You were supposed to have some meat with your fries, all I see is potatoes. :grin:
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Published 25/09/2014 @ 00:12:25, By antp
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Published 25/09/2014 @ 02:55:21, By eLMeR
Elmer, you can repost it there?

Can you unlock it, please, so I can copy/paste the source?
Or maybe it is a plot because I use lots of links and pictures in it like everywhere? :joce:

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Published 25/09/2014 @ 10:27:18, By antp
sorry I didn't know that on this forum locking the thread blocked the access to the message source :grin: Some forums show an error only when you try to actually edit/post, not when clicking on the icon for doing it.

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Published 25/09/2014 @ 11:45:59, By antp
And to come back to the topic, a Matra Simca Bagheera :

http://i.imgur.com/8I7MOhE.jpg
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Published 25/09/2014 @ 16:50:45, By eLMeR
Small tour in Ariège this week-end, to help a friend finding a new home...
Amongst a impressive amount of Peugeot Partner I and Citroën Berlingo I (did PSA sold the whole production in Ariège? :wink: ), there was:
- a rusty UNIC Vosges P8R:
http://photos.elmer.re/i.php?/upload/2014/09/23/20140923024357-33353a78-xs.jpg
(As always, click to see bigger pictures)

For this one, the "security system" (© Cougar Tim :grin: ) didn't sound, and seemed more wanting to come closer to catch some caresses:
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923024511-f8069472-xs.jpg

- (1920?) Saurer A-Type:
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023841-0f548ce0-xs.jpg
(The forklift is dedicated to Mike962 :whistle: )

But this one had a less friendly security system:
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023834-74e162ad-xs.jpg

- the last (or a lost?) car of a classic cars meeting that took place in Saint-Girons Saturday morning (we were there in the afternoon):
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923024316-467d2105-xs.jpg

To be complete, I also saw in Saint-Girons a British Land-Rover IIA (late model, with the headlamps in the wings), a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and a hot-rod made on a "I don't know what"-basis.
But I was driving while crossing paths with the Land-Rover, and Lamborghini cars or hot-rods don't thrill me. Owners of Lamborghini just make me smile when they try to pass a speed bump: one can see them trying to look unshakable even though getting in a sweat about their car underfloor :boidleau:

Speaking of vehicles from Sant'Agata Bolognese, an already installed friend told me there were some Lamborghini tractors in the mountains. But I only saw a Ford 6600:
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023815-f1ee28ea-xs.jpg
Maybe next time?

And almost back home, there was this Saviem SG2:
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023853-76a95bb8-xs.jpg
Still working, with this 9-3 on the platform...
______

Transportation related things also seen:
- an old gas-station in Castillon, may be still in use?
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023727-c249bc6a-xs.jpg

- an 1942 information panel in Saint-Girons announcing (the street is maybe a maximum of 8 feet wide):
"Forbidden to trucks wider than 6.6 feet
Horse-drawn vehicles must go at a walking pace
Cars speed limit is 9-12 mph
Overtaking forbidden, even to bicyclists1
No Parking"
(1: "bicycliste" word is no longer used in France since... maybe the 40's :smile: )
http://photos.elmer.re/_data/i/upload/2014/09/23/20140923023928-4d2f2260-xs.jpg

Of course, this panel is just there for tourists (like me...), as the street is now closed to traffic.
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Published 25/09/2014 @ 16:56:59, By eLMeR
And to come back to the topic, a Matra Simca Bagheera :

http://i.imgur.com/8I7MOhE.jpg

Like Renault 12, they were so much to wear huge antenna with "fox tail" in estates when I was young that it's still hard for me to see this "thing" as an interesting car. Or maybe as sociological stuff? :grin:

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Published 29/09/2014 @ 00:56:38, By CougarTim
"At an used car dealer outside Gent:"
1970 Chrysler 300

Two weeks ago, I was directly behind a Google StreetView Subaru Impreza for a couple blocks while driving to work in my Bimmer.

The next day, I was in my Cougar and ended up at a stoplight right next to a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS.

And last week, again in my Cougar, there was a Mercedes-Benz 'fintail' sedan right behind me at a stoplight. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a picture and I don't know enough to distinguish the different models at a glance.
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Published 30/09/2014 @ 03:16:18, By Sandie
Some stuff from the last few months.

Alvis:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0461_zpsc28a991b.jpg

Tidy XR2i:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0707_zpscc3f80eb.jpg

Austin 7:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0437_1_zps3591f859.jpg

Bugatti Kit Car:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0433_zpse4eecc51.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0432_zps2fc037a1.jpg

Many pickup drivers in Britain drive like tits so this BOOB plate is apt:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0429_zps3db291bf.jpg

Toyota Noah (no, I haven't either):
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0419_zps64d0cdcc.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0418_zps14cd6255.jpg

Double spot:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0416_zpscf9735b6.jpg

Suzuki's answer to a question no one asked:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0699_zpsb4aa219e.jpg

Another Austin 7, spotted across the street from the previous one (a few weeks earlier, these pics are in reverse order):
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0698_zpsb874ff37.jpg

Some Opel:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0693_zpsf8ea082a.jpg

Scruffy GMC Yukon (very rare to see US cars in the UK):
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0690_zpse031a463.jpg

Nice 2CV:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Photo0413_zpsf5ebb3e6.jpg

14 plate Volkswagen Type 2:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0685_zps6d0faa3b.jpg

Certainly not BE10VED by me:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0684_zps3d9ce3e2.jpg

Why did Vauxhall make such an awfully cack-handed job out of the Corsa Convertible?
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0675_1_zps3227ad6c.jpg

Genuine(!) Vitesse Estate:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0574_1_zps463e91a8.jpg

Can Am Spyder thing:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0673_1_zps8389460f.jpg

Nice Bristol:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0665_1_zps7e7cd1dd.jpg

Mini/Suzuki mash up:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0612_1_zps9d3d9e81.jpg

You don't see many of these any more:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0591_1_zpse90ba275.jpg

Austin 3-Litre:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0563_1_zps9044cc61.jpg

Marcos:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0542_1_zps7cf02a7a.jpg

Jensen 541:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0533_1_zps139d3323.jpg

Lancia Gamma Coupe:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0521_1_zps050092ed.jpg

Aston Martin (worth a dizzying amount of cash!)
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0515_1_zps2d2d25b8.jpg

Skimmed over the shots from that show, more are here: http://autoshite.com/topic/17077-bvac-vintage-car-rally-spots/#entry579202

Something for the SAAB freaks:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0507_zpsac434190.jpg

Slightly scruffy Triumph:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0501_zps9bbc81ea.jpg

I went to the National Kit Car show this year, I saw this, an Elswick Envoy (not actually a kit car!):
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/ElswickEnvoy_zps0c7edbed.jpg

Can't remember the last time I saw one of these before this one!
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0425_zpse1dbceee.jpg

Or one of these:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0411_zps3b98dddd.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0413_zpsce63e238.jpg

Some hotrod:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Shite_zps3aaf6b7e.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Shite2_zps2c2fb858.jpg

Metro Convertible:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0178_zps7e6805ac.jpg

MG SV:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0166_zpsb42cd5f6.jpg

Rally Landcrab:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0149_zps73b6e1e7.jpg

Infamous IMCDB unicorn (Rover 420 Turbo):
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0132_zps038995a5.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0133_zps83700292.jpg

Hero car from the British version of Back to the Future in which they could never travel through time due to being unable to do 88mph:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0066_zps6b477345.jpg

Tata Loadbeta:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0062_zps9d7bb1d0.jpg

Only 14 75 V8 Tourers were made:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0060_zps6e521b6e.jpg

Swallow Doretti:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0024_zpsbfbe2148.jpg

Hustler:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0005_zps9e2b35c2.jpg

Imagine how joyous it would be to sleep in this:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Maestro2_zps1e82c339.jpg

These look better than you would expect:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Fister_zpsa3bd94c5.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Fister2_zpse42a0541.jpg

This looks ever worse than you would expect:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Bentley_zps319b25bc.jpg

Supermarket car park Lada:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Lada2_zps8e175969.jpg

One of only two modern Renaults I'd consider suffering:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Avantime_zps27f3a715.jpg

And, to end, all Fords are poo:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/Focus_zps6eda6a83.jpg

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Published 30/09/2014 @ 10:13:07, By eLMeR
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Published 30/09/2014 @ 11:16:14, By antp
Lots of interesting photos, thanks :smile:
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Published 01/10/2014 @ 03:42:56, By eLMeR
This picture is most certainly already worldwide known, but I found interesting this "American way of life" vision:
http://www.campingcarnews.com/Images/camping_car_truck.gif
(taken from the "Weird vehicles" page of a French website dedicated to camper vans and motorhomes)

To be compared with the same situation in France :wink:
http://www.campingcarnews.com/Images/remorque-camping-car.gif
(This trailer in particular is sold with the microcar -an Aixam "Crossover"- and the whole is called a "Bissonnette")


One can of course have a mix of tractor + camper trailer, but for this one, I strongly suspect a Gimp/Photoshop work :alarmclock119: :
https://mediacru.sh/7jCXFGbcsJZq.jpg

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Published 03/10/2014 @ 18:03:20, By antp
Fiat Barchetta + BYD e6 :

http://i.imgur.com/5EafeK8.jpg

the second BYD e6 I see... the first one was a few minutes before that, near there :grin: (or it was the same one, but as it was going in the opposite direction as I was, I do not see how it could arrive before me there)

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Published 03/10/2014 @ 23:43:32, By antp
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Published 04/10/2014 @ 18:29:39, By weasel1984
Very interesting collections you have posted here!


Small mix from the last weeks/month. Some pics have been taken from the far distance.

124 Spider:
http://i.imgur.com/CETohRu.jpg

Bosmal 126/650 Cabrio:
http://i.imgur.com/aeFlTmo.jpg
Not factory top :tongue: , plates still from the 1990s.

Late 3rd gen Mustang:
http://i.imgur.com/9jDYd99.jpg

CX “Deux”:
http://i.imgur.com/L7yHCAI.jpg
Pity that not 1st series, but such one I haven’t seen for a very long time too:

Senator B:
http://i.imgur.com/SjbgrPh.jpg

Back to the VelSatis subject, I don't find it so exotic/unusual yet. Despite the disappointing production numbers, you can meet them from time to time, BUT last time I saw something definitely rare... A VelSatis customized in the Fast & Furious alike style (well a budget version of the “F&F style”) – scary. No pics!
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Published 04/10/2014 @ 18:51:05, By Sandie
Vel Satis is the poor man's Avantime.

Two from today:
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0718_zps920284cf.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0719_zpsad52d2ad.jpg
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/JohnSandie/DSCN0720_zps11c93d33.jpg
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