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  • Your granpa's car ended up in.. Västerås, Sweden

    05/08/2013 6:35:59 PM PDT · by WesternCulture · 33 replies
    05/09/2013 | WesternCulture
    See link below.
  • Straight outta Lapland

    01/13/2011 9:29:59 PM PST · by WesternCulture · 12 replies · 1+ views
    01/14/2011 | WesternCulture
    Some would say Sweden actually has more of veteran cars than California.. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-EuqMQ-9NE
  • Your grandpa's car is taken good care of!

    06/25/2010 5:01:20 AM PDT · by WesternCulture · 26 replies · 1+ views
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6NjsMqka9o ^ | 06/25/2010 | WesternCulture
    Each year, around 10 000 cars of America's past flood the streets of Swedish Västerås. I'm not an owner of such a vehicle myself (although I plan to be - the future of my economy is looking good!), but I happen to love these cars and can't help but feeling somewhat proud, as a Swede, over my country hosting such an event (regardless of what Buford T Justice has to say about it). Greetings from Volvo Land to America/one nation of car lovers to another! (Links to clips below, enjoy!)
  • Where do old cars go when they die?

    02/21/2009 7:21:04 PM PST · by WesternCulture · 33 replies · 1,126+ views
    02/22/2009 | WesternCulture
    My granpa over here in Sweden worked as a salesman in the 1950's. I never experienced the 1950's myself (too young, unfortunately), but I can tell people here in Sweden were thrilled over the cars coming from across the Atlantic at that time. My granpa bought a brand new Ford Customline around 1950. Not a flashy car, but a very decent vehicle for being Sweden (nearly) 60 years ago. At that time, middle class Swedes were poorer than average Americans of those days. The 1950's are gone, for better or for worse, but the spirit remains. When it comes to...