Today I made a small tour on a boat in Amsterdam.
I made a few pics of cars:
1. 1969 Citroën Type HY, with its original license, in Rechtboomsloot. Between 1963 and 1970 these were assembled in Amsterdam, recognisable by colours not available on French built HY's and, on later models like this one, by the non-suicide doors.
2. This is the Citroën building (from 1932) on Stadionplein, where the HY assembly took place. On the left is the 1928 Olympic Stadium by the same architect, Jan Wils.
3. 1967 Citroën DS 21 Mécanique in Kromboomsloot, with a license plate from 1994.
4. Some old scooter on Kromboomsloot.
5. 1970 Volkswagen 1300 Kever (Beetle) on Kostverlorenkade. Actually its (original!) license dates from 30 December 1969.
6. Alfa Romeo Spider coda tronca, on Locatellikade.
And on the short walk from where I got off the boat to my place:
7. 1981 Volvo 262 Coupé on Amstel between Royal Theatre Carré and Hermitage museum, with a Dutch license from 1996. In my opinion one of the ugliest cars ever...
8. 1988 Volvo 780 Coupé on Amstelveld, with a Dutch license from 2008. A friend of mine used to have one and several times I had the opportunity to drive it - terribly boring.
9. 1956 Morris Minor 1000 on Amstelveld, with a Dutch license from 1997. In daily use summer and winter...
10. The remains of a threewheeler from the 50s used for delivering groceries, flowers, bread or milk, on Amstelveld. The owner told me these were called 'luie hond' (lazy dog), and the engine was a French Bernard.
11. Another threewheeler on Amstelveld, I guess from the late 60s.
12. 1967 Volvo 121 Amazon wagon with a Dutch license from 1998 and our daily user 1991 Citroën BX, seen out of my home window.
