The King Cruise

There was another King Cruise today. It's a meeting for American cars, very cool and really the only one of its kind in Amsterdam. Initially I wanted to drive up with my Mustang but the weather forecast was really shit and then one of my rear tyres deflated so my car ain't going nowhere anytime soon :-/ But my other car was fine so i went to have a look. The weather turned out to be really nice and, surprise surprise, Simone said she'd come along! Cool :-)

We got there a bit too early but that way some cool cars were easy to photograph and we could also see and hear them arriving, which was cool.

There were at least 4 7123 Mustangs which is a lot, I have never seen so many early 70's Mustangs in one meeting.

Here are some photos I took. Enjoy!

Engine of the above '55 Chevy.

Just before we left I spotted this 'vette. I walked up and had a chat with the owners. They let me take a seat behind the wheel which was a bit of an adventure since the cabin is surprisingly small! But also their steering column was fixed and normally it could've gone up a bit more. I reckon I'll fit in one with a flexible steering wheel and a seat that can go back. Anyway, it was really cool to be behind the wheel, very cool car, real 2 seater sports car!

The second time I got hit...

I picked up healthy food for snacking and lunch. Still going strong on the diet losing a lot of weight.

After work some dude reversed into my awesome new car. I was stunned as I don't even have the car for more than 4.5 months. This is the second time I got hit and it could've been the third time if I hadn't braked really hard.

The bumper, grille and hood are damaged and possible one headlight. I was SO pissed off...

In the evening I went to my garage to clear my head a bit. I also received an unexpected 850 Euro bill today so combined with the crash you can imagine what I was feeling like...

On the way home the bridge opened and it looks like there had been a more serious accident recently...

The concours d'elegance 2017

Today Raymond and I drove down to one of our former royal palace's called "'t Loo". The annual concours d'elegance was this weekend again and last year proved to be pretty cool so we both wanted to go again.

Here are some of the photos I made. Please enjoy!


Weber carburetor:

1948 Cisitalia:

1956 Fiat 1100:

1949 Alfa Romeo Spider:

1914 Rolls Royce Skiff Torpedo:

Steering wheel:

1931 Cadillac Lasalle:

1933 Lancia Astura:

Inside:

1967 Ferrari GTB 4:

1952 Ferrari 212 Inter Ghia:

1968 Honda S800:

This was one of the nicest cars to see. Had a chat with the owner as well, it's been lovingly restored over many years.

The races:

The only steam driven car:

Alpine:

1973 Mazda RX7:

Very cool: it has a rotation engine!

1959 Renault project 900 prototype car:

It's got a V8, believe it or not!

1966 Porsche 356:

Former Dutch police car.

1952 Porsche 356:

Barn find, absolutely great to look at!

1959 Cadillac Eldorado:

The castle:

1964 Opel Kadett A:

I'd love to have one! This one is for sale but no money right now...

1976 Buick Opel Coupe Deluxe:

Very interesting car. American made, based on the Opel Kadett C. Very cool to run into!

1968 Ford Mustang:

1975 DAF 66:

Want one!

1973/4 SAAB Sonet:

Very cool! Never seen this car before, love it!

1964 Citroen Sahara:

This very special and rare car has one engine in the front and one in the back. It's also got 2 fuel tanks with each their filler openening on either side. The tanks are under the seats. Would you feel comfy driving that? ;-)

1965 DAF Daffodil:

1966 AMC Rambler: