Michiel 2005's photos
Not the gay monument
GAZ M20 Pobeda | ГАЗ-М20 Победа
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The white car behind is the GAZ M24 Wolga.
Pobeda means Victory. It refers to the victory over Germany in WW II.
Сарни / Sarny Station
The Pope's 1965 Mercedes-Benz 600 Landaulet
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This Merc used to belong to pope Paul VI. It has a 8 cylinder 6.3 litre engine, 250 BHP at 4000 RPM, vmax 200 km/h. It has one enormous seat in the back.
Photographed in the old Mercedes Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.
Budapest cleaning equipement
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Back to the factory
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My Merc (1980-W123-200D) for the DaimlerChryler Works in Stuttgart Untertürkheim, Germany.
Back to the factory is not entirely correct, as the car was made at Sindelfingen.
Mein Benz (1980-W123-200d) für die DaimlerChrysler Werk in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim.
Funicular in Zurich
Traction Avant in Zürich
Traction Avant in Zürich
Zürich
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Interior of a Routemaster
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Interior of the upper deck of a Routemaster bus.
Friday December 9, 2005 was the last day of service for the Routemaster.
Budapest street sign
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The hand points at the way where the street number is.
Click here to see where this photo was taken.
Budapest sign
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A rather complicated sign in Budapest, probably advising you to wait for the green light before you cross the road, and, should you encounter a red light, to press the button.
The red man is a body builder, but the green man has a strange elongated body and very short legs.
Old tram in Vienna
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The woman leaning against the hedge was not feeling very well after a ride in the old tram.
Click here to see where this photo was taken. By courtesy of BeeLoop SL (the Mapware & Mobility Solutions Company).
1914 Mercedes 28/95 PS
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The size of this old Merc puts a Hummer to shame. Photographed in the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.
Mercedes 500 K Special Roadster
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8 Cylinder, 5.0 l engine, 100 bhp at 3400 rpm or 160 bhp with a compressor engine, Vmax 160 km/h.
Only 25 were made of this car and today five are known to be in existence. Mercedes-Benz owns two of them.
Photographed in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
1936 Mercedes-Benz 260D Pullmann
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Mercedes 260D Pullman Limousine. The first production passenger car with a diesel engine. Introduced in 1936.
2.6 litre 4 cylinder diesel engine, 45 BHP at 3000 RPM, vmax 95 km/h
Production total 1967.
Photographed in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
Bismarck Tower
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Bismarck Tower in Stuttgart, Germany. Model Götterdämmerung.
Click here to see where this photo was taken. By courtesy of BeeLoop SL (the Mapware & Mobility Solutions Company).

















