Cars of Coolhaven

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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 [...]

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

Noble M12

January 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Now this is exactly the kind of car that I was not expecting in the parking lot of a Tesco’s, on a Thursday night somewhere in one of Essex’ many sleepy towns. Some 2000 of these cars were produced, so it isn’t the rarest of finds, but still. I was pleasantly surprised. The pictures aren’t [...]

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Reliant Scimitar GTE

December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

One of the first special cars I spotted with the camera phone on my then new Nokia N82 was a Reliant Scimitar cabriolet. A GTC, I now know. When taking the pictures, all I knew was that I was amazed about the properties on the car. Unfortunately, the stock memory cards in these Nokia’s are [...]

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Tags: Nice cars · Reliant

Volvo PV544 (1958-65)

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Look at the curves on this car! You can see some truck in it, the old beetle from VW is hiding somewhere in the roofline, the back has an enormous boot compared to the rather tiny back window. Those back wheel arches… super! All in all quite an interesting car to look at. Its estate [...]

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Tags: Nice cars · Oldies · Volvo

Volkswagen 181

October 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

You don’t expect a nice and special car on a location like, say, a land fill or garbage dump. Well, I spot this funny Volkswagen on a garbage recycling and disposal area in the city I live. For some reason, I have fond memories of these boxy VW’s, but oddly enough can’t I recall a [...]

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Tags: 4*4 · Nice cars · Ugly cars · Volkswagen

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

Datsun 240Z Sport (1969-1978)

October 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Now this is a car I like! I am really pleased with this spot. This car is closely related to the Fairlady I spotted a while back in Rotterdam.Now, here in not so sunny booming city of Brielle, I run into this sporty old orange Datsun. What a cool car! As with all Datsun/Nissan cars [...]

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Tags: Datsun · Nice cars · Oldies

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 [...]

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