Michiel 2005's photos

Not the gay monument

04 Aug 2004 349
Not the gay monument of Kiev

GAZ M20 Pobeda | ГАЗ-М20 Победа

04 Aug 2004 346
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

02 Aug 2004 364
Station building of Sarny, Ukraine

The Pope's 1965 Mercedes-Benz 600 Landaulet

15 Jul 2005 2 363
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

Back to the factory

15 Jul 2005 369
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

20 Mar 2005 269
The funicular (Polybahn) in Zurich.

Traction Avant in Zürich

20 Mar 2005 308
Citroën TA in mint condition in Zürich

Traction Avant in Zürich

20 Mar 2005 327
Citroën TA in mint condition in Zürich. The car has a very nice exhaust.

Zürich

Interior of a Routemaster

09 Mar 2004 1 364
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

01 Aug 2005 333
The hand points at the way where the street number is. Click here to see where this photo was taken.

Budapest sign

01 Aug 2005 331
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

01 Aug 2005 447
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

18 Jun 2005 1 455
The size of this old Merc puts a Hummer to shame. Photographed in the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart.

Mercedes 500 K Special Roadster

18 Jun 2005 1 348
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

18 Jun 2005 1 517
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

18 Jun 2005 360
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).