Right next to the Chevrolet 3100, I see this old Saab. Normally, I would not stop to take pictures, but hey, I am here, what the heck. It turns out to be a late model Saab 96, nothing really fancy. It’s been built for twenty years, more than half a million are produced. Boring car, [...]
Entries from April 2008
Saab 96 GL (1979)
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments
D.K.W. F93, aka D.K.W Grosse 3=6
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Well, the sun is working its rays off to turn this nasty, cold weather around and finally produce some highly anticipated springtime. Not only does this mean that we all can start incinerating hunks of meat on the barbeque, drink rosé on every occasion possible and feast our eyes out on women in light summer [...]
Tags: D.K.W. · Nice cars · Oldies
Chevrolet 3100 ‘Advanced Design’ pick-up truck
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Well, for those who love the classic American pick-up truck, this is probably right up your alley. Enjoy this late fifties (albeit highly modernized) Chevrolet pick-up
So, it appears the strange coincidences of this world have decided that, when I spot a Chevrolet Advanced Design, it is something like a 1958 or a 1959. The car [...]
Tags: Chevrolet · Nice cars · Oldies
Assorted WW2 army vehicles
April 20th, 2008 · No Comments
They moved the Rotterdam War Resistance Museum to the Coolhaven recently, and to celebrate that, they brought in an assorti of US army vehicles. Anything ranging from the well-known Willys jeep to half-track armoured trucks and all sorts of interesting stuff. According to de Motoring department, we can recognize vehicles like the Dodge Beep (WC [...]
Tags: 4*4 · Chevrolet · Dodge · Ford · Oldies · White · Willys
Lancia Flaminia Coupé
April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The last spots all weren’t from Coolhaven. Moving away, I know that Coolhaven spots will get rarer and rarer, so I am happy to see that this nice Italian truly exclusive and unique car puts up to the curb this last sunny Saturday. The Flaminia is quite a rare car to spot in the Netherlands, [...]
Tags: Lancia · Nice cars · Oldies
Jaguar XK140 Roadster, London style (1954-1957)
April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Amidst the ‘old London photos’ were these rather dark pictures of a absolute stunner of a car, the lustrously curved classic Jaguar XK140 roadster. Back then, I could not Photoshop them back alive. Fortunately I have learned a thing or two and the pictures aren’t actually half bad. Feast your eyes out on this beauty!
This [...]
Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Jaguar · Nice cars
Opel Kadett Fastback LS (1965-1973)
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
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 have [...]
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments
The frequency of postings here is a bit starting to lag… I am currently in mid process of moving to another city! So, no more Coolhaven… Oh well, lots of the spots on this site weren’t on Coolhaven anyway, so I reckon nobody will loose sleep over it But, back to the plot: [...]
Tags: Rolls Royce