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.
1976 Mercedes-Benz 200, W115-series; 95 hp from its two liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine.
Big and tall, a 1935 Rolls Royce Phantom.
1975 DAF 46. Air cooled 844 cc 2-cylinder boxer engine, De Dion rear axle.
Volkswagen T1 double cab pickup in a very bright shade of blue.
The original. A 1970 Fiat 500 L.
1956 Chevy with a 6-cylinder, plenty of Americans from the fifties visited the show.
Wonderful classic Renault truck.
The norm, regardless the weight class: drop down sideboards and a completely flat cargo bed on top of the rear wheels.
1950 Chevrolet Styleline Sport Coupe.
The only Japanese car I saw.
This 1974 Honda N600 Touring.
Running on LPG now, this 1943 GMC military truck.
1972 Volvo 142 DL with Turbo rims.
By far the oldest car at the show, a 1902 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, Model R.
1964 Bentley S3.
1982 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with a V8 diesel.
1986 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE, W126-series S-Class. Its three liter 6-cylinder engine clearly visible.
Neat little 1966 Renault Dauphine Gordini.
Two common cars from my childhood in the seventies.
The Ford Escort Mk1 and the Renault 16. Old school vs modern times.
A proud member of the Mopar-family…
…a 1966 Dodge Coronet.
1979 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith II in an excellent condition.
1950 Simca 8.
This one literally stood out from the crowd.
A 1972 Saab Sonett III V4.
1959 Plymouth Belvedere.
LHD 1972 Lotus Europa Twin Cam, Type 65.
Typical European family car from the seventies, a 1976 Ford Escort Mk2 with a 1,300 cc engine.
1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS 25th Anniversary.
1974 BMW 1602 in the well-known BMW shade of orange.
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.
A cult vehicle these days, the Citroën 2CV.
Old soldiers never die. Needs no further introduction.
1963 Dodge Custom 880.
1976 Lancia Monte Carlo.
Phenomenal Benz cruiser.
A 1966 250 SE Coupe, W111-series.
1962 Buick Skylark.
Another round soon, on the CC-channel.
Want ’59 Plymouth! …and the bright green Challenger R/T.
I’m more partial to the ’63 880. Wonder what the prices on these cars are compared to local for us?
The 1963 880: “€ 16,500 or best offer”.
Supply and demand. Plus the $ / € exchange rate when imported from the US, of course.
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That 1972 Lotus Europa Twin Cam would be my pick. Looks like a Lloyd next to it. One of the few cars that could make a Europa look big.
That’s correct, Mr. Saunders. Since it’s not in the second episode, here it is:
Johannes, you know it is one of Paul’s favorites! How can you not include it?
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-european/automotive-history-lloyd-sorry-no-full-liters/
Oops….too late now, I’d say that 2 x 40 pictures is enough…
Anyway, it’s a 1957 Lloyd LP600 with Belgian papers. Asking price was € 3,950.
Thanks for the link. I must admit, I knew nothing (I mean really nothing) about it. I thought it was an English minicar of some sort.
Lloyd is an English name and I wonder how Borgward came to using it for his this car.
I wondered about that too. Here’s the explanation, from wikipedia: Norddeutsche Automobil und Motoren GmbH (North German Automobile and Engines) was a German automobile manufacturer, created in 1908 and owned by the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company. The factory was in Bremen. Many of the products of the company and its successors were badged with the Lloyd marque.
The German Lloyd marque had no connection with the British Lloyd Cars Ltd company active between 1936 and 1951.
Note that the word “Lloyd” had come to be used generically and globally as a term for a shipping company. Today Hapag-Lloyd is still one of the big ones in the field.
Lloyd is an English name
Not English, but Welsh!
Powerrrrr !!!!
Where? 🙂
Thanks for that shot. Never seen under the hood of one of these before.
Love the no-nonsense paint colors on the Renault and VW pickups.
Surprisingly, no DSes or P6 Rovers, both of which were quite popular when I lived there 20 years ago.
Robert,if you look closely,you will see a DS behind the USA Army Jeep.Rover 2000 and 3500 and 3500S were great cars to drive.I’ve driven several new and used ones.
Not be rude but the black Dodge Coronet is a 1967. Had one for years. Other that that a very nice selection of cars
Loco, we think in registration years, not in model years. A (new) car registered on December 1, 1966 is a 1966 car. If you register the very same car on January 15, 1967 it’s a 1967 car. That’s how it works here. The reason why folks, private buyers that is, prefer a registration in January instead of December.
That sure looks like 1966 grille and taillights to me….
While the two (model) years look fairly similar, I think the car in Johannes’ photo is in fact a 1966 model, as advertised.
–on ’67s, the grille and headlights aren’t as textured and are closer to flush with the edge of the hood and fenders, resulting in a cleaner front end look.
–on ’67s, the taillights are rectangular-shaped; they don’t flare out towards the outboard end as on the ’66s.
–’67s have a prominent trim strip running between the taillights; on ’66s this area has no equivalent trim.
–the backup lights on ’67s are in the bumper; on ’66s they are adjacent to and just inboard of the taillights (on ’67s this area is covered by the aforementioned trim strip).
Confirmed on the ’66 Coronet. A good friend had a near-duplicate of that car; by coincidence, we were discussing its untimely demise just last night.
Meanwhile, I’ll take the ’56 Chevy, Volvo 142, Lancia Monte Carlo, 250 SE coupe and, ’cause I’m not quite right in the head, the Renault 16.
Sorry, I will man up and admit that I made a mistake per everyone else’s posts. But from the pictures it looked like a ’67. CRS must beginning to set in in my older years. I do like this site.
I like the 1966 MB 250 Coupe. But the wheels irritate me.
Ford Escort and Renault R16, great pairing.
About the Benz wheels: were they an option in 1966? I have seen some pictures with these alloys but most have the body colored hubcaps. I like the hubcaps better on this body.
Looks like an Escort Mexico perhaps, with the RS wheels, bumperettes and front wheel arch flares
It’s registered as a 1974 Ford Escort 1300 GT.
Think those are bad? At a show several years ago, I saw an otherwise gorgeous W111 250 Convertible, silver with red leather, wearing the same gray plastic hub caps as featured on the W126 300SE in this photo set. It just looked totally and utterly wrong.
Though it didn’t have the whitewall tires this one is saddled with.
Are these cars, or at least a group of them, all from the same collection? Because it sure looks like someone really likes his/her cars in light green. There’s (at least), the ’58 Pontiac, the W115 Benz, the Renault 16, the Challenger and a Chevelle, a little bit of a range of shades but all definitely light green.
No. Like always, a large number of classic car dealers -and private sellers with only one car to sell- showed up.
A lot of American vehicles this show. Mercedes is always present, in significant numbers. The W115, W123, W124, W126, R107 and C107 are the most common models at shows like this.
Classic French vehicles (Citroën !) are also popular in the Netherlands; unfortunately, I saw only one Peugeot last weekend, a 205 convertible. French cars have always been popular in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Love the pale, almost pastel greens of those first two!
I’d go for either the ’59 Plymouth (my wife’s choice) or the ’63 Dodge. I’ve never actually seen one in the metal, and it would be cool to own a car as old as I am.
Borgward Issabella coupe for me or maybe another Escort MK1 this time the last one I had was a 76 and I think the earlier cars were better.
The 2nd generation from Cologne may actually be the best. A certain Bob Lutz was put in charge of Ford Germany. He improved the built quality and increased the warranty form 6 month/12000km to a full year and 20000km. The rest of the industry cried foul…..and had to follow suite.
Cologne Fords from the seventies were good cars. Here’s another Escort Mk2. 1980, 1.6 liter engine. In that typical Ford metallic gold.
I’m digging, in addition to everything else here, that ’58 Poncho way more than I should.
I’ll take the Curved Dash Olds just so I could roll up to the gas station tell them to fill it with petroleum distillate and re-vulcanize the tires, posthaste! I spent way too much time as a kid watching the Simpsons.
Seriously though, that old-timey horn and tiller look like fun. And who wouldn’t want a car that’s almost 4 times their age?
I have noticed that Curved Dash Olds drivers probably have more fun at shows than just about any other group.
What a wonderful dessert after my sumptuous Thanksgiving feast .
-Nate
Europa with a side of Sonnet please. Would make a perfect Thanksgiving…
Great post and selections, Johannes. That red, ’72 SAAB Sonett III is calling my name. I think I’ve seen exactly one in person, but it was a very nice-looking coupe.
I’ll take that gorgeous little Skylark – one of my favorite cars from that era – and put on the correct width whitewalls.
Bentley S3, Mercedes 250SE and Renault Gordini for me please. Usual shipping address ;-).
The one that really surprised me was the Dauphine. It looks like it’s in perfect shape. I know that they were really common at one time here in the US, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in running condition. The last time I saw one in any condition was the mid-70s. There’s lots of cool cars there, but the one that I’d like to take home with me would be the DAF. How can I resist a car that can go as “fast” in reverse as it can going forward? I’m sure I could find the room for it.
That Chevy Styleline is tight, but I’m also (for obvious reasons) quite partial to the 72 Volvo