Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part One)

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All vehicles at the Autotron show, usually held three times a year, are for sale. And most of them at affordable prices. Well then, let’s step in a time machine and hop from country to country, from decade to decade. In a random order, just like all the vehicles displayed at the show. Enjoy the flight.

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1976 Mercedes-Benz 200, W115-series; 95 hp from its two liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine.

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Big and tall, a 1935 Rolls Royce Phantom.

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1975 DAF 46. Air cooled 844 cc 2-cylinder boxer engine, De Dion rear axle.

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Volkswagen T1 double cab pickup in a very bright shade of blue.

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The original. A 1970 Fiat 500 L.

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1956 Chevy with a 6-cylinder, plenty of Americans from the fifties visited the show.

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Wonderful classic Renault truck.

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The norm, regardless the weight class: drop down sideboards and a completely flat cargo bed on top of the rear wheels.

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1950 Chevrolet Styleline Sport Coupe.

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The only Japanese car I saw.

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This 1974 Honda N600 Touring.

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Running on LPG now, this 1943 GMC military truck.

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1972 Volvo 142 DL with Turbo rims.

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By far the oldest car at the show, a 1902 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, Model R.

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1964 Bentley S3.

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1982 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with a V8 diesel.

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1986 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE, W126-series S-Class. Its three liter 6-cylinder engine clearly visible.

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Neat little 1966 Renault Dauphine Gordini.

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Two common cars from my childhood in the seventies.

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The Ford Escort Mk1 and the Renault 16. Old school vs modern times.

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A proud member of the Mopar-family…

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…a 1966 Dodge Coronet.

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1979 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith II in an excellent condition.

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1950 Simca 8.

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This one literally stood out from the crowd.

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A 1972 Saab Sonett III V4.

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1959 Plymouth Belvedere.

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LHD 1972 Lotus Europa Twin Cam, Type 65.

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Typical European family car from the seventies, a 1976 Ford Escort Mk2 with a 1,300 cc engine.

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1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS 25th Anniversary.

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1974 BMW 1602 in the well-known BMW shade of orange.

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I’m very sure that we will see these more and more at the shows in the upcoming years, the mighty Mercedes-Benz W140-series S-Class. Above a 1995 S500 Lang (Long) with a 320 hp five liter V8.

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A cult vehicle these days, the Citroën 2CV.

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Old soldiers never die. Needs no further introduction.

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1963 Dodge Custom 880.

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1976 Lancia Monte Carlo.

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Phenomenal Benz cruiser.

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A 1966 250 SE Coupe, W111-series.

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1962 Buick Skylark.

Another round soon, on the CC-channel.