Cars of Coolhaven

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Entries from September 2007

Volvo Duett P210

September 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

I was hoping to see something modern and fast today, but ran into this nice Volvo Duett instead. Oh well, it is a nice car so why not? This P210 Volvo was built between 1953 and 1969, but since it does not have a split windscreen, I reckon it isn’t an early model. It is [...]

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Tags: Oldies · Volvo

Mercedes 220 SE (W111) fin body

September 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

We’ve digressed a bit from the format… cars of Coolhaven! So back to my beautiful neighborhood with this classy classic: the Mercedes 220 SE, build in the fifties and early sixties. This car was nicknamed the Heckflosse or fintail, but I must say that these fins don’t really stand out. Especially when you consider its [...]

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Tags: Mercedes · Nice cars · Oldies

Chevrolet Bel Air

September 16th, 2007 · No Comments

On my way to the beach today i spotted this 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air. Okay, i know, i should not take a picture while driving but i did anyway. I love these old American cars. Thank God there are still people who like them that much that they treat them like babies. One day … [...]

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Tags: Chevrolet · Nice cars · Oldies

Site problems?

September 16th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Unfortunately, this site does not load properly on my computer, the last couple of days. The right menu bar (you know, the one on the right, –> ) doesn’t fully load, the list ends at Rayton Fissore. Very annoying, but I don’t know if it is my computer’s fault (lots of different sites don’t load [...]

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Tags: Site

rolls royce silver cloud MK2 lwb

September 15th, 2007 · No Comments

today my girlfriend was behind the wheel and i had the camera with me. we had 40 km of highway to go, thus we had a good chance to spot some kind of nice car. When we were almost in hilversum we hadn’t seen much more then a few citroëns and skoda’s. then suddenly in [...]

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Tags: Nice cars · Oldies · Rolls Royce

triumph tr6

September 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments

the tr6 is parked in the garage where i pick up my working van ( a renault kangoo ). it is occasionaly used by its owner and its in great shape! i always look at it when i go to work and it makes me smile every time. it looks to me that it was [...]

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

nissan note/renault modus

September 15th, 2007 · No Comments

on the way with brabus to the vet i saw this brand new Nissan Note on a trailer of a Polish Mercedes Sprinter. the car had the factory stickers still attached to the windscreen! i don’t know what happen with this rebatched renault modus but i think someone lost his job because of this. the [...]

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Tags: Nissan · Stupid cars

Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder

September 12th, 2007 · 7 Comments

…because the Aston Martin had to make way for this fancy light blue Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder! Damn, what a car! And the color, amazing… These are the moments that you are thankful that you aren’t driving, and as a passenger have all the time in the world to take pictures. That is, all the time [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Lamborghini · Nice cars