event to put on the bucket list... the annual European Bug-In in the Southern Belgian countryside, just a few miles from the French border near the town of Chimay

 https://www.speedhunters.com/2024/07/beetles-and-beyond-european-bug-in-10/

Check out the cool new look Jake made to his 1971 VW Karmann Ghia!

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/carlisle-import-and-kit-nationals-2011

Very cool comparison! 

He bought it in 1990 for $500.... you know, back when you could buy a cool car that needed fixing up, for less than a thousand. 

Thank you Jack! I love what you did, that switch of the frotnt turn signals might be overlooked by some, but it too is a significant improvement. I love the new grill, and racing/foglights. Damn, the headlights, those are much better looking, is there a term for what you did here? I don't spend as much time on the "custom" car coverage, and can't remember the right way to say what you did there. 

Shaved door handles, antenna, hood ornament, and bigger rims. Very damn nice

https://www.facebook.com/jacob.porcenaluk

1973 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia TC made for only the Brazilian market. Looks like a mix of Porsche, VW, and Ford Pinto elements of design.. Thank you Doug!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-volkswagen-karmannghia-tc/

this looks better without the "grill" pieces that most Karmann Ghias have

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5540847002592557&set=a.5540832085927382

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5277169725654948&set=gm.2224706017686917

seen on todays walk

I'm thinking this is a Chevelle, GTO, or 442 

 

someone is crazy about VW trucks

another neglected BMW, and if I'd taken a photo of the damage to the top, and back you would see just how bad this is. I can't imagine how the hood got to look like that, but it's marked up, everywhere, the front bumper you can see has been broken off the tabs that used to keep it locked in place

A Ranchero above, and a block away another Ranchero... at least, the outline shape of the grill seems to be the same

it doesn't look like a bug, but, that's what's in the same spot on Google street view

and  now, comparing the two, I can see the typical dual exhaust, the roof outline is all weird, probably a roof rack

yup, roof rack

this has been in that driveway since at least 2007

above is the place with the above mid 70s Mopar

and this was that place back in 2007 when Google Street view first drove through

seen while on walkabout tonight, quite a crazy mix, plus two cars under cover, and one neglected BMW

and where this Caddy is now, had a cool old hearse a couple years ago, and before that, a nice camper

It's really uncommon to see a mid 80s Camaro, but this one has been sitting here since before 2014. 

I'm pretty sure this is a 1978 or 79 Camaro, and I'd love to see what it looks like, because it's got a fantastic set of slotted mags

But the owner isn't driving it, they're storing it, as Google Street View shows it with flat tires in 2020

and in 2015 someone lived there with a cool Chevelle.