Voitures Anciennes

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RobertArthur
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#901 Post by RobertArthur »

Mid twenties of another century, the island of Java. Detail: a former Dutch colony, yet the steering wheel is on the right-hand side. When the Dutch set foot in Indonesia in 1596, the system of driving on the left was introduced there.

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#902 Post by Hotrodder »

Looks like those guys were stopping to let the car cool down. Water leak below the car tells the tale.
On my headstone it will say: Please switch off mobile phones. I'm trying to get some sleep.
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#903 Post by RobertArthur »

A century ago: always a full sized spare in the boot. Department unstoppable progress: this year, not any spare tyre in sight, lucky us, not in the middle of the Mojave Desert. These very helpful boys near Fresno had a tyre in stock for our Ford Edge, the only/last one...


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