|
© The images & texts on these pages may not be reproduced, republished or mirrored on another webpage, website or printed without prior okay. We'll find out eventually when they are. © De beelden, de foto's en de teksten mogen zonder toestemming niet worden overgenomen, of zeg maar gepikt, zonder voorafgaande toestemming. Inderdaad, we komen er bijna altijd toch achter. |
Week 30, 2008, beginning on July 21. |
|
| This impressive rolling sculpture was supposedly designed to be an unparalleled exquisite Bentley Drophead, and was built around 1948 by Saoutchik in Paris. In those years French body builders started constructing a wooden frame that was dressed with sheet metal, a common method we only hear about on Pebble Beach and those places, and that's how this automobile weighed around 50% more than the Bentley Standard Steel Saloon, built on the same chassis. Understandably the extra tonnage had a depressive effect on the performance. The drum brakes on the artistically enveloped front wheels choked by not getting adequate cooling air and therefore reduced the dreamed of swift and unsurpassed elegant outing to the static possession a snuffbox on wheels. |
 "Wish you were here!" |
 |
| "Noticing the logo you probably guessed this record breaker is a Renault. He indeed is, from 1926. In the month of July of this year the drivers Plessier, Gartfield en Guillon set a new 24 hours record on the circuit of Montlhéry with an average speed of 173, 649 km/h. The car was built on a chassis of a 40CV Renault, with a six cylinder engine with a capacity of 9120 cc. The streamlined rear of the body was built on the basis of the Weymann concept, a flexible and light wooden frame covered with naugahyde," wrote Gijs Berk. |
 White knight. |
 "I'm on my way, bit wobbly" |
 Jolly nice color, isn't it? |
 "Gonna buy new socks indeed." Guy |
 "Large patches of blue." Guy |
 "I'm shopping for a 3-piece suit." Guy |
 :"I'm shopping for a Ducati Monster." Guy |
 The few people who were not on holiday, seemed to be in a good mood. |
 A nice evening it was, without spectacular oranges. |
 "Reality is that one cannot sit in a top-down car in Athens. Marvelous liitle Daihatsu_Copen Lenslog |
 Tuesday evening. Hi Minne, ever seen this one? (Qtek Pocket PC) |
 "My less agile contemporaries won't catch me sitting still." |
 "In a few days she'll drive faster in town than us on the scooter!" "Don't be daft silly." |
 "They're all on holiday, our friends and neighbors. See how quiet it is in the city?" |
 "The Tour won't be finished by the time we get home." |
 "Pinky she's called, always in pink." |
 "Never quick enough, the wife is waiting." |
 "Is downtown the same as downstream, actually?" |
 "Follow the sack." |
 "Don't be shy!" |
 "No bagels now, we're gonna eat in half an hour." |
 "This is where you should come down again Sophie!" Guy |
 Bois de Boulonge, Central Park, Hyde Park, Vondelpark. Guy |
 "If we hurry we can see the finish of the Tour de France!" Guy |
 "Hey, what's in the basket?" |
 "Not locked, but who'll get away with it?" |
 Twin Peaks, some episodes later. |
 Looks like a little trip. |
 Looks like a little journey. |
 Twin Peaks. |
 Tuesday, sunny! Charming activity in the summer air! |
 Tuesday, dry to begin with. |
 "Wish you were here!" |
 After Party in the Escape, held by Mattijs van Bergen behind the scenes of the Amsterdam Fashion Week. Guy |
 "We'll save them ponchos comin' from all the cities we visit." Guy |
 Imagine 50 Cromas after each other. Guy |
 "Doesn't look like we're having a picknick today." Guy |
 Rain didn't stop anytime. Guy |
 |
Monday morning, most shops closed. Guy |
 The end of the trip. |
 Monday morning. |
 "Taxi!" |
 A new week, stupid start. "That'll teach him, driving on the tram rails!" |
