Cars of Coolhaven

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Entries Tagged as 'Cabriolet/Convertible'

Opel Speedster / Vauxhall VX220

October 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Opel Speedster is a nice car, albeit still an Opel. They are nice to drive, affordable, and not half bad looking once you get used to the boxy back. These cars aren’t that difficult to find for a spot, and basically I have never bothered. Let’s face it, at the end of the day [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Nice cars · Opel

Tatra T-11 (1924), well probably…

May 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Months ago, frequent commenter Jan send me some pictures of this great old little open car. I never got around to posting them here on the site. Why? Well, let’s just say I would have had ‘No. 1 Procrastinator’ tattooed on my ass in very large and brightly coloured letters, if only I had gotten [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Oldies · Tatra

Bosmal 126 Cabrio

February 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Waizfisz spotted the Fiat version of his ahum bigger brother in Morocco, now I have spotted the Polish Bosmal 126 Cabrio in lovely Voorburg, the Netherlands… Always very much the cosmopolitan, me
Anyway, I do not know all that much about this car, it looks like shit but is probably nice to have. deJurriaan [...]

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Tags: Bosmal · Cabriolet/Convertible · Ugly cars

Mini Moke

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

This is a Mini Moke which I saw on the French Riviera.It is a real beach car. It is used for that purpose as well .
It is the kind of car which I would buy if I had a summer house in that area. But they are quiet populair there and for that reason also [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Mini · Nice cars · Oldies

Renault Rodeo

February 11th, 2009 · 13 Comments

The Renault Rodeo was like the  and the Citroen Mehari a small, light and practical front-wheel drive go anywhere car. This one is the 3rd generation of the Rodeo. The first generation was called the Renault Rodeo 4 and was based on the Renault 4 ( 4L) commercial van.  The second generation (Rodeo 6) was [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Renault · Stupid cars · Ugly cars

Triumph TR7

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

So, not yet another TR6 for me this time, nope, it’s a late seventies rear-wheel drive Triumph TR7. I like the TR6, the design is exciting and filled with emotion. This car, I am not so sure about. To be honest, it is not a completely honest and unbiased opinion. This car looks remarkable like [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Triumph

Triumph TR6. Again!

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Oh well, there is always room for another TR6. I like the little sports cars, they are nice to look at.
Specs and info in the earlier posts. Enjoy!

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Nice cars · Oldies · Triumph

Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible (1960-1964)

October 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

How about a nice big boat of a Ford to get things started here again? And two door convertibles don’t easily become much bigger than this white whale…
What can I say about a big gassguzzling V8 monster like this? Well,very little, I don’t know these cars at all! Wikipedia has a nice page about the [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Ford · Nice cars · Oldies