Tag: american muscle cars
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American Beauty Car Show 2017
Read more: American Beauty Car Show 2017Year after year I say that American Beauty Car Show in Haapsalu is my favourite car event in Estonia. Scale of the meet speaks for itself, spreading everywhere around Haapsalu town. Official show is held inside a castle, but very often you’ll find more legendary cars on the streets. Muscle cars, bombs, lowriders, old “suitcase” style cars, new models, hotrods and more. This post will cover only the show and what happens around the castle.. in few days I’ll try to prepare a gallery with the parade, where everyone are burning their tires as well as the official 1/4 dragrace.…
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American Car Show // Helsinki / 2017
Read more: American Car Show // Helsinki / 2017Already a number of years I’m starting my photography season with a fast trip to Helsinki for American Car Show (actually show consists of four exhibitions: american cars, tuning, motorbikes, motorsport) and every year I’m hating the fact that it’s always on same dates with Elmia show in Sweden.. Where will I go next year, oh, who knows. Enjoy!
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SHOULD YOU CONTINUE INVESTING IN AN OLD VEHICLE
Read more: SHOULD YOU CONTINUE INVESTING IN AN OLD VEHICLECars can be extremely sentimental to some people: they hold memories of times that we hold as important to our lives. It’s easy to get attached to the vehicles we drive, we spend a lot of time in them. So for that reason, many people choose to continue driving older cars, whether they’re inherited or bought these antique cars can be some people’s most prized possessions. However, old cars are expensive to keep road ready. They require constant maintenance and care, while this may be an entertaining hobby for those mechanically minded for others it may end up being a…
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American Beauty Car Show // 2016
Read more: American Beauty Car Show // 2016American Beauty Car Show in Haapsalu was always one of my favourite events on the year, just because of the aura it brings to this small city in Western Estonia. I won’t bore you a lot with details, I wrote all that in previous years here. For photographer’s point of view, what’s happening on the streets is more interesting than what is at the show venue. Two takeaways I made: 1) Estonians started building hotrods based on american cars 2) pinstriping got more popular. Enjoy the gallery! ON THE STREETS IN THE CASTLE
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Fastest Corvette C2 in the world
Read more: Fastest Corvette C2 in the worldI’ve photographed this 1965 Corvette few years ago on a very hot sunny day, so hot in fact that my shoes were getting glued to the tarmac. Owner (Kimmo “SIX-5” Nevalainen) bought it around 10 years ago, fully rebuilt it, repainted it, changed everything. Car is built for multi-purpose, it’s good in corners, good on drag strip and at a car show. In April Kimmo improved his World Record run (fastest C2 Corvette) for Standing Mile – 201.3 MPH (323.96 KMH) He drove it on Le Mans track, at Nordschleife, Hockenheim, etc. Engine is aV8 400cui that goes to 7000 rpm, 1000+ hp
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Power Big Meet // Road Trip / 2015
Read more: Power Big Meet // Road Trip / 2015Some time ago my friends from Russia started to mention one bad-ass event that is held in Sweden. It is called Power Big Meet and is organised for more than 30 years. Friends invited me to go with them this year. They are running a car club called Non Grata, some of you may know that it’s the first Lowrider club in Russia. Aleksandr and Andrei arrived one day earlier to Tallinn, in a sorted out Chevrolet Impala and crisp Volga “GAZ-24” Lowriders. We did some photoshoots, but more of it you’ll see in future posts, let’s stick to our…
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Hooaja Avakruiis 2015 // Tallinn
Read more: Hooaja Avakruiis 2015 // TallinnI’m quite a fan of american cars, so when I heard that season opening is planned on 1st of May, I was a bit sad. I had to go to Hockenheimring Festival that day and I would miss the US event. Yes, you heard me right. I knew that I’m going to see DTM and World Rally Cross, but I felt sad missing these old american bombs & muscles. Luckily I understood that I can squeeze myself for a later plane departure, so I managed to go to the show for 1 hour. It was good as always, many familiar…
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AMERICAN BEAUTY CAR SHOW
Read more: AMERICAN BEAUTY CAR SHOWAmerican Beauty Car Show (ABCS) takes its beginning from 2001. Event will celebrate its 15th anniversary next year as well as making an effort to grow from year to year. ABCS takes place in July in a small town on the west side of Estonia — Haapsalu. Event consists of three main parts: exhibition inside medieval castle, parade around the city and drag race. Haapsalu during the weekend is possibly the most exciting town to visit in Europe. Streets are full of V8 rumble, non-american cars are even not allowed to enter the old town, everywhere you look you find an automotive…