Euro trip shite spotting

[HMC]

We spent the last week with my parents in law in Germany, we take the car and I keep my camera handy 'just in case' I'm usually the driver and hence rely on egging SWMBO on to capture the spots. Its fair to say shes not really a that keen, but she came up with these en route....

 

Whilst we were there I went with my brother in law to the Nurburgring, last weekend was a bank holiday weekend in Germany too which basically means the track is full of Germans wanting to get their 28 euros worth, or locals for whom 1500 euros buys a years unlimited access pass. There was a 'drift cup' going on that weekend plus a classic car show too. Hence quite an eclectic mix of visitors. It was refreshing to turn up, park really near the main entrance and not be asked to pay a penny to park. Im looking at you NEC.

 

 

OMG drift YO

 

Some teams were uber professional....   Competing against others which are more at home on these pages....

 

 

Brilliant tow vehicle/ team HQ for the manta...  

 

 

 

We also drove to some of the towns within the circuit boundary. What looks like a bridge or flyover is often a bit of the track cutting through the town. Park up and spectate. Quite a few visitors came in older stuff...

 

 

 

 

Unsure what either of those last two were!

 

The drive back saw a 6 wheeled long wheelbase cx and a renault 4 in the Netherlands (we whizzed past too fast to take pics), and this new jalopy waiting for me on the drive at home....

 

[Inspector Morose]

One door with hinges on both sides? Erm.

On the other hand that blue Opel 1900GT makes me want another one right now.

Superb pics.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Some lovely stuff there. I have a thing for those old Alfa Romeo Giulias, and the big Merc convertible would also be very welcome on my drive!!

[Lord Sterling]

Ja! Sas ist lookinger gut. Dank u for sharinger das pictures.

[hairnet]

mmm lancia

 

whats under that mini??

[mercrocker]

You used to be able to  buy a one piece fibreglass rear door like that  for  min vans....

[mercrocker]

That green coupe with no bits on it looks like a Glas 1700GT.    Possibly.

[Junkman]

Glas GT. Whether it's a 1300 or 1700 you can't tell from the pic.
 

 
The van is a FK 1000 (Ford Köln 1000 KG), or Ford Taunus Transit, as it was called from 1961.
 

[Bucketeer]

Great pictures and write up from what must have been a great week. Thanks for sharing.

[brickwall]

Who's the guy with the invisible camera at the Manta?