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RUNKLE Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:57 pm

Dragons gate, built 1968 or 1969, three or four years after that photo was taken.
KTPhil wrote: RUNKLE wrote: Corner of Grant & bush San Francisco



Same scene today:

RUNKLE Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:41 am


KTPhil Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:04 pm

RUNKLE wrote:

Flat tires, broken window, stolen lenses... sad! Any idea of the story behind this photo?

Interesting it appears to have 8-spoke wheels.

mukluk Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:40 pm

KTPhil wrote: Flat tires, broken window, stolen lenses... sad! Any idea of the story behind this photo?

Interesting it appears to have 8-spoke wheels.
Student riots in Paris, May of 1968 per the following: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...tart=10428

p horvath Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:19 pm

i counted nine beetle and a ghia.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/04/15/carspo...2021-04-16

Rome Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:43 pm

Quote: i counted nine beetle and a ghia. I spotted 11 Beetles and the Ghia.

Rome Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:50 pm

Frankfurt am Main, Germany's central city plaza "Roemer". Blue car in foreground is a German-built Lloyd Alexander, probably an LP600; caption incorrectly lists it as a Goggomobil. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-transport-transp...d0%26pl%3d

Randolph_Carter Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:50 am

Rome wrote: Frankfurt am Main, Germany's central city plaza "Roemer". Blue car in foreground is a German-built Lloyd Alexander, probably an LP600; caption incorrectly lists it as a Goggomobil. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-transport-transp...d0%26pl%3d

This picture is reversed

Blue Baron Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:16 pm


Blue Baron Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:28 pm


RUNKLE Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:00 pm


sportin-wood Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:19 pm


RUNKLE Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:09 pm


KTPhil Sat Apr 24, 2021 4:25 pm

RUNKLE wrote:

I think in the next few seconds the scooter pulled ahead and won the race. With the pit crew onboard at that.

RUNKLE Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:16 am

KTPhil wrote: I think in the next few seconds the scooter pulled ahead and won the race. With the pit crew onboard at that.
it’s clear who’s getting to the flag first here, but he doesn’t have his pit crew, so maybe not a fair fight.



aa390392 Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:03 am

Great look at post WWII architecture....country?
Tomas

Randolph_Carter Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:17 am

aa390392 wrote: Great look at post WWII architecture....country?
Tomas

Berlin, Germany

RUNKLE Sat May 01, 2021 10:16 am

If you ever wondered where those dents came from in your roof... “hey honey, it’s going to be a long trip, so just knock three times if you need to get out to stretch your legs”.


EverettB Sat May 01, 2021 5:54 pm


Blue Baron Sat May 01, 2021 11:20 pm




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