The classic car season started early this year with a Eastern bloc classic car show in a greenhouse in Aalsmeer, the Dutch flower and bulbgrowing capital. Soviet Scaldias, Ladas, Pobiedas,Volgas, East German Barkases, Trabants, Wartburgs and even a rare Wartburg based Melkus sports car all
showed up. Poland showed a Syrena and a Warszawa while Czechoslovakia was represented by several Skodas as well as T 87 and T 613 Tatras. Blessed by georgous weather that made the greenhouse an oven, the admission-free show also presented all kind of commie motorcycles and even East-German two-stroke speed boats.
Especially those who were interested in several Eastern bloc brands had a good time with senior Tatra enthusiast mrs Barends (photo) eventually finding courage to tell the East German Checkpoint Charlie guard the truth about communism.
(Photos: Bert Barends, Peter Visser)
A photo impression can be viewed at the organiser’s website:
http://www.pietpruttel.nl/Oost%20Europa%20Dag%202010.html