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tofufi South West Posts: 1,457	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)tofufi @tofufi
	Aug 18, 2009 21:26:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Righty, well this weekend, whilst you all were (hopefully) enjoying the Retro Rides Gathering, sadly I was whisked away at the last minute to Prague by my family. I therefore made up for it by taking as many photos as possible of anything I saw of interest. This could take a while... Firstly, a couple of pics taken the evening of arrival... Next morning, and we set off round Prague to see ~~how many retro cars we could find~~ the tourist sights Skoda: Citroen: Segway and vintage car (more of these to come) Skoda Felicia.. Taxi looked ace... I never saw it carry a fare the whole time we were there... Bollards... Another Felicia... Prague had several Felicias and quite a few vintage cars giving 'city tours' to tourists... absolutely brilliant to see them all plodding slowly round the city Old, but not car related... and neither was this balloon... you'd never get me up in one of those things... Sightseeing car... And another... And another... And another... A posh Art Gallery... Hmm. Back to retro cars, it is that Felicia again... with another vintage car behind it. View from a church tower... Not quite my colour... More sightseeing... Prague seemed to have more than its fair share of these... As day turned to evening, people were still mad enough to be up in the tethered balloon... And as evening turned to night, more interesting cars came out... '67 mustang, being driven a bit too 'enthusiastically' for my camera to keep up Party Grill Boats - a BBQ grill in the middle, and you could float around whilst having a grill on the river And last for that evening, a big old lorry... Next morning, and the temperatures were heading for the warm side of 30 degrees... they had trucks driving round spraying the roads with water... and guess what turns up again. Followed by... An LT carrying a Felicia... Skoda van... And more Skodas... R5... VERY clean Golf looked rather out of place. Skoda and plateless Xsara Pug... And more Skoda content... Triple cool points for Fluorescent green wheels... And another Skoda... We arrived at the Technical museum... Not going anywhere in a hurry Which turned out to be the agricultural museum... having turned the map round the right way, we found the technical museum. Closed until 2010 Ho Hum. They are meant to have loads of old railway locos and cars in there. Nevermind. Non stop parking??? Clean Renault was only spotted thanks to the museum being shut... Rat look in the Czech Republic (part 1) Metronome on the hilltop overlooking Prague. Apparently there used to be a statue of Stalin instead, but that was (unsurprisingly) removed. Coach. No idea what this was, but it was tiny, loud and smoky. More to come tomorrow (we're about 1/3 of the way through), when I've had some decent sleep and organised my thoughts a little better... apologies if the content of this post makes sense


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tofufi South West Posts: 1,457	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)tofufi @tofufi
	Aug 18, 2009 21:36:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Next thing to do was visit a tram museum, which ran a vintage tram service on weekends. The public transport in Prague is EXCELLENT - exactly how public transport should work, and priced well too. If public transport was better in this country, it'd leave roads more free for people to enjoy driving less regularly. There was certainly very little road congestion in Prague that we saw. This was at the museum... which I did want... and this was tucked away too. The vintage tram took us across the city, and then back again, for about £2 per person both ways. Whilst on the tram, these were spotted: Yet another sightseeing car More Fluorescent wheels The only Beetle seen in Prague. Spotted this lurking in an alleyway. These pics were taken inside the Museum. Skoda make everything. From Fire engines to trolleybuses (note the electrical equipment on the roof for the overhead wires) Praga... Buses Side exit exhausts FTW Bendy bus: And some old trams, too. Heh. No idea what this was. Bus. Bendy bus. Another sightseeing car. Metro (underground railway line) stations were cool Although the standing capacity per passenger carriage was a little optimistic!


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tofufi South West Posts: 1,457	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)tofufi @tofufi
	Aug 18, 2009 21:43:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Next day saw more retros... We did see a couple of very badly modified cars whilst there, although most cars seemed to be unmodified. Why did we never get these? It's a splitscree... oh wait, no, it's just a tram. Cool Merc. Restaurant. Large square area of Prague. This Subway Skoda I'm sure has been seen several times on here... anyone got the previous pictures? Had a dented front wing and looked a bit worse for wear I'm sure this one has been on here too... Large tunnel carries the underground tube train over a valley. The train line is completely enclosed and cars run over the top of the bridge, above the trains. We never got these, either. (Twingo) Escort was so rust free it deserved two pictures. Possibly ex police Fiat? Check the lights in the front grille. Oh look, a Skoda. and 3 more. This was a Pontiac, IIRC. Being driven similarly enthusiastically to the Mustang. Mini Tunnel at night. Prague at night. One more day worth of photos to come
	Last Edit: Aug 18, 2009 21:44:04 GMT by tofufi

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tofufi South West Posts: 1,457	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)tofufi @tofufi
	Aug 18, 2009 22:00:08 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Found a few more. House Skiing is allowed. Jag sounded ACE Next morning, more vintage cars found. The drivers were cleaning the spark plugs as if it were a rather regular thing to do. Long way from where it was built: Trabant, and another Skoda. More vintage... I managed to convince everyone that a ride in one of the sightseeing cars was a good idea. This was the one we ended up in. 1928 Praga, with (apparently original) straight six engine. And driven by a very funny Czech man whose job I would LOVE to have! It did Flex horribly over bumps and so on, seemed to have no strength or rigidity to the bodyshell at all. The central pedal was for the accelerator, and the right pedal for the brake. The gears were nowhere near the conventional locations, too. Whilst on the sightseeing tour, I spotted these: and the traditional VW camper. A couple more vintage car shots were taken after we had had the 40 minute ride round the city, which was a fun 40 minutes of breathing badly burnt petrol fumes Not quite so retro, but goppingly ugly so it deserved a photo. Rat look Pt 2. 126. Tiny road legal ice cream van Citroen: Opel: Oooh, a Skoda. How unexpected. Fiat was nice enough for 2 pics. 'Pizza go home'? Some rather cool graffiti Talbot? More vintage... Very nice lift shaft inside one of the church towers. Think this was a Skoda... Loads of these buzzing around the city, doing all sorts of jobs. 2 Trabants... spotted this morning. The second Mini - saw 2 original Mini and one one Bini in the whole trip. As seen in the Jewish Quarter. 'Our Hogs are Kosher' Badge engineering proclaimed this to be a Volkswagen. I'd have called it a Toyota. Finally, on the way to the airport to fly home... Lada. Bumper of this Merc was touching the pavement both sides And last but not least, this Skoda appeared to have been abandoned at the airport. Duct tape along most major seams and panel gaps, and the A4 paper on the side window, which I couldn't read, makes me think it won't last long. Hope you've all enjoyed this thread. That is all


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10mpg Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 4,253 Club RR Member Number: 204	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)10mpg @10mpg Club Retro Rides Member 204
	Aug 18, 2009 22:08:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cool pics i enjoyed that, need to go to prague now....
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daverapid Part of things Posts: 687	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)daverapid @daverapid
	Aug 18, 2009 22:12:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	8-)I am sooooooo jealous! I need to visit Prague!
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Samage Posted a lot Posts: 1,467	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)Samage @samage
	Aug 18, 2009 22:12:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cool stuffs. Those vintage cars though, are they actually vintage, or replicas made for doing touristy stuff?
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Mystery Machine Club Retro Rides Member [][][*] Posts: 10,299	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)Mystery Machine @mysterymachine
	Aug 18, 2009 22:17:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Hi Jim, Glad to hear you had a great time looking at the ~~sights~~ retro cars this weekend. I knew you would have a fantastic holiday. Tell your parents that next time that they need to consult the RR calender/diary before booking in future! Thanks again for all your help last week - just a real shame you missed out on the gathering! I'll give you a call tomorrow....but glad you had a good time.
	Last Edit: Aug 18, 2009 22:19:43 GMT by Mystery Machine

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VWPowered Europe No-Rice - Est 2002 Posts: 1,450	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)VWPowered @vwpowered
	Aug 18, 2009 23:40:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	VW badged Toyota is actually a VW Taro great pics btw
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conrad Posted a lot Here to fix your cabin....... Posts: 1,678	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)conrad @conrad
	Aug 19, 2009 0:05:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	excellent. get tired of skodas? well it is their country of origin isnt it? or am i loosing it?


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Littlepixel Posted a lot Posts: 1,497	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)Littlepixel @littlepixel
	Aug 19, 2009 0:06:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	"Talbot" is a Lada Samara... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Samara


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	Aug 19, 2009 6:09:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I've posted pics of the Subway Skoda and the pink Trabant limo in my holiday thread, well remembered The hosting co I use went bust so I'll have to put them back up somewhere else at some point.


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crazycruzer Part of things Posts: 373	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)crazycruzer @crazycruzer
	Aug 19, 2009 7:21:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	fantastic photos!!! a deserving trip!!!
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Mark16v Part of things Posts: 289	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)Mark16v @mark16v
	Aug 19, 2009 7:49:53 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I like Prague. If you ditch all the cars and put horses and carriages in the city you would believe it's 1850. Everything (and i mean everything!) is still as it was 150 years ago.
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1960zody Part of things Posts: 199	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)1960zody @1960zody
	Aug 19, 2009 12:38:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Prague is a good city for Retro Spotting. I was out there earlier this year. We all seem to have photographed the cute Skoda 1940's version They are genuine resto's not replicas The Volga just never seems to move at all Camo VW A Lada The Hot Hatch Czech style And a couple of Estelles The Impala


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shamrockez Kinda New Posts: 6	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)shamrockez @shamrockez
	Aug 20, 2009 7:34:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	why is the building in one of the first pics bendy?!


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tofufi South West Posts: 1,457	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)tofufi @tofufi
	Aug 21, 2009 9:57:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 18, 2009 22:12:56 GMT Samage said: Cool stuffs. Those vintage cars though, are they actually vintage, or replicas made for doing touristy stuff? # I believe they are genuine, I can't see that a tourist company making replicas would bother having the accelerator in the middle, or any of the other little quirks they had. Some parts like bumpers and indicators seemed to be common to them all, so they were certainly not 100% standard Aug 18, 2009 23:40:49 GMT VWPowered said: VW badged Toyota is actually a VW Taro great pics btw Indeed, it was badged as such. That is just a Toyota Hilux with a VW badge though - none of it is VW engineered. Aug 19, 2009 0:05:34 GMT conrad said: excellent. get tired of skodas? well it is their country of origin isnt it? or am I loosing it? Indeed. I didn't get tired of seeing Skodas, I was trying to emphasize how many of them were there Aug 19, 2009 0:06:21 GMT Littlepixel said: "Talbot" is a Lada Samara... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Samara My bad Aug 19, 2009 7:49:53 GMT Mark16v said: I like Prague. If you ditch all the cars and put horses and carriages in the city you would believe it's 1850. Everything (and I mean everything!) is still as it was 150 years ago. Agreed - the graffiti looks a little modern too, but all the buildings etc are fantastic Aug 19, 2009 6:09:11 GMT Jonny69 said: I've posted pics of the Subway Skoda and the pink Trabant limo in my holiday thread, well remembered The hosting co I use went bust so I'll have to put them back up somewhere else at some point. Cool, I was sure I saw them on here more than once before Aug 19, 2009 12:38:11 GMT 1960zody said: 1940's version They are genuine resto's not replicas Cool pics I didn't spot the 1940s one all the time I was there! The Volga taxi was spotted in two locations round the city, unless there is more than one of them ;D Aug 20, 2009 7:34:22 GMT shamrockez said: why is the building in one of the first pics bendy?! No idea, it was built like that... it got a lot of attention from tourists though! I LOVE this picture showing some tourists taking a photograph of themselves with a self timer, I just wish I hadn't managed to get my elbow in the way - I didn't take a pic suitable to photoshop my elbow out, either...
	Last Edit: Aug 21, 2009 9:58:44 GMT by tofufi

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jader1973 Part of things Posts: 694	A few spotted pics from Prague... (56k good luck)jader1973 @jader1973
	Aug 21, 2009 11:28:54 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I went to the Technical Museum a few years ago. Awesome steam engine 1940s Merc as used by the Germans. From memory this was a hastily produced armoured saloon built after the resistance blew someone up in a convertible. Racing Merc which was apparently left behind the Iron Curtain: Lots of other bizarre Communist era stuff as well, but can't find the pics. Well worth a visit when it re-opens.
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