Friday, November 2, 2007

Photo Hunters


This weeks theme is classic.

The first thing that came to my mind was our friend Janne who came to the US from Finland and wanted to buy himself an old Cadillac. He would be able to restore this classic car and then take it back to Finland where he would be able to enter it in the American Classic Cars Competition over there. He found one while he was here and he spent many hours restoring his "classic baby". Here is an old Buick that belonged to another friend of ours.



During our time we lived there we went to a couple of car shows. For my husband and I, it was just cool to see the old cars. But for the Finns that we saw at the car shows, it was more than just cool. They were really impressed by them. This is because it's harder for them to get them over there anymore due to regulations required of a classic car. Here are a couple of pictures of the "classic" cars we saw while we were living in Finland.





We even saw some classic foreign model cars (these were of more interest to my husband and I then the American ones).



We also saw some classic tractors (who knew people actually cared enough about tractors to put them in a car show).


And some classic steam engines.


So there you have it, many examples of classic machinery. Hope you liked it.

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35 comments:

Kellan said...

Very cool - looks like my driveway - my husband loves old cars (we have a Studebaker, 1967 Mustand and 1977 Lincoln - right now). This was fun - have a good weekend. See ya.

Anonymous said...

Very cool shots. I didn't know that about Finn's guess it makes sense though. :)

Carver said...

Great shots of classic cars and other machinery. Have a happy weekend.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

A great series! Thanks for sharing.

jams o donnell said...

What a great set of classic cars. A nice take on this week's theme. Happy weekend

SabineM said...

Very nice cars. I wanted to photograph a classic car and I kept seeing some on the road and I wanted to follow them, but didn't!
I love the last photo!

Krista Long said...

Great classics! My son loved these shots.

Anonymous said...

what beautiful shots of classic!! you did a wonderful job!

Anonymous said...

Now there's a load of classic! happy hunting..

Susan Demeter said...

Great entry for the hunt! Have a great weekend, and thanks so much for stopping by :)

-tnchick- said...

Very cool classics - I love to attend shows to see things like this - it's always a fun thing to do!

Anonymous said...

I love those pics... very classic, indeed!!

Lori said...

Wow great pictures, I especially loved the steam engines.

Talk..to..Grams said...

Wow! Great shots and they are classic! Thanks for your visit! Have a nice weekend!

LivG said...

Those are certainly some classy classics

Anonymous said...

Classic shot indeed! Happy Hunting!

Anonymous said...

i love this shots of classic cars.

shiera said...

I love looking at classic cars. ^-^
thanks for sharing these pics.

Anonymous said...

it would b nice to drive around in these classic cars..they have beauty unlike today's automobiles..they well...seem..so mass produced

Liz said...

excellent classic photos...Thanks for the visit. Happy weekend!

ipanema said...

wow...i love those collection of classic cars you have here!


Happy weekend! :)

Gran said...

Awesome collection of classic photos. Thanks for your visit. Have a wonderful weekend!

Anonymous said...

Wow, what great jobs they all did in restoring our past. Nice photos and have a good weekend.

Tammie said...

I love the old pick-up truck. Fun shots!

Dragonheart, Merlin, Devi, and Chloe said...

Great collection of photos! Those are all cool, classic vehicles and other machinery. :)

My classic photo.

Anonymous said...

Really love classic cars - great shots!

Happy Weekend.

Anonymous said...

Great shots! Classic cars are so neat!

Unknown said...

very very cool! lots of cars.

**"Liza"** said...

wow look all of those classic cars!Great Shot here..

Dragonstar said...

True classics, and I love the tractors!

Cynthia said...

So many classics...good for you!

Joyismygoal said...

Oh i love everyone of these classic pieces of our history cars are a passion of mine

Anonymous said...

Some classic vehicles there. Great classic photo.

Valarie said...

Wow! Lots of classics! Thanks for your visit!

david mcmahon said...

Love the lines of the Buick - and the steam engines as well!