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Technik Museum Speyer. I can’t identify the plane.

Roll of 25 2€ coins lying on a cafe table

I like to go to small town Italian cafés where you can get an excellent cappuccino and a read of the local newspaper, and it rarely costs more than €1.70.

Now I’ve found the solution to never having change - I stopped at the local bank and got a roll of coins😊

I once visited Malbork castle with a guide who was passionate about bricks. She pointed out the mistakes, quirks and paw prints.

Ever since, I look out for old bricks. Amazing how she communicated her enthusiasm!

First generation Renault Twingo parked next to a motorcycle in a French courtyard

If you peered into a French farm courtyard a few years ago, you used to be sure to find a practical but quirky 2CV or R4 quietly rusting in the corner.

Looks like the series 1 Renault Twingo has taken over the job.

#weirdcarBS #CarBluesky

By coincidence I believe that two-tone paint finish was called Takeaway Curry brown over Electric Blanket beige.

Rusting Oldsmobile saloon converted into tow truck.

1950’s Oldsmobile slowly reverting to nature far from home!

#weirdcarsbs #carbluesky

Anybody else remember when Newcastle sold Andy Carroll to Liverpool??

I can’t see the black and white cat…

Clearly there were a lot of games you didn’t attend…😢

Are there no planning regulations to require the owners to preserve the original look?

Siblings from another mother!

An unlikely pairing of a Chevrolet Camaro convertible and a Renault Mégane Cabriolet in matching yellow body work with black roof.

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Seeing this smart Mondeo (lovely interior) in the autumn sun makes me nostalgic for the 1990s, when I lived in Milan and drove around in a Mondeo station wagon with 3 kids on the back seat.

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Inspiré par Brueghel?

🤣🤣🤣

I grew up on Tyneside in the 1970s. It wasn’t the TV that was in black-and-white, our entire life was in black-and-white.🥵

Sad day!

After 55 years & 15 million cars, Ford are stopping production of cars at their Saarlouis factory in Germany.

1,700 of 2,700 jobs to go.

Tip of the iceberg for the German auto industry?

#CarBluesky

🤣

It’s all Greek to me🤷‍♀️

Ford Granada Ghia coupé

Simca 1100 Ti

Fiat 126

Porsche 911

It being November, it seems a good excuse to get out some photos of cars in autumn tints.

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Must feel good to build your own place!
I’ve found a local builder, so I’m practicing the French for “how much?”; “by when??” and “are you sh1tting me???”….

I’m only keeping one out of store…. The Rootes Story, which I bought last week.

In a mad moment, decided to buy a rundown house in my neighborhood, so unexpectedly packing up my old auto books.

It’ll be a few months and a shed load of money before I can get them back on the bookshelves.

It’s a good reminder that I should actually read them from time to time!

#WeirdcarBS

They’re both 60’s icons & they’re both blue and white…. but they couldn’t be more different🤷‍♀️

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My neighbor who daily-drives an MGB has finally cracked now that November is here and put the hood up.

I added a couple of top-down photos from summer.

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PU is code for Essex. J means issued between August 1970 and July 1971.

Thanks for that… I had been thinking there was something a bit odd, but couldn’t put my finger on it.

Sadly, this is the Aston Martin that comes to mind😱

Some Bauhaus loveliness: a Porsche 914 in front of a 1960’s apartment block.

#WeirdcarBS #CarBluesky

Are there many Imps racing in the States. I’m surprised you can get parts for them.