Tonight at 07.00 PM my daughter called me with a slightly excited voice. "Dad, you have to come without delay. There's a very cool car here at the car park'. 'Okay okay' I said, 'What is it?' She didn't know. Only that it had old blue plates and that it was a very cool car. She couldn't find any emblems.
Now you have to know that my daughter has developed a very good sense of what makes an old car so special. So I ran immediately to the train station which is only a 3 minutes walk from my home.
The eventual discovery of this Sunbeam exceeded all my expectations. And of course she didn't know this extremely rare car by name. Besides it's about 5 times her own age :-)
It proved to be a very rare unrestored seventy year old RHD pure British car. I bet this is even a rare appearance in the UK.

This Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Series was launched in July 1948. It had its technical origin in the pre-war Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre. The bodywork was based on the late 1930s Hillman.
This 90 saloon and the derived convertible had a good rallye reputation.
The 90 Saloon continued as Sunbeam MkIII in 1954 till 1957 (the addition 'Talbot' was dropped).
Confusingly the Dutch official motorcar registration authorities RDW consider this car as a Hatchback with a Diesel engine. As far as I know this combination never has existed.
Private import.

1944 cc L4 engine.
1370 kg.
Production Sunbeam-Talbot 90: 1948-1954.
Production Sunbeam-Talbot 90 MkII: 1950-1952.
Original first reg. number: Febr. 21, 1951.
New Dutch pseudo-historical reg. number: Febr. 25, 2019.
Same owner since then.

Halfweg, Houtrakkerweg, car park train station, Oct. 10, 2022.

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Tonight at 07.00 PM my daughter called me with a slightly excited voice. "Dad, you have to come without delay. There's a very cool car here at the car park'. 'Okay okay' I said, 'What is it?' She didn't know. Only that it had old blue plates and that it was a very cool car. She couldn't find any emblems.
Now you have to know that my daughter has developed a very good sense of what makes an old car so special. So I ran immediately to the train station which is only a 3 minutes walk from my home.
The eventual discovery of this Sunbeam exceeded all my expectations. And of course she didn't know this extremely rare car by name. Besides it's about 5 times her own age :-)
It proved to be a very rare unrestored seventy year old RHD pure British car. I bet this is even a rare appearance in the UK.

This Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Series was launched in July 1948. It had its technical origin in the pre-war Sunbeam-Talbot 2 Litre. The bodywork was based on the late 1930s Hillman.
This 90 saloon and the derived convertible had a good rallye reputation.
The 90 Saloon continued as Sunbeam MkIII in 1954 till 1957 (the addition 'Talbot' was dropped).
Confusingly the Dutch official motorcar registration authorities RDW consider this car as a Hatchback with a Diesel engine. As far as I know this combination never has existed.
Private import.

1944 cc L4 engine.
1370 kg.
Production Sunbeam-Talbot 90: 1948-1954.
Production Sunbeam-Talbot 90 MkII: 1950-1952.
Original first reg. number: Febr. 21, 1951.
New Dutch pseudo-historical reg. number: Febr. 25, 2019.
Same owner since then.

Halfweg, Houtrakkerweg, car park train station, Oct. 10, 2022.

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According to the Dutch official car authorities RDW this Beetle has to be a 1300 type. But the nose has the characteristics of a Beetle 1200. So I'm in doubt.
The original colour used to be orange.
This Beetle is for sale right now.

1973 was the last production year of the classic basic 1200 Beetle. In that same year some modifications were executed, like bigger bumpers and rear lights.

1285 cc air-cooled Boxer rear engine (originally, but it seems to have built in a Passat engine).
832 kg.
Total production VW Beetle: 1938-2003, however in Germany till 1978.
Production VW 1200 this front end: Aug. 1967-Aug. 1973.
Production VW 1300: Aug. 1965-Jan. 1978.
Original old Dutch reg. number: June 9, 1972.
Bought at Oct. 19, 2018.

Zwanenburg, Lijnderdijk, Aug. 17, 2022.

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Tags:   34-90-UH VOLKSWAGEN 1300 Käfer 1972

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This Reliant estate coupé combination (or shooting brake) was based on the 1964 Scimitar 2-door Coupé, designed by David Ogle (Ogle Design). This coupé was initially designed for Daimler in 1962 as SP/SX 250.
Some years later Ogle design was asked to design an estate version. Tom Karen, John Crosthwaite and Ken Wood and their team managed to get this attractive estate ready for production within 12 months.
The body was made of fibreglass (polyester).
A facelift followed in 1975.

2994 cc V6 Ford engine.
1270 kg.
Production Reliant Scimitar range: 1964-1986.
Production Reliant Scimitar Shooting Brake: 1968-1986.
Production Scimitar GTE this version: 1975-1986.
Original first reg. number: March 1, 1977.
New Dutch old type reg. number: late Sept. 1978.
Bought on May 25, 2018.

Zwanenburg, Domineeslaan, Sept. 7, 2022.

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Tags:   73-XX-47 RELIANT Scimitar 3.0 GTE Combi Coupé Automatic 1977 1978 Reliant Scimitar 3.0 GTE Mk2 Scimitar Mk2 David Ogle Ogle Ogle Design Tom Karen Shooting Brake estate break stationwagen stationcar combi Kombi fibreglass kunststof V6 6 cylinder 6 cilinder UK Brits British PKW 70s 1970s classic-car classic klassieker veteran oldtimer gespot spotted car-spot Zwanenburg Domineeslaan 2022 straatfoto streetphoto streetview Strassenszene straatbeeld ClassicsOnTheStreet CWODLP ONK XX

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New functional application of an old mobile canteen.

Zwanenburg, Lijnderdijk, Aug. 17, 2022.

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Tags:   De Bermtoerist schaftkeet Canteen Mobile Canteen

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