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Sunday 23rd Amstelveld.
Famous Orange Dutch Personalities.
(Guy)

Just off Memory Lane. Bucciali 12 cyl. 1932.

Standing by for top down pleasure in the Sunday country.
(Lens Guy)

A real Triumph Twin in the Sarphatistraat.
(Lens Guy)

Early Sunday morning.

On their way to Gouda.
(Lens Guy)

Leather birds.
(Lens Guy)

Standing by to flee the city.
(Lens Guy)

"Could you tell me the way to Gouda?"
(Lens Guy)

Prince Valiant in Memory Lane.
"One of many finest moments," writes Lewis Dana, "that arrived before Daimler Chrysler
hit upon the brutal look we enjoy in today's 300, Dodge Durango, Viper, etc. 'Go ahead,
get in and take a look at my dear Reliant, it's not locked,' called the owner from
the adjacent tennis court." More on Wikipedia.

Upon our remark that no Reliant was known according to Wikipedia Lewis responded:
"Fascinating. A Google check of "Reliant" gives dozens of pictures of various Reliant Scimitars,
including some racing versions. Many mentions of the horrible (but corporation-saving K-Car)
Plymouth Reliants. Then there were fleeting mentions of Chrysler Reliants on some website:
The Chrysler Reliant qualifies as a true oxymoron and one of the worst cars of the millennium.
This series could be the poster child for underbuilt cars: Door hinges welded to the frame
and the door with hinge pins the diameter of vermicelli. Door handles made of pot metal
that break off in your hand. A suspension package that after 30,000 or 40,000 miles
feels like driving in a tornado six inches off the ground. More rattles than a babies convention.
All and all, trash. But the car in the photograph now nags at me. It is pre-K-car, I believe,
unless it is one of the horrible Chryslers they foisted off on the public by stretching
the K-car to make them into "luxury" vehicles. I shall have to pursue my researches.
At moments I think the car in question may have been a Canadian variant."
It's a mighty moving icon nevertheless.

That thing is neither a Chrysler nor a Reliant. The Reliant line was indeed a much later
K-car variant. The car I photographed was a 1962 Plymouth VALIANT.

Looking back it's been a nice spring day.
(Guy)

"Shall we go on with this?"

iPod or Geigercounter.

iPod or cellphone.
(Guy)

Modern Amsterdam rikshaw.
(Guy)

Benelli, one of the Italian icons.
(Guy)

Photography of this wreck is prohibited.
(Guy)

Friday, the Beatrixpark.

The TRIX - human-powered carving trike, space-age rickshaw.
The first prize at the 10th International Bicycle Design Competition in Tapei
is a rip-snorter. A brief look through our powered three-wheeler portfolio shows
we love trikes and the carving concept of steering in particular. The TRIX uses
rack and pinion steering to offer a carving-like experience to human-powered trikes,
removing the utilitarian feel of the flat turning arc of a rigid frame and replacing it
with pure fun without removing the intrinsic cargo-carrying benefit of the three-wheeler.
The steering also means a tighter turning circle and significantly improved
manoeuvrability as it can slalom between obstacles and lean into curves like a motorcycle.
As it is ideally suited to negotiate narrow, or congested streets, TRIX is ideal for
city centre life and can be adapted to transport goods or become a space-age
rickshaw with a single, front-seated passenger. Gizmag Magazine.

A remarkable though sad photo found in the phlog of Heather Champ.
Click for the site.

After a day of good honest work we contented speed home.
(Guy)

"Gone shopping."
(Guy)

Also Harleys are made for shopping.
(Guy)

"Well, boots are made for shopping, actually."
(Guy)

In the high season this here square will be bustling around the tables.
And now there's only this character, adjusting his backpack.
(Guy)

"Got this tune in my head, kinda basic tune. Like coming from a bass guitar."
(Guy)

Thursday, no rain, but barely.
(Guy)

Kees en de Spirit deel 1.

Het vervolg:
Kees en de Spirit deel 2.

Overlast.

My Promised Land
In the Spring of 2002 Roger Sparks was traveling
with a virgin agenda when he landed
in America on the off chance, so it seemed at first.
But he had a plan, to meet Dr. Robert Ballard,
the discoverer of the Titanic.