O.K; Before I start posting here, I need to say;
These pics, and story's are for real, and are NOT ment to boast about anything I've done [or NOT done] in the past.
Nor are they intended to make a fool out of myself, showing my misstakes.
I will post here with intervals, to prevent this thread to become 30+ pages long while I'm "getting in the mood".
[and to be able to look at YOUR pictures and story's as well!!!]
These pics and story's are just for you to enjoy, and "CAPTURE THE ATMOSPHERE" from those days.
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After only riding bikes from 18-21 years old, I decided to by a car for the {many} rainy days here in Holland.
Year; 1985.
My first car was a b-kadett, that I bought for 230 euro, and I put a radio in it, along with a in-dash booster, playing on those round bookshelf-speakers that you saw in almost every car those days.
I connected the booster to the battery with the type of wire used in homes; yep the solid stuff.
It was easy to mold into corners, could handle more power than the original mini-wires attatched to it, and, but most important; my dad had a load of it in his shed, so it was FOR FREE.
I went on holiday to France, and had to re-connect the booster 3 times because the wire broke again, and again ,because I attatched it to the engine on it's way to the booster.
The two girls I picked up along the freeway, were very impressed by the sound...MAYBE the basis for my later escapades in the car-audio scene was created by their enthousiasm....
After returning from france [2400+ km. later], the car went for it's yearly inspection and was found TOTALLY RUSTED THROUGH.
The mechanic did not even want to drive it because the bottom was.. LOOSE.
[No pics of this one]
Next there was a BMW 525I, [1987],a TOYOTA CARINA[1990] , and then THE C-KADETT[1992].
This orange little car had an automatic transmission, sunroof, and it was rapidly away from zero.
I had my first little real install in there; pioneer radio, osio amp, 6x9 speakers in a wooden shelf, and later one bazooka basstube.
One day my former girlfriend called after 15 minutes from leaving the house;"honey, I'm O.K, but your car is totall loss"
She bent the car around a tree..
Without that tree she would have been tumbled upsidedown in the canal the police said.
I retreived what was left from that car, and bought... MY BELOVED GREEN D-KADETT.
That's all for now.
The best is yet to come hehe..