Classic cars thread

[licenseplateman]

I didn't found any thread like this here. Here you can post pictures of classic cars. Unlike my Rare cars on your streets thread you are here allowed to post pictures of both common and rare cars. It doesn't matter where the pictures was taken. I have one simple rule. The pictures got to be taken by you or some friend. I don't want any pictures from the internet in this thread.

I will start out with this Volvo 142 I saw today in Ljungby

[1000city]

Beautiful exaple

MB W116, spotted yesterday in a nearby city in my metro area:

[licenseplateman]

Thanks for your contribution and yes the Volvo 142 is nice

Here's some more pics. Most of them already posted in the Rare cars on your streets thread, but I think they deserve to be here as well I might as well put them here now.

Mercedes Benz W115


Opel Rekord


Renault 12


Saab 95


Saab 99




Volvo Amazon



BMW 518

[1000city]

Spotted today in Rybnik, southern Poland. Two vintage vehicles from commie times.

Romanian Dacia 1310P



East German IFA S4000

[NordikNerd]

Originally Posted by 1000city

Romanian Dacia 1310P

During the communist era in Poland. Let's say in 1985. What new cars could you choose from ?

Trabant: were these popular in Poland or mostly in the GDR ?
Wartburg
Moskwitsch
VAZ
Volga
Dacia
Skoda

Actually I think the Trabants were not sold in the Soviet union- correct ?

VAZ, Moskwitsch (very few) and Skoda were sold in Scandinavia in the 1970-80's but not Trabant, Volga, Wartburg and Dacia.

In Finland (western country) also Volga and Wartburg were sold.

Skoda is now considered to be a full quality car because of VW cooperation, Dacia is a budget car with safety issues, Wartburg is gone, VAZ & Volga are not sold in western countries because of poor quality, pollution and safety issues.

[Galro]

Some pictures I've taken here in Oslo (+ surroundings). These are a couple of years old though. Perhaps I will take some more recent one later!

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[Galro]

Continuing from last post.

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[Galro]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

In Finland (western country) also Volga and Wartburg were sold.

Volga was also sold in Norway until 1980.

[licenseplateman]

Those pictures from Oslo are very nice. This thread will in the summer become full of pictures by me taken in Växjö Actually I saw a Mercedes-Benz R107 today but sadly I couldn't take any pics

[licenseplateman]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

During the communist era in Poland. Let's say in 1985. What new cars could you choose from ?

Trabant: were these popular in Poland or mostly in the GDR ?
Wartburg
Moskwitsch
VAZ
Volga
Dacia
Skoda

Actually I think the Trabants were not sold in the Soviet union- correct ?

VAZ, Moskwitsch (very few) and Skoda were sold in Scandinavia in the 1970-80's but not Trabant, Volga, Wartburg and Dacia.

In Finland (western country) also Volga and Wartburg were sold.

Skoda is now considered to be a full quality car because of VW cooperation, Dacia is a budget car with safety issues, Wartburg is gone, VAZ & Volga are not sold in western countries because of poor quality, pollution and safety issues.

Trabant wasn't sold in Soviet Union. It was exported to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

[licenseplateman]

1970s Opel Rekord in Växjö today

[andydirk]

mini cooper!!

[NordikNerd]

Originally Posted by licenseplateman

1970s Opel Ascona in Växjö today

This car sure brings back some memories from 1988/89 when I drove this 1973 Opel Rekord Coupé 1900L

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Opel Rekord-FFS015

[1000city]

Originally Posted by licenseplateman

1970s Opel Ascona in Växjö today

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/...Cars/Opel3.jpg

Rekord actually I love Opel cars of 60s and 70s :chers:

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

During the communist era in Poland. Let's say in 1985. What new cars could you choose from ?

Trabant: were these popular in Poland or mostly in the GDR ?
Wartburg
Moskwitsch
VAZ
Volga
Dacia
Skoda

The widest availability of eastern-block cars was in 1970s I guess. During all the 80's economy was in deep crisis and at the end of communism in 1989 Poland was literally bankrupt. I guess that's the reason why the choice of cars in 1985 wasn't wide. As I mentioned in rare cars thread if You had western money You could buy western car (mostly via state owned company). From imported soviet-block cars we could choose from Trabant, Wartburg, Skoda, Dacia, Lada, Zaporozhets. Moskvitch probably wasn't offered since around 1980, as I didn't see younger examples. IIRC Volgas generally were not available for private customers, only for state owned companies and institutions. Second hand Volgas were popular among taxidrivers. Not sure about Zastava - assembly in FSO plant ceased in 1983 I belive it wasn't available later on. Tatras were very rare, like Volgas available only to certain companies and institutions.

Some vintage commie-cars spotted in my city:

Trabant (and yes, it was quite popular here, but not as much as in GDR or Hungary)




Note the rear license plate frame

Polski Fiat 125p (I had one of those in 2003, MY’67)


Polski Fiat 126p




We were so poor, that such car when new costed aprox. 4 years earnings of average worker

Two Skodas, now very rare, but spotted on the same day

[licenseplateman]

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[mopc]

Originally Posted by licenseplateman

Thanks for your contribution and yes the Volvo 142 is nice

Here's some more pics. Most of them already posted in the Rare cars on your streets thread, but I think they deserve to be here as well I might as well put them here now.

Opel Rekord

That car was also produced in Brazil but with a more attractive front part, and it was called Chevrolet Opala:





It was extremely popular, being one of the best sold large Brazilian cars of all time - actually it continued in production until 1992, far longer than in Germany.

It had a different engine from the Opel Rekord.

Here is the 1975 facelift:



And the 1980 facelift:



And the last dinosaur in 1990:

[NorthWesternGuy]

I'll borrow some pictures of mine from the "rare cars thread"

Old Nissan Patrol at San Felipe (local beach), didn't know they existed on this side of the pond



1943 Willys MB (property of my stepfather , though he's selling it soon)



1950 Chevrolet Fleetline (I have seen it since I can remember)

[NorthWesternGuy]

1967 Ford Mustang



Mercedes Benz SL. I spotted this car in LA metro area, the funny thing is that there was a newer model when we entered the restaurant (IHOP), had breakfast and when we left the old SL was exactly at the same place





MG Midget at Tijuana



Dunno what the heck this is, spotted at Ensenada

[NordikNerd]

Originally Posted by mopc

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And the 1980 facelift:

interesting, they didn't change the body on the new model like they did on the Opel Rekord in 1978 and 1983.

Originally Posted by Galro

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It looks like this photo is taken in Berlin and do people usually park front to front ?

[Galro]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

It looks like this photo is taken in Berlin and do people usually park front to front ?

There are no rules on which way to park so it's up to the drivers decide. Many do and many do not.


Here's a few more classic car pictures from Oslo. All taken by me.

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