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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:27 AM

Here are a few pics from a recent trip. There were many more great cars that I did not get pics of, but here are a few that I thought were pretty choice.

Parked down the street from our hotel in Amsterdam. Very nice condition!

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:30 AM

This car was appeared to be driven regularly. It was parked on the street near the Rijks Museum.

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Posted by: Brad Roberts May 5 2003, 01:32 AM

WOW.

I bet that car is really really rare over there.

To bad we didnt know you where in Amsterdam... Jeroen lives near there and could have visited with you.

(Jeroen did all the graphics for this website)

B

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:32 AM

Nice!

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:43 AM

I thought about contacting Jeroen before we left, but had so many things to do before we left that it didn't get done. It was our first trip over, and it would have been great to hang out with someone who could give us the real info on the Netherlands. It was our favorite place in Europe.

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 5 2003, 01:47 AM

ha ha.. you posted pics of the Ferrari. They are like Ford pickups in this area (all over the place) They sound really cool running around our local race tracks.

B

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:50 AM

Everybody driving/walking by slowed down to for a look at this Pantera parked on the side of Boulevard St. Germain. Very entertaining to see a busy area of Paris disrupted by a single car.

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:51 AM

There were not a lot of Ferrari's in Amsterdam, but Paris and London were littered in them. Lots of Turbo's too.

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:58 AM

Of course, not nearly as funny as looking at all the face and hand prints on the window of the McLaren Dealership in London.

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 5 2003, 01:59 AM

Did you guy's have fun ??

I bet that Pantera is really rare over there.

B

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 01:59 AM

oops.

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:01 AM

The view seen most often.

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:14 AM

We had a blast!! It was a trip that was long overdue. Everywhere you looked there was something older than our country to see. It was very cool to see the differences between our country and others. The mass transit was awesome. There were quite a few things that I was impressed by, and a few that I was grateful to get home to. The countryside was beautiful, the people were great, the beer was strong. We made it to quite a few of the must sees, and spent a bunch of time just walking around taking it all in. We took our two year old daughter with us which kept us at a nice easy pace

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:17 AM

These were everywhere!

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:21 AM

Saw this one near Lancaster Gate.

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Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:39 AM

I missed out on pics of the metallic lavender Diablo, several Aston Martin DB7's, and a few AM Vanquish V12's in London. As I said earlier, there were more Ferraris than anything. I counted over 16 360 Modenas during one day in London.
Anyhow, hope you enjoy!
Nick

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 02:56 AM

The travelers.

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Posted by: Brad Roberts May 5 2003, 02:57 AM

That is a long way from Nashville.

B

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 03:06 AM

Yeah, that 8 1/2 hr. plane trip is a bitch! That was the main reason we went to three countries. We figured we might as well take advantage of being a train ride away from some of the best museums in the world. Amsterdam was conviently the cheapest place to fly into. After some good sleep, getting used to the fact that you don't know where anything is or understand Dutch, it was all good. Of course, the coffeeshops sure do help with the jet lag.

Posted by: Jeroen May 5 2003, 04:24 AM

Hey GoKart,

Next time you're in the neighbourhood, be sure to call!

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: Lawrence914-6 May 5 2003, 07:06 AM

Looks like a great trip... thank you for sharing the pictures!

Posted by: Gint May 5 2003, 08:15 AM

Looks like a great trip. Thanks for posting the pics.

Posted by: Bleyseng May 5 2003, 08:28 AM

Looks like a great trip! I only know how to say "What time is it?" "Thankyou" and "Bye" in Dutch after 2+ years on being around Monique so don't feel bad.
Geoff

Posted by: thesey914 May 5 2003, 08:33 AM

And next time you visit Stonehenge call me up -It's pretty near by in Wiltshire, next county on (48miles)
Then again once you've seen it once........Cheers -James

Those Lotus Elises' are really great..... light weight and mid-engined -hmmm sounds familiar

Posted by: Jeroen May 5 2003, 09:43 AM

Somehow, I'm sure Geoff can say "Godverdomme" as well

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 11:41 AM

Jeroen,
We will definately be back. Amsterdam was our favorite spot. The people and city were much more laid back than in London and Paris. The trams, trains, and subways were the most stroller friendly. The Palm Speciale was excellent.

James,
We actually decided that the next trip to England would be devoted to the countryside. London was neat, but the rolling hills and small towns/villages would make for a relaxing trip...so you may yet see us. I bet you have some nice roads winding through there.
Thanks all,
Nick

Posted by: Brad Roberts May 5 2003, 12:21 PM

I wish I would have traveled more when I was over there in the UK. I had my nose to the grindstone trying to get work done... everybody that was with me wanted to go out and "site see".

We thought about going over at the end of our summer. We will see how the money situation looks.

B

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 12:46 PM

When we started planning the trip the Euro was less than the dollar, but of course that switched before we left. It kind of helped that nobody was really traveling. We got tickets for less than $400 each, which took some of the sting out of the conversion rate. We got slammed in the UK when we bought Pounds only to sell them back at the 4yr low against the Euro. It took a toll on the wallet after 16 days, but I consider it money well spent.

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Posted by: Gint May 5 2003, 04:48 PM

My wife and I have friends in Frankfurt. One of days (years) we're are going to do a England/Germany trip at least.

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 5 2003, 05:07 PM

wow...cool pics/. thanks for sharing. what is the pic of the first car you listed?

Posted by: 74GoKart May 5 2003, 05:22 PM

I believe it is a 1959 Chevy Impala.