Cars of Coolhaven

Well, the Fleetwood cars are actually quite nice, and the Fleetwood car body building company is interesting reading if it is all new to you. Well, it was to me This Cadilac Fleetwood limousine however does not get my juices going, I am afraid. It is an ugly and worn down semi-fancy old American boat… [...]

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Now this is a car I could fall in love with! It is such a funny little car, so ugly that it is beautiful, why didn’t I know about these cars earlier? Nowadays, car designers everywhere are trying to make perky little designer cars, all Hyundai whatevers and Nissan soapboxes are overstyled to an annoying [...]

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Considering the car industry, I can really appreciate the fact that no matter how crappy looking, how poorly performing or how badly built a car is, it almost always has a (small) group of enthusiasts who keep the little bastards alive and running. Just look at this Wartburg, it has a crude finishing, it looks [...]

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Fabricated in large numbers, we hardly can call this Trabant a rarity. But, then again, they fall apart in large numbers as well, and Trabants stay somewhat iconic for a certain era in my eyes. So… enjoy this small station wagon from East Germany: The engine for both the Trabant 500 and 601 was a [...]

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Normally, I really like the old ‘Stangs, but this pony is not worth getting excited about… Brrr! Granted, it weren’t the best of times for a car to be born, but still. This is a sad derivative from the original Mustang! I am probably offending quite some hardcore Mustang lovers, but I can’t help it. [...]

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Now this is what I call a long car! At first, I did not even recognize it, since the traditional wooden side paneling is missing. But it is hard to mistake this car for something else It isn’t a rare find, being built in large numbers (no pun intended), but they aren’t that common in [...]

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It’s time for another Opel Kadettillac! I spotted this ugly bastard a couple of weeks ago, feast your eyes out on the late sixties LS model of the oh so successful Kadett series… I know, hardly an exciting and rare spot, but hey, I am currently moving and that kinda consumes lots of time. I [...]

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In the booming city of Delft, I spot myself one of the worst looking Mustangs I have even had the misfortune of running into. Surely, this is a badly pimped Escort or something like that? Nope, this really is a Mustang, a direct descendant of works of art like this and this… Incredible! The eighties [...]

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