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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 5:42 pm
by Motorama
Charger wrote:Motorama wrote:this was the first year since I've been going, which is every year since 99, that they closed off the cruise route going the other around, you always used to be able to go the other way as well which flowed better and you could get a good look at the cars which were queued the other way rather than just sitting in the line
righto, seems weird, in doing that they've reduced the road capacity by half
We thought the same but I think they tried to contain the craziness. We nicknamed the gas station you mentioned Armageddon many years and it's stuck, the Swedes have started calling it that now, you just can't believe what goes on there
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 5:46 pm
by Charger
Motorama wrote:Charger wrote:Motorama wrote:this was the first year since I've been going, which is every year since 99, that they closed off the cruise route going the other around, you always used to be able to go the other way as well which flowed better and you could get a good look at the cars which were queued the other way rather than just sitting in the line
righto, seems weird, in doing that they've reduced the road capacity by half
We thought the same but I think they tried to contain the craziness. We nicknamed the gas station you mentioned Armageddon many years and it's stuck, the Swedes have started calling it that now, you just can't believe what goes on there
Armageddon; yes i heard that
very apt
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 5:47 pm
by Charger
we covered less than half the field over the 2 days at the show!
I only photographed a fraction of the cars we saw!!
I’ve only posted a fraction of the photos I took!!!
Grab a brew, more great Mopars and other marques in the full set, can be seen here …
http://s826.photobucket.com/user/charge ... werbigmeet
click ‘slideshow’ top right and sit back (about an hour ;-))
or scroll through the pages bottom right
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 5:55 pm
by Motorama
press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.
This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well
http://www.brinkensgarage.se/
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 5:57 pm
by Blue
And then there's the out of town street racing, some seriously fast cars there. A few of the local guys know the right guys to take that in.
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 8:22 pm
by Charger
Motorama wrote:press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.
This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well
http://www.brinkensgarage.se/
better news
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 8:33 pm
by Motorama
Charger wrote:Motorama wrote:press release today from Vasteras business man and car guy Klas Brinks saying he will put on a show next year that weekend, he has helped Kjell Gustavson the last few years so knows the score.
This guy has an amazing car collection, he has an old supermarket not far from the airport converted into the ultimate man cave, we were lucky enough to get an invite there a couple of years ago. I think his main business is in telecoms but recently he bought Autocraft one of the biggest and best restoration shops in Sweden as well
http://www.brinkensgarage.se/
better news
And now Kjell Gustacson has thrown his toys out the pram because he wasn't consulted first and might still want to put an event on. Might end up with 2 events lol.
Another good event in Sweden is Classic Car Week in Ratvik about 2 hours north of Vasteras, much more laid back, different things on everyday and a beautiful area to stay in, 6 of us rented a house there in 2011 over looking the lake, we left one of our cars, an old 63 Caddy Fleetwood in Vasteras after the PBM and flew back out for it. Sold the car to dealer out there afterwards and made a little to cover the cost.
There's also a really good indoor show in Elmia near Jonkoping around Easter, Custom Motor Show or something like that
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 8:45 pm
by Motorama
Looking through your pics, you papped us in our loaner 65 Impala
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 8:54 pm
by Dave81
Great photos Si!
Another event to put on the list!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 11:04 pm
by Charger
Motorama wrote:Looking through your pics, you papped us in our loaner 65 Impala
fantastic, nice car, obviously caught my eye, didn't realise i'd snapped it twice
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 16 11:06 pm
by Charger
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 16 4:41 pm
by R.RUNNER
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 16 2:46 pm
by Corky
My first year here also . Edinburgh - Stockholm direct . with Norwegian air Tuesday - Sunday . Great pictures and thanks for sharing . great experience and hope we can do it again , BTW it,s a hell of a walk to the showground from the railway station ..
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 16 8:43 pm
by Charger
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 16 8:56 pm
by Charger
IanC wrote:My first year here also . Edinburgh - Stockholm direct . with Norwegian air Tuesday - Sunday . Great pictures and thanks for sharing . great experience and hope we can do it again , BTW it,s a hell of a walk to the showground from the railway station ..
indeed fantastic experience, yeah was a bit of a trek, we reckoned we walked 10 mile Thursday and 12 mile Friday
