ViaRETRO | jakob356 | Activity https://viaretro.com/members/jakob356/activity/ Activity feed for jakob356. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:47:53 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.0.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 4aab54fb345a9ff2d080e6770cf5bc3e jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: A Retro-Futuristic Spaceship https://viaretro.com/2021/02/visual-sunday-a-retro-futuristic-spaceship/#comment-47406 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:02:03 +0100 Owned one of these some years ago: Really a lovely car in every way!

]]> a6cc4c4c2c81740da98d7f57a3dbd40b jakob356 commented on the post, The Best Car for Mayhem? https://viaretro.com/2021/01/the-best-car-for-mayhem/#comment-47027 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:33:05 +0100 The easiest “fuel” to produce at home is electricity. So I would choose a simple, light but roomy, electric modified vehicle, with high ground clearance.
Chance of meeting anyone else on the road at high speed […]

]]> ce094140b49922e0b592c42e71789e20 jakob356 commented on the post, Historics Hold Successful Final Sale of a Difficult Year https://viaretro.com/2020/12/historics-hold-successful-final-sale-of-a-difficult-year/#comment-46639 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:03:58 +0100 It is strange that the two-tone Mercedes coupé is listed as a 1967 2,2 , even in the DVLA, as the 120 hp 220SE was replaced by the 150 hp 250SE in second half of 1965.
Only about 5000 250SEs were built, before […]

]]> 66d82bb9b21aa7a0e27a4bf99327cd76 jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: East Bloc Elegance https://viaretro.com/2020/12/visual-sunday-east-bloc-elegance/#comment-46637 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:41:38 +0100 The shown model looks more like an early sixties one.
Astounding how it has almost the same “too many layers in the cake” design as the Skoda Octavia.

]]> 50bd14de7a47745cae6159169400c29a jakob356 commented on the post, Black is the Colour of Death and Company Cars https://viaretro.com/2020/11/black-is-the-colour-of-death-and-company-cars/#comment-46487 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:08:00 +0100 Christian’s LWB 2+2/S3, from our Møn trip, had just the right amount of shape dampening to make it look really good:

]]> 8b47694a5640d9f0c0d718e59c8498c1 jakob356 commented on the post, Black is the Colour of Death and Company Cars https://viaretro.com/2020/11/black-is-the-colour-of-death-and-company-cars/#comment-46482 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 07:09:05 +0100 I am a designer myself and I agree that black is a shape damping “colour”. Which is nice if your (company) car is a really ugly recent one, with too many design lines going all over the place.

If a classic car […]

]]> ddc772bec2823a159c48b50216346456 jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: A French Flirt with the Wild West https://viaretro.com/2020/11/visual-sunday-a-french-flirt-with-the-wild-west/#comment-46273 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:29:39 +0100 With a V8 it is called the Vedette. Ariane was the same big car but with a much smaller “French” sized engine.
They probably inherited the idea of calling the same car different things from Ford. The Vedette […]

]]> 65fa02c755439cd85a7bb0b4a8a6d699 jakob356 changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/3288/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:53:13 +0200 0 0f7b70bf708f2db4391011d6ee8d5ce9 jakob356 changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/3287/ Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:51:45 +0200 0 cb77b57f08c4fb686e06a489d1737281 jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Yugo If You Want To https://viaretro.com/2020/07/prime-find-of-the-week-yugo-if-you-want-to/#comment-45535 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 06:14:40 +0200 I know it’s probably some kind of luxury option with 4 headlights, but that just makes it look very east-block’y and a bit like a Nissan pick-up from the early 80ies. I would go for the more original look.

]]> 3491aa7eca58b0fde03faf2bf415fd8d jakob356 commented on the post, Hunting for a Classic Daily https://viaretro.com/2020/07/hunting-for-a-classic-daily/#comment-45416 Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:13:58 +0200 The Mercedes and the Capri are both based on 60ies technology, like your 2002, so you are covered there.
So I would go for the 944, based on the late 70ies 924, probably with some reasonable updates and […]

]]> 80afd02cf2a4bb254a2d3be95fa9527a jakob356 commented on the post, The World’s Most Impractical Van? https://viaretro.com/2020/04/the-worlds-most-impractical-van/#comment-45103 Fri, 01 May 2020 21:05:50 +0200 I see it as a very early Renault Avantime: A vanshaped stylish, rather expensive and not very practical leisure mobile.

If you wanted a boxy practical VW, you could just get a Kombi/bus/221.

It’s too bad […]

]]> 35a077cb99b3d4b562249f3551d07222 jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Apocalypse Now! https://viaretro.com/2020/04/prime-find-of-the-week-apocalypse-now/#comment-45063 Sat, 18 Apr 2020 05:56:43 +0200 During this week I had the chance to drive a 1975 C303, and having earlier tried noisy 1970ies Land Rovers, I expected the worst… But it was easy and quiet to drive, at low speeds, so now I am a little bit in love.

]]> 8ac7494d9b4b1ad5a1b39fdf71eac8cf jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: A Plastic Facelift for this Coming Springtime? https://viaretro.com/2020/04/visual-sunday-a-plastic-facelift-for-this-coming-springtime/#comment-45044 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:11:23 +0200 I dont’t make the rules. Which classic cars works for you are up to gut feelings and personal preferences.
This particular one even got to be a 1990ies car also, so maybe the 1980ies version isn’t too bad?

]]> f689fe43c5de073fab01a067330ea522 jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: A Plastic Facelift for this Coming Springtime? https://viaretro.com/2020/04/visual-sunday-a-plastic-facelift-for-this-coming-springtime/#comment-45033 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:47:52 +0200 As a 1980ies car with a 1960ies body, it is easy do demean. But it’s red, Italian and open – so who cares about age?

]]> f2559336ab6d9efcf9a5b0879dcfb3e1 jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: A Stylish 1953 Family Saloon https://viaretro.com/2020/04/prime-find-a-stylish-1953-family-saloon/#comment-45019 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:08:21 +0200 Like The Citroën TA and the MG TD, 1950ies cars with 1930ies bodies feel as wrong as Egyptian 1990ies built Peugeot 504 taxies, even though they all might be fine cars.

]]> 013d53a81ba88d33136008d1a6d035eb jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Caption Competition https://viaretro.com/2019/12/visual-sunday-caption-competition/#comment-44507 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:44:44 +0100 “Well … We’ll use the sleigh tonight, then”

]]> 20b4e800159f4590c05fa1f31fcc953b jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Caption Competition https://viaretro.com/2019/12/visual-sunday-caption-competition/#comment-44498 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:09:36 +0100 “Are you OK, Santa?”

]]> 1fc11e031e2a6d8e8c7c998146d38652 jakob356 commented on the post, Visual Sunday: Caption Competition https://viaretro.com/2019/12/visual-sunday-caption-competition/#comment-44495 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 07:57:46 +0100 “Oooh – deer!”

]]> 3400609a76d5ba9a0ace512219bab373 jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: The Accessible and Aspirational SAAB 900 https://viaretro.com/2019/11/prime-find-prime-find-the-accessible-and-aspirational-saab-900/#comment-44117 Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:36:21 +0100 Here a video from when Ian “Hubnut guy” Seabrook took it for a spin a couple of months ago. Hopefully someone has looked over the fault since then.

]]> 288cdc07fa6eaab6e1f4af65bc343892 jakob356 commented on the post, French flair and character for less than €10,000: Renault 16 https://viaretro.com/2019/10/french-flair-and-character-for-less-than-e10000-renault-16/#comment-43844 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:57:54 +0200 Lovely car with so many brilliant ideas. Perfectly placed in the french market, between the mechanically conservative Peugeot 504 and the just bonkers Citroën DS. I think the roofline and tall windows even […]

]]> 0baa2db4d74aeb68debe508f35616550 jakob356's profile was updated https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2774/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:44:22 +0200 0 7422575583d430daf45659430ca49a67 jakob356 commented on the post, The Lost World of The Pennine Tower https://viaretro.com/2019/10/the-lost-world-of-the-pennine-tower/#comment-43843 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:39:24 +0200 Probably because of my studies in architecture, I really like those motorway stops built across the road, so you can access them from both directions. I think it is a great way to use the space already occupied by […]

]]> 098e7fdc057e68a33a3e92558a3279b7 jakob356 commented on the post, Why Land Rover Can’t Afford to Live in The Past https://viaretro.com/2019/09/why-land-rover-cant-afford-to-live-in-the-past/#comment-43585 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:02:08 +0200 Great writing as always, thank you.

I can see that it aims to have the same high flat sides as the old Defender, but it might as well be an updated IH Scout or Ford Bronco. But those two were also made from the […]

]]> 662b9428975e966e72ae5713f19544a2 jakob356 commented on the post, A Car Designed to Meet the Three Best Selling Points Ever: OBC Mantorp https://viaretro.com/2019/08/a-car-designed-to-meet-the-three-best-selling-points-ever-obc-mantorp/#comment-43181 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:47:44 +0200 The idea of a safety sports car is always strange, no matter how many times you try. Another one, with a slightly better – but still odd – outcome, is the Bricklin SV1. Also with incredibly large blind angles for the driver.

]]> cd48013ecc2da06460a7f83408c3f3bb jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Conservative French Luxury https://viaretro.com/2019/07/prime-find-of-the-week-conservative-french-luxury/#comment-42706 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 07:45:15 +0200 A good sign that it still has the old type plates, and I understand “Historique connu voiture familiale” as “history known, owned by (same) family”. A lovely cheap but rather exclusive car. You even get “crazy […]

]]> 4d81f242e859534df153886d80274d24 jakob356 changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2324/ Wed, 29 May 2019 14:44:07 +0200 0 958df1ad93fea1849f9bd55d322e6737 jakob356 commented on the post, VW Phaeton: A Future Classic? https://viaretro.com/2019/05/vw-phaeton-a-future-classic/#comment-42240 Wed, 29 May 2019 14:42:08 +0200 Seen with retro eyes, this car is the opposite of a Karmann-Ghia Type 14, from the same factory, which had the good looks, but not really the performance to match it.

]]> c2cf90c25294d9d78f66bc31a29dd2bd jakob356 commented on the post, A Graphical Illustration of the Demise of the British Automobile Industry https://viaretro.com/2019/05/a-graphical-illustration-of-the-demise-of-the-british-automobile-industry/#comment-42027 Tue, 07 May 2019 18:10:33 +0200 You are probably right.
With my 8 classic vehicles I do care a lot about heritage, and in which factory it was made and how. I can spend many hours with the internet researching.
But the boring commuter car to […]

]]> dad6f5ded6c9bcd6948009a8c32db2f4 jakob356 commented on the post, A Graphical Illustration of the Demise of the British Automobile Industry https://viaretro.com/2019/05/a-graphical-illustration-of-the-demise-of-the-british-automobile-industry/#comment-42012 Mon, 06 May 2019 12:56:48 +0200 Being in the field og graphical visualisation myself, I love the diagramme! But it must be pretty old, since no one has heard from Rover og MG in over 10 years. But nevertheless suitable for a retro website!

I […]

]]> adc5e18ccdc8273fa449a4d72ee05108 jakob356's profile was updated https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2192/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:09:01 +0200 0 7d5837104ff59fd0a741c11ab83d7f12 jakob356 commented on the post, The Road to Hel https://viaretro.com/2019/04/the-road-to-hel/#comment-41872 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:12:38 +0200 Nice story, excellent writing. Thank you.

]]> 879fe81525dcd2eebe889972629a466b jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Gallic Classic at Entry Level https://viaretro.com/2019/03/prime-find-of-the-week-gallic-classic-at-entry-level/#comment-41631 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:08:13 +0100 Renault probably had a lot of their development resources, at that time in the early sixties, tied up in creating the groundbreaking, innovative and beautiful Renault 16.

The 8/10 (except the Gordinis) has the […]

]]> c426effed7c3ef40948c4548573d9c6a jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: Gallic Classic at Entry Level https://viaretro.com/2019/03/prime-find-of-the-week-gallic-classic-at-entry-level/#comment-41628 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 08:56:56 +0100 Renault 10 is typical 1960ies “Volkswagen thinking”: Making the the same car all over again, and calling it new, and somewhat ruining the carefully thought out proportions and design of the original model.
A […]

]]> 063407202d9dca0bfeceebb0ad3621a2 jakob356's profile was updated https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2034/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:32:45 +0100 0 2b31fe5739755ea645dd49df86ebec2f jakob356's profile was updated https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2019/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:21:50 +0100 0 a1bfa4f103694a5be26a8b99ee2e388e jakob356 changed their profile picture https://viaretro.com/activity/p/2018/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:02:41 +0100 0 ae90003774ef5625ed8015e6483909c9 jakob356 commented on the post, Prime Find of the Week: The French Goddess https://viaretro.com/2019/03/prime-find-of-the-week-the-french-goddess/#comment-41335 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:00:20 +0100 Keep the hydraulic pipes and fittings in reasonable working order, just like you would with brake and clutch lines on a “normal” car. Of course keep an eye on the hydraulic pump and reservoir from time to time, […]

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