Schönes Bild. Nur das Auto ist wohl etwas zu klein. ^^

ach was, raum ist in der kleinsten schüssel. :)

Grand.

hehe, thanks. :)

Yer welcome.

Still putting out wonderful works of art I see. :) I had the chance to meet the son of the late "Big Daddy" Roth at the Back to the 50's car show this year, he is a very nice guy. :) Took some pics and bought a few things from him at his booth. :)

thank you! ^^

haha, awesome. :) I like to think he and his dad might have appreciated my try at them hot rods. ^^

years ago I found an offer in the preview catalogue of a set of collectible trade cards/stickers whith Eds little funnies. and they actually delivered a set of 74 of 78 stickers.^^ funny little sources of inspiration they are.

I think his son is still selling those stickers, I know they had a DVD of the RatFink Cartoons there that was for sale and was purchased. :)

aha! ^^ sounds interesting. Ed did a lot of those cartoons back in the day. I have to try and find some model kits of his hot rod customs... they are still looking good nowadays.

I think they had some of those models when I was out there for sale, I don't remember, but did get his son's Autograph on the DVD that was purchased from there. :)

The Mk1 Visa?

I hear there aren't many left since most were plundered to make go-faster 2CVs.

plain old corrosion might have been a bigger problem, even if you conserve the body there are places that will always pose a problem. that. and that they were never as popular as the 2CV, so many were plundered or discarded in the past.
a pity, really, they were good rides. have you ever seen their "Sattelite Switches" setup around the steering wheel? one step closer and you have a full steering wheel remote control. :)

I think I would own anything Citroen produced before about 1985 because of how ingenious the designs were.

I'm very happy with my '56 2CV AZL. :3

wow! those are even a rarity in france! it's one with the big grille, yes?

hehe, last year they found five complete 2CV prototypes in some remote building at Citroen's, which were apparently saved from deconstruction... and all those years everybody believed they were all gone! :)

Yes, mine has the older style body. It was found in a back lot in Socastee, SC in the summer of 2000 and the restoration is nearly complete.

I had no idea they found their way to the states, when the Renault Dauphine had failed so hard due to typical american ways of driving... their last shipment rotted away at the NY harbour without anybody caring... it was such a sad sight.

have fun with your 2CV! ^_^

Mine is one of the few remaining survivors of early imports, from what I can tell.

Among the spare parts that came with it was a rusty section of an aftermarket headlight bar, made of thicker metal and fitted with larger GE sealed beams. That tells me it was probably imported before the 1970s, when all imports here had to be fitted with one of only a few approved types of standard-size headlights to be certified for road use by the DOT.

I opted for the original-spec Cibie amber bulbs during the restoration.

awesome. sounds like a pretty rare find! ^^

there is somethign rarer... after WW2 Ford of germany came up with some american-like Ford, the P2, looking like a mini-fairlane. it's successor, the P3, looked a bit like a bullet. think of a '62 Thunderbird reduced to a standard sedan. we pegged them "Bathtub" because of the high sides and airy feel under large windows.
now the station wagon was turned into pickups by Ford of South Africa. the germans sent them about 1500 station wagons for rebuild. all of them except three are gone by now. and only one is in runnign condition, the others are mere wrecks. and the third one needed a complete overhaul of the tech run into the groudn quite literallly... some german collector took it home, sotosay. I have seen pics and saw the result, and it's probably the rarest Ford in the world after the GT90 supercar. XD

I've seen the P3 Taunus. A very interesting design!

There are a couple of pics on this site of P3 pickups: http://www.ford-p3-register.de/

I like the old German and English Fords.

hehe, this is the site where I got some details from, also some classic car magazine. and of course, firsthand. :)

for whatever reason I view myself as a dyed-in-the-wool fordoholic. despite growing up with Renault 4 and learnign car mechanic on Opel my first ride was a '77 Taunus station wagon, in signal green with green interior. :) that was 1990. since then there were several Taunus between '72 and '77, and one Opel... but not for long.
also, Granada-Consul. big chunk of a sedan, with generous insides, and a whopping 75 HP! but very comfy. was a sad day when I had to sell it due to tight budget...

I also collect model cars of Fords and related, and have found some curious things over the yeaars, from barely recognizable toys to surprisingly detailed works from the 60 and 70's. I plan to put them all online some day soon, with register and info and such, as a service to fellow collectors.