Last Call: The Beast of Turin strolls through London

Kamil Kaluski

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Driving your 1910 Fiat S76 through London like it’s a new 500. Even the steering wheel is on the right side.

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Kamil Kaluski

Kamil Kaluski

East Coast Editor. Races crappy cars and has an unhealthy obsession with Eastern Bloc cars. Current fleet: 4Runner, Integra, Regal, Lada

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12 responses to “Last Call: The Beast of Turin strolls through London”

  1. anonymic Avatar
    anonymic

    All but 30 liters of Fire, Brimstone and I’ll have the right-of-way, thanks.

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    1. anonymic Avatar
      anonymic

      Also, the title of this article should be a Warren Zevon song.

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      1. neight428 Avatar
        neight428

        He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim.

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        1. outback_ute Avatar
          outback_ute

          Lookin for Lee Ho Fooks

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        2. outback_ute Avatar
          outback_ute

          Lookin for Lee Ho Fooks

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          1. Victor Avatar
            Victor

            Gonna get a big dish of Beef chow Mein ….awoooooooooooooooooo…Werewolves of London…

  2. Victor Avatar
    Victor

    Like to take that old fire breathing dragon for a ride.

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  3. Troggy Avatar
    Troggy

    I would absolutely daily drive this thing.

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  4. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    How is it that I can log in, pass the reCaptcha test, and yet my comments are still ‘detected as spam’? Is Hooniverse really getting that much spam? Isn’t that what reCaptcha is supposed to stop?

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  5. Troggy Avatar
    Troggy

    I would absolutely daily drive this thing.

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  6. crank_case Avatar
    crank_case

    Thumbing your nose at the congestion charge in style.

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  7. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    I’ve watched about 35 hours of documentary film from England during the 1960s. As usual, I’m always looking at the cars. Around hour 33 it occurred to me that I had not seen any Volkswagen Beetles. In America the Bug is identified with the ’60s as much as Woodstock and overdosing. When I watch Jacques Tati films from the same period in France the roads are full of Axis and Allies products alike. (“Trafic” is a carspotters dream.) Research tells me England began importing VWs in 1953, but you wouldn’t know it to look at street footage shot in 1967.

    Then there’s this from VW Heritage, “The first order of 200 cars arrived by ship at Harwich in batches of 20, along with a crate of spare parts to keep them going for a while. There was still a large amount of prejudice against German products in the early days and on arrival at the docks, incredibly around 75% were damaged by vandalism.” I guess some guys were still sore about the Blitz?

    https://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2013/10/31/60-years-of-vw-in-uk/

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