Folks often ask us why we mostly feature French, German and Italian cars on Ran When Parked. While there is admittedly a little serving of personal preference, the truth of the matter is that these are the cars that we come across on a regular basis. We have absolutely no control over what we uncover … Continue reading »
How would you caption this image from a mid-1960s Trabant 601 Universal brochure? Continue reading »
Ran When Parked had the opportunity to quickly tour Italy’s National Automobile Museum earlier this month. Entirely redesigned two years ago, the museum is located on the south side of Turin, just a few minutes’ walk away from Fiat’s historic Lingotto factory. Continue reading »
How would you caption this picture from a 1970s Trabant 601 brochure? Continue reading »
To be precise, it’s actually the Carlisle Import and Kit Nationals, but personally, kit cars (with the exception of Lotus 7s and some tasteful 550 Spyders) don’t do much for me. The event consists of two main parts: a show, and a swap-meet. A decade or more ago, the swap-meet portion was enormous and one … Continue reading »
>The Musée Automobile de Provence is a museum with several interesting vintage cars inside (with a 5EU admission fee) but also an ever changing collection of old cars in various states of repair and disrepair outside, most of them for sale. This is a small sampling of what they had to offer a couple of … Continue reading »
