pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Every two years, the city of Donauwörth bans cars younger than 25 years from the roads for the last Saturday in August.Result is one of the best car shows in the country, nothing but old cars all over the town! Let's start with the important things: Very nice Rancho X This had an interesting feauture, it is fitted with a wheel chair lift. Grandpa can be hoisted into the rear to join the family holiday trip and doesn't even need to leave his chair. According to the owner, this was quite a common conversion, because back then the Rancho was the only passanger car with sufficent interior hight for this.Mr. Skizzer, you need to get that conversion, assures you driving being driven in your Rancho for lifetime. More Matra. Custom paintjob is always a thing of personal taste...but these Gotti's are ace!Nice LN This R9 looked like just out if the factory,it had 294000 km on the clock!Citroen, Peugeot, Renault, Simca, Panhard even an Amilcar. What is this??? utmost uglyness, it was for sale and the owner asked for 25000€ No Tagora this year because i came in the 504CC Plenty VW,including some strangeand exotic stuff.This made me grin: enough said, enjoy some more pics. pilninggas, Sheefag, BorniteIdentity and 34 others 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I hate how the young folks hijacked this word several years ago... Because ever since then I've felt a bit silly saying it. But this whole thing IS epic. Thanks for sharing. pompei, trigger, pickup57 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 More... Asimo, gm, anonymous user and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Brilliant, just brilliant! Do they really ban anything under 25 for the day? Sounds like a great idea. This needs to be an autoshite road trip destination for next year. Shep Shepherd, Skizzer, eddyramrod and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Wibble, nice shots there pshome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 And I bet they can drive home without being followed by theiving bastards.... Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Brilliant, just brilliant! Do they really ban anything under 25 for the day? Sounds like a great idea. This needs to be an autoshite road trip destination for next year.Yes, thats how it works. Makes this 2018, it's every two years. There are other places doing similar events, but none that big. danthecapriman and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 2CV. Junkman and pshome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 And I bet they can drive home without being followed by theiving bastards.... a 504 kept chasing me all the way to Munich, should i have taken note of the registration plate? Junkman and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Shitters of the world, unite and take over! Great pics. Thanks. mouseflakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Fantastic! Some really lovely cars there. I'd be up for a road trip one year, if any of mine are working properly at the time. Funnily enough, at least a couple of the handful of surviving UK Ranchos have the wheelchair conversion, including the brown one that lived near Trigger and this one that was for sale a couple of years ago: http://bringatrailer.com/2014/06/17/33k-mile-1983-talbot-matra-rancho-4x4/ Sheefag, chaseracer, danthecapriman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Every two years, the city of Donauwörth bans cars younger than 25 years from the roads for the last Saturday in August. What an eminently sensible thing to do. Personally, I'd make it every single Saturday. I'd be up for a road trip one year, if any of mine are working properly at the time. Yes! Let's do it. I really have a hankering for a proper Euro road trip. Donauwörth is 760 miles from Coventry, apparently, and about twice as far into Europe as I've ever driven before. Thanks for the inspiring photos pshome. chaseracer, Skizzer, danthecapriman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 My 10year old would say thats sick that.I think it means great. Dave_Q and pshome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yes! Let's do it. I really have a hankering for a proper Euro road trip. Donauwörth is 760 miles from Coventry, apparently, and about twice as far into Europe as I've ever driven before. Do it, i will come with a Tagora or two and any shiter visiting will get a free Tagora test drive. Junkman, Skizzer, danthecapriman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 somebody posted a video: another one on the autobahn towards Donauwörth, are we in 2016 or 1980? mercrocker, CGSB, danthecapriman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseflakes Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Flamin' glorious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Wowsers!! Now there's somewhere I want to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 The vids are great, especially the one on the road! Is anyone seriously up for going to this in 2018?It's really appealing to me! It'd be good fun to go that far for such a great event. I'd take the Mercury obvs... Shep Shepherd, Skizzer and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 The vids are great, especially the one on the road! Is anyone seriously up for going to this in 2018?It's really appealing to me! It'd be good fun to go that far for such a great event. I'd take the Mercury obvs...Yes. Deadly. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yes, me too. That gives me two years to fixorate the Beetle. Should* be doable. Last time I got it recommissioned, it lasted over 5000 miles before kersploding again, so a 1500 odd mile round trip to it's home country should be a walk in the park. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Excellent! That gives me 2 years to not break my car! It'll be the Merc or the Capri lined up for this, I think the Merc will handle the trip a lot easier though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 The P6 armada obviously requires reinforcement. Skizzer, Twiggy, danthecapriman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I hate the word "awesome" as well. But that is - F'ing awesome. Wanna go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 This is great. Britain should take note, sadly I think the vast general population will moan about thier "human rights" being "interfered with" if we ban moderns on the road for one day in some town/city. I'm up for the 2018 trip, hopefully, I *may* have the 820E ready by then and I can always jump down to Brussels and sleep at my Dads home. The Reverend Bluejeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nary a sad, cliched British cla$$ic car in sight, unless you count the DeLoreans. Totally my kind of car show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 This looks excellent. What is the punishment if caught driving a car under 25 years old?you know, this is a very old city which has it's traditions. First time offenders are flogged using an original cambelt from a 1962 Glas 1004. Recidivists will be chained to the trailer hook of a 1952 Beetle and dragged through town. Stubborn's get tarred with Rustoleum and feathered with the remains of the seat foam filling from an Opel Ascona. Fines are doubled for drivers of Audi A6 and BMW 3 series. brownnova, worldofceri, Junkman and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Is anyone seriously up for going to this in 2018?It's really appealing to me! It'd be good fun to go that far for such a great event. I'd take the Mercury obvs... HELL YEAH. I'll park the Dyane next to it! danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Case Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Thanks for pshoting the pics and the links to the videos What a variety of cars, event now added to bucket list. But what has gone wrong with the German car industry since the 60s and 70s? Audi had a design office then and not just a photocopier with different scales, BMW made stylish saloons and not ugly SUVs and GM (Opel) weren't reduced to sticking their badges on Daewoos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 Thanks for pshoting the pics and the links to the videos What a variety of cars, event now added to bucket list. But what has gone wrong with the German car industry since the 60s and 70s? Audi had a design office then and not just a photocopier with different scales, BMW made stylish saloons and not ugly SUVs and GM (Opel) weren't reduced to sticking their badges on Daewoos Well, at least we still do have a car industry.... . I don't think it's a specifically German problem. My best guess is that there is a secret global society that agreed around 1990 that all cars should look the same, cost the same and become redundant with some expensive electronic failure after a preset number of running cycles. Twiggy, Justin Case, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nary a sad, cliched British cla$$ic car in sight, unless you count the DeLoreans. Totally my kind of car show! There`s a blue Mark 1 Triumph 2000 in there... Thank you ps, it`s a remarkable and fascinating post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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