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The location is again Dutch...
The rear one is a Vauxhall Velox from about 1949 (mum and dad had one until 1962). Note that the front door opens backward, both doors swinging off the B pillar. If it is a 4 cylinder, it was called a Wyvern.
The one in front is an Austin, I think an A40 Devon from about 1948. Wheel spats are not original,
Cheers
Graham
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Tan top is a nice color, would look even better Black & Tan.
Color combo works great, though.
I like the tan they chose. The Miata's is more of a pumpkin color. Then the tan one is too beige now.
Chevy got the color just right.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I cannot recall the larger Austin of that era although I have just discovered that some were made in Australia (supposedly here in Melbourne). I have just found a 1949 ad featuring the A 40 Devon, A 70 Hampshire, A90 Atlantic and A125 Sheerline limousine - all things to all men!
The Vauxhall is interesting. I am currently sorting through ancient papers of dad's and found some photos. Post war, cars were in short supply in Australia and dad bought his Vauxhall (a 1949 model) some months before marrying mum in 1950. Until they married, he was travelling from Broken Hill to Adelaide each weekend to be with mum. That is about 350 miles each way over very poorly maintained red gravel roads. Air filters were not as good then as today and the car ingested a lot of fine red dust. A year or so later, they moved from the desert to wetter climes and ultimately to Gippsland, the very green and wet area of Victoria where I was born.
After about ten years, dad had the engine torn down for a valve grind and rebore. The mechanic called him, mystified as the Vauxhall had a very red glass-like layer down the cylinder bores and thickly coated across the head. Likewise, the sump was coated with an oily red gunge. Ultimately, they realised that the sand was high in silica and had vitrified in the head. Dad said there was a notable change in performance, post repair, but I am not sure whether for better or worse. Presumably the reduced capacity would have increased compression, but what loss to the scarred bores and pistons.
My own recollection of the Vauxhall (this one was a four cylinder Wyvern) are pleasant. By the time I came along, it had very worn leather seats and the smell of familiarity that comes with old cars. I recall the novelty of a car with vinyl seats when it was replaced.
Cheers
Graham
Come across a photo album from a Dutch holiday?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
These photos are from a large collection of photos on Flickr which are from a Dutch guy who seems to have posted thousands of similar photos - he must have a huge archive of car pictures from the 50's to the 70's and loads of related older photos too - including a number which feature cars in collision with trams which I would imagine come from the insurance department of whatever the Amsterdam tramway department was called in the 50's
Its a huge collection of abut 17000 pictures - not all transport photos but about 90% are road transport of some sort.
This Flickr user has an entertaining collection of images - many street scenes from around 1950-70.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/
That seems to work
Also a Fiat 1500 with whitewall tires, lower right.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Across the front row:
Fiat (maybe)
Renault 8
Vauxhall Viva
Fiat 1500
VW Beetle parked behind
Left hand side of street
Citroen 2CV front wheel arch only
Daf 66 ??
Renault 3 (rare in my recollection)
2 door reminds me of a Ford Consul Capri but lights are wrong.
then gets hard to see
Right hand side
unclear
Mercedes coupe
Citroen 2CV
possibly VW Type 3
VW Beetle
then maybe a couple of Fords or Opels
Cheers
Graham
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Rats. Oh well, I took a shot. My memory isn't what it used to be, but then it never was.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
with the square sealed beam lights.
I put a set of aftermarket plastic covers over the headlights over the headlight openings of my '86 Fox-body 5 liter GT convertible which at least approximated the originally intended appearance of the design.
By 1987 the Feds had relented and the Fox-body 'Stangs had faired-in lights.
'87 LX models retained the old nose but with glassed over lights that looked much like my '86 with the aftermarket covers.
In any case the mystery car is an '84 Ford Mustang SVO. Rumor has it Ford may sell a new 4cylinder (Eco-boost?) Mustang in Europe but not the US.
SVO=Special Vehicle Operations.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93