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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 15m ago

virtualmarc 17m ago

Details from the battery electric train inside the train car hall 2 at the railway museum in Bochum-Dahlhausen.

#RailwayMuseum #Eisenbahnmuseum #Bochum #BochumDahlhausen #EisenbahnmuseumBochumDahlhausen #RailwayMuseumBochumDahlhausen #EisenbahnmuseumBochum #RailwayMuseumBochum #photography #photos #train #trains #railway #ruhrgebiet #ruhrpott #ruhr #ruhrarea

Chris Nelson 20m ago

IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND! GO AWAY!

Chris Nelson 50m ago

Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈1h ago

We walked around our lake this morning, and came across this beauty at the base of one of the trees near the shoreline. I have no idea what variety it is.

Chris Nelson 1h ago

Chicory in full song today
#photography #nature #BloomScrolling

Chris Nelson 1h ago

Bosque Bill 2h ago

Acmon Blue butterfly
City of Rocks State Park, NM

Blues are very small, quick moving butterflies. I was fortunate this one had stopped to sip some minerals from along a pond.

#InsectSaturday #InsektenSamstag #photo #nature #Butterfly #NewMexico

Chris Nelson 1h ago

Alexander S. Kunz 11h ago

XKCD "Dreams"
https://xkcd.com/137/

Chris Nelson 2h ago

dandelion 2h ago

Ein Zufallsfund zum #InsektenSamstag: Winzige Parasitärwespen bei der Eiablage, wahrscheinlich in Schmetterlingseiern. Das gesamte Gelege war etwa so groß wie mein Daumennagel.

#Insects #ParasitoidWasps #Wespen

Chris Nelson 2h ago

The Eddie Show 📷🎧❤️3h ago

Fresh flowers with coffee. ❤️

Chris Nelson 2h ago

Laura Cochran 3h ago

#photography #fotografía #fotografie #bloomscrolling #flowers #prettyinpink #Nature #naturephotography
#LauraCochranPhotography

Chris Nelson 3h ago

George 🍦🚲 🥾 ✌️🌎 🌌3h ago

Good Morning!

Red spike amaranth. #BloomScrolling #amaranth #GoodMorning

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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

This hot rodded Morris van was so cute

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

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Hey I thought Austins were meant be teeny and cute?

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This gorgeous Bristol arrived, a rarity here.

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Onto the mature motors that arrived. This Chev

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And this Morris

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Rovers come in many shapes and sizes

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I think that Holden was a rebadged Isuzu?

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

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

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Holdens, git yer Holdens here.

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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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Check out that lovely Datto

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Even a Roller showed up!

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

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God I love a wee Austin

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Soo those Bowells! Ok so Bolwell was a kit car made here in Melbourne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolwell

And this bulbous one is one that almost never existed.

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@vwdasher That purple Challenger is stunning.

@captainb more cars need to be purple!

Owen Mehegan Jun 27

@vwdasher wtf they look like 70s funny cars.

@literatesavant 😆

Chris @ FXWorks Jun 26

@vwdasher SJ-413K FTW!

Nathan Avots-Smith Jun 26

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

@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?

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿Jun 24

@vwdasher Looks like a '61. Nice car!

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

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿Jun 24

@vwdasher Last year of the fins in Chryslers.

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

Eobard Toyotathon Jun 24

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

thefathippy Jun 24

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

Michael Carroll Jun 24

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

@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.

@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.

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.

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

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.

@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.

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)".

@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

mcSlibinas Jun 24

@vwdasher thank you!

thefathippy Jun 24

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.

@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.