Category: Wheels

Making sense now

I noted the underwhelming Alfa Romeo display at Tienda Inglesa a month ago.

Today it was Volkswagens, far more interesting to me, since my first car was a 1960 Beetle I bought for $50 at age 15, and I also had a 1964 VW Bus and a 1968 Squareback.

The requisite racer (note surfer’s Squareback behind):

And the eye-catcher of them all:

Not sure what the fender with handlebars is about. But—above it is the clue! This is German week at Tienda Inglesa, just as a month ago it was Italian week, hence the Alfa Romeos.

Random, or is it just me?

I saw this Fusca today.

I probably should have just kept walking, because the artwork on the side has been haunting me since. Two upside-down spark plugs? Custom culture? Keep traditions?

I’m wondering if it’s like t-shirt designs with Japanese or Chinese characters that used to be popular, perhaps until people figured out they had absolutely no idea what message they were promoting.

Custom Keep Traditions Culture? I just need to let this one go….

No, I didn’t hang around

This is the parking deck (there’s much more parking under the building) at Tienda Inglesa in Atlántida yesterday afternoon. 15 out of 40 or so available parking spaces were blocked off for people showing off their Alfa Romeos, at least one of which might have qualified as antique.

What is the thinking here?

(BTW, today noticed that the foolish plastic “covid” shields have been removed from the cashier aisles in Tienda Inglesa!)

A classic

I guess. 1966 Chrysler station wagon. Just parked in front of somebody’s nothing-special house.

Coming home along the Rambla (beach road) I passed a mid-50s Chevy with mag wheels following a mid-50s Ford T-bird. Special day today? It’s fathers day in the US, but not here for another three weeks.