Trabant and Warburg
Almost 20 years after the association of East with West Germany, according to the federal service for road traffic at our Eastern neighbors, more than 40.000 Trabants and Wartburgs
Month March 2011
Metric tires Michelin TRX
Can you still remember the TRX tire that was mounted on BMW and various French cars in the late 1970s and 1980s? It was an attempt by Michelin to reinvent the wheel, at least the tire. The TRX experienced its introduction
Lack of (correct) oil ...
Oil is not just oil! How often does the classic owner check the wrong oil in the engine when checking the oil level? Modern oils are absolutely unsuitable for classic engines and certainly not when such an engine has already done a nice message.
Zodiac Mk IV
Are you by any chance looking for a left-hand drive (!) Ford Zodiac Mk IV from the mid-sixties? Extremely popular in Great Britain, a rare appearance in the Netherlands and Belgium. Under the hood a spicy 3 liter V6 (Essex) engine that…
Renault 4CV
aap Daamen and Adrie Brugmans are already more than busy with setting the route for the Tulpenrallye of 2011. It is not (yet) clear where it will all happen. In any case, it will be France. It is also clear that both men are also intensively involved with the section along the sidelines Verkeerd Afgelopen.
Easy oil changes
Oil change is quite a job for many enthusiasts. Find a suitable ring spanner or cap and then hope that the drain plug that has already been miterated by predecessors is not damaged in such a way that your tool slips over it.
DAF in America
In your early childhood you of course also devoured the Tintin books. "Tintin in America" was also a release. It must have been the inspiration for Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler from Fred Schaller in 1969 to also put his then new employer DAF on the map? Wasn't Volkswagen also successful?