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Chris Nelson

@chrisnelsonsdog@mstdn.social

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Socially awkward penguin, rollin' hard in the land of fediverse chicks and reply guys.

Chris Nelson 2h ago

Bryan 🏳️‍🌈 Pixelfed 3h ago

👋 greetings from Florida 👋
💜 have a fantabulous day 💜
🙏 kindness is free 🙏
#PositiveVibes

Chris Nelson 2h ago

Dan McCullough 2h ago

Splitgill mushrooms (𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦), from today's hike at Thompson Park:

#FungiFriday #Mushtodon #fungi

#SilentSunday i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶h̶i̶r̶e̶ at #SchlossMosigkau palace

#stillerSonntag #Mosigkau #Bach #Frühling #Frühjahr #spring #stream #brook #Schlosspark #Dessau

Andreas Freise 2h ago

Polished by millions of steps.

#photography #silentsunday

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Chris Nelson 2h ago

@TheEddieShow morning Sunshine!

Chris Nelson 2h ago

The Eddie Show 📷🎧❤️2h ago

Morning y'all! ❤️

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Frank Jun 24

This Karmann was lovely. Also this splitty Beetle.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

#VW

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Frank Jun 24

This rare as unicorn shit 4 Cylinder Holden Commodore arrived. We saw this at a petrol station last year or so, my eyes popped out of my head. Completely original, when Holden tried to sell a more efficient model. Didn't sell well.

#WeirdCarMastodon
#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

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Frank Jun 24

This hot rodded Morris van was so cute

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#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

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Frank Jun 24

This gorgeous 61(?) Chrysler was stunning inside and out. Would have been a car for someone rich, with all the mod cons at the time. And those fins are spectacular.

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#Cars
#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

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Frank Jun 25

For a crisp Spring morning, it was a big turnout! Cars just kept on rolling in.

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#Carshow
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Frank Jun 25

Hey I thought Austins were meant be teeny and cute?

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Frank Jun 25

This gorgeous Bristol arrived, a rarity here.

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#Carshow
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Frank Jun 25

Onto the mature motors that arrived. This Chev

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#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

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Frank Jun 25

And this Morris

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Frank Jun 26

Rovers come in many shapes and sizes

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Frank Jun 26

I think that Holden was a rebadged Isuzu?

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Frank Jun 26

Nice to see some Daihatsus, there's a brand rarely seen at shows.

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Frank Jun 26

We saw that pink Caddy at the Good Friday cars & coffee across town.

That blue on the Falcon was utterly glorious in the sunshine.

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#Carshow
#Carsandcoffee

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Frank Jun 26

They just kept on coming in! And such excellent makes and models. Great mix.

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Frank Jun 27

Holdens, git yer Holdens here.

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Frank Jun 27

And then a flock of Bolwells appeared! More on these further down thread as there's an interesting story I need to share.

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#Carshow
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Frank Jun 27

Check out that lovely Datto

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Frank Jun 27

Even a Roller showed up!

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Frank Jun 27

A flock of Mokes arrived, I was busily sending photos to my friend with a Moke saying WHERE THE HELL ARE YA

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Frank Jun 28

Mokes? So many Mokes! Even a Mini Moke! So very cool.

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Frank Jun 28

God I love a wee Austin

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Hervé

🇵🇸Jun 27

@vwdasher That purple Challenger is stunning.

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Frank Jun 27

@captainb more cars need to be purple!

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Owen Mehegan Jun 27

@vwdasher wtf they look like 70s funny cars.

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Frank Jun 27

@literatesavant 😆

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Chris @ FXWorks Jun 26

@vwdasher SJ-413K FTW!

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Nathan Avots-Smith Jun 26

@vwdasher Suzuki Jimny! Though there were also Holden-badged Isuzus in the early ’90s.

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Frank Jun 26

@autonerdery I know, they did so much wacky stuff, I am honestly not sure if it's a Suzuki or Isuzu! or even something else?

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Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿Jun 24

@vwdasher Looks like a '61. Nice car!

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Frank Jun 24

@Doppelganger75 I honestly can't remember, the owner told me but that was weeks ago 😆 Possibly one of two in Australia? Just gorgeous.

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Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿Jun 24

@vwdasher Last year of the fins in Chryslers.

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Frank Jun 24

@Doppelganger75 definitely sticks out from all the later sixties and seventies Chryslers here.

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Eobard Toyotathon Jun 24

@vwdasher Virgil Exner's work is always 🤌🤌🤌

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thefathippy Jun 24

@vwdasher

Fins are completely ridiculous, but so cool! 😎 I love 'em!

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Michael Carroll Jun 24

@vwdasher Starfire engine wasn't it? I6 chopped down but presumably not much in the way of balancing.

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nick Jun 24

@vwdasher love that looooooong fan shroud.

And the whole concept of someone lovingly maintaining this car because it's rare, because no-one wanted it, because it was crap.

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Frank Jun 24

@nickzoic exactly. Luckily his daughter loves it so it will live on, completely stock. Anyone can have a V8 one, meh, that's easy. But one of these? I bet there's less than a handful left.

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mcSlibinas Jun 24

@vwdasher it's opel rekord! It feels nice to ride. One of the best seats, you don't get tired, almost good as opel senator mk1.

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Frank Jun 24

@mcSlibinas no it's a Holden Commodore. Australian built version.

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mcSlibinas Jun 24

@vwdasher i know. What i doesn't know - is there any bigger differencies between Opel Rekord and Holden Commodore? I guess there only driver position is different.

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Frank Jun 24

@mcSlibinas I would imagine there's a lot to do with cooling the engine for one thing. Much hotter climate here. The V6 and V8 were big sellers here for decades, this one is a very weird and unloved model, being so under powered. I imagine there's probably suspension changes too, to deal with our road surfaces.

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mcSlibinas Jun 24

@vwdasher oh, now i have unsolved mystery 🤔

Your words sounds very reasonably; i just never compared EU and AUS cars. Their part numbers should be different.
In some cases, at least.
I never ever saw any part like "this radiator is bigger because Australia (or Africa)".

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Frank Jun 24

@mcSlibinas some people have discussed the differences in old forums

https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/opel-senator-vs-holden-commodore.138743/

This article has more details too

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/when-commodore-started-life-as-an-opel

@vwdasher thank you!

We rented a green 4 cylinder Commodore for a few days in Adelaide, when my moto was getting repaired on the way back from Perth. I remember a bright green, but it was a loooong time ago.

I also remember it being particularly *underwhelming* to drive. It handled ok, but had no get up and go. My wife's Gemini was more fun. 🤷‍♂️ Later, while they were away, our neighbours lent us their similar vintage six in that exact brown - it was much better.

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Frank Jun 24

@thefathippy Oh they were renowned for being gutless. I just love that this chap has kept it bone stock and adores it. And his daughter does too. It's such a rare one now.