ViaRETRO | holmen | Activity https://viaretro.com/members/holmen/activity/ Activity feed for holmen. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:47:53 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.0.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 4fbd30e13d5382d5ecda1dbb90b639c0 holmen commented on the post, A 5,500 Mile Real-World Review: Of Course You Can Use Your Classic for a Holiday Drive! https://viaretro.com/2020/07/a-5500-mile-real-world-review-sure-you-can-take-your-classic-on-a-holiday-drive/#comment-45614 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:30:58 +0200 I bow in all humbleness 😎
I just have a fairly optimistic angle on life with my classics and an inherent trust in my fellow enthusiasts – so when swinging from one classic to the next I always make it a part of […]

]]> f25cc7b4c77e26191ee12d05ea8ddfea holmen commented on the post, A 5,500 Mile Real-World Review: Of Course You Can Use Your Classic for a Holiday Drive! https://viaretro.com/2020/07/a-5500-mile-real-world-review-sure-you-can-take-your-classic-on-a-holiday-drive/#comment-45612 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:50:56 +0200 I’ve had my Alfa 1750 Berlina for a little over two years now and have covered over 15.000 kilometres on trips outside of Denmark as well as occasional, longer trips to for example OGP two years ago.
Here’s a s […]

]]> 9fe1f41a523c3474c44d0be897901d74 holmen commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Caption Competition https://viaretro.com/2019/12/visual-sunday-caption-competition/#comment-44488 Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:24:11 +0100 Hmmmm – I wonder how they fit a herd of cattle inside. Better ‘hide’, could become part of the equation …

]]> e01a7a655ad766ad09e49de9b208682b holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39899 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:46:32 +0100 @anders-bilidt when I was 16 the couple across the road had a GTHO Phase III. Every evening before he went to bed, he chained the rear axel to a Mammut tree in his front yard. Already then they were sought after – […]

]]> a50c00b697a67e4dfd79f1fa616f1322 holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39894 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:00:57 +0100 @anders-bilidt would have loved it being a classic V8 Aussie, but the Holden Calais wasn’t that bad either.
If I had to choose, it would have been a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III

]]> e75eedb17fd2b1dcfb714eba1ad1cd91 holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39893 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:59:06 +0100 @tony-wawryk to mention a few:
Lotus Europa
VW 1302
VW Split Window Bus
Ford Fairlane
Ford Falcon
Triumph Herald x 2
Jaguar 420G
Alfa 75 Evoluzione
GTV6
Giulia x3
MB230E & TE & 280SE
Fiat 1200 […]

]]> 65830737db3a82f92da37a2e7e3ee39d holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39885 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:54:44 +0100 So where did my endless wandering end? Having owned a number of classic Alfa’s, I found myself constantly coming back to the fantastic and beautiful engine that powers the Alfa’s up through a number of decades – t […]

]]> c96e064692b206e412a4fd72098ffcf1 holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39884 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:43:40 +0100 Apologies for the double image – but besides the Australian road trip I’ve actually been on two great road trips this summer. In my previous life as a car swinger, I’ve own demand driven over forty different cla […]

]]> e0e01d5bcf45e2df36fb8f0c7e0889d6 holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39882 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:29:14 +0100 And the proof

]]> 5736b8f01dbd4dfe830d9557d37b785a holmen commented on the post, MGB: Take Me to Bathurst! https://viaretro.com/2018/12/mgb-take-me-to-bathurst/#comment-39881 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:28:11 +0100 Did a similar trip in January 2018.
Spent an hour at the museum bringing back childhood memories of watching Bathurst races with Alan Moffat as my hero. While saying it was a similar trip, there’s was a bit of a […]

]]> 05bf21e1e5cbdfac241df36286c38e21 holmen commented on the post, KODAK COLORAMA https://viaretro.com/2018/10/kodak-colorama/#comment-39496 Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:14:14 +0200 Fantastic artikel Søren – Way to go. A memorable trip down the viaRetro lane.
Need to get my camera put in to action and take some more shots in Colorama format.

]]> 60bb9582326af5a07692a2c45534030e holmen commented on the post, The American Dream! https://viaretro.com/2018/05/the-american-dream/#comment-38502 Mon, 14 May 2018 05:44:41 +0200 Great write up – this I will have to do.
What a great concept – Airbnb for classic cars

]]> 662b3806ce143a93972ef67d58f0ac3b holmen commented on the post, OVERMUCH – The Fabulous Fins of the Fifties https://viaretro.co.uk/2018/03/overmuch-the-fabulous-fins-of-the-fifties/#comment-38099 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 10:28:40 +0100 Love cars with fins and I am convinced that they add enormous amounts of stability at speed – here an image of my Alpine crossing stormy waters across Store Baelts Bridge on the way back from a race weekend. The […]

]]> 1c03d3e8586cc60fe833c96a53b75ecf holmen commented on the post, Mintex Winner is a Hard-Driven Sunbeam Alpine https://viaretro.co.uk/2018/02/mintex-winner-is-a-hard-driven-sunbeam-alpine/#comment-37933 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:29:17 +0100 Thanks for the comments gentlemen – and thank you for the prize MINTEX. I will look forward to getting the brake pads fitted so that I can start out with optimal braking power this spring. While 2017 was a quiet […]

]]> df9e21a8de9b67c16a5214ad9ada8a3d holmen changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/452/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:25:17 +0100 0