All The Cars: Interclassics Brussels

"Jonee" (Jonee) 12/06/2018 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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Interclassics Brussels was a couple weeks ago and I was lucky enough to go with Jobjoris since I was already in France for the E nd of WWI Centenary. This has to be the biggest car show/market I’ve ever been to. Three huge halls filled with every classic European (and some American) car you can think of plus some. Most of them for sale. It’s held in the imposing and huge Brussels Expo building which was built in the mid 30's for a world’s fair.

The architecture gives off that “World War II is coming” vibe. World Expo ‘58 was also held here and that’s when they put up the amazing Atomium nearby .

Anyway, this time of year it holds lots and lots of awesome cars. Here’s a bunch of pictures of them.

A two-engined, 4X4 Citroën 2CV Sahara

This Iso Isocarro 400 truck was one of my favorites. It looks like a grasshopper. Here it’s serving coffee.

Bizzarrini P538 built in 1970

This ‘64 Iso Rivolta GT also has an insectoid face.

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Orange Espada. Mmmm

Beautiful blue Glas 1700 GT.

Amphicar!

A Messerschmitt KR200 with an added convertible top. This is pretty common when the original plexiglass domes break.

This is a rare 1939 NSU/FIAT 500 A Weinsburg. These were license built Topolinos manufactured in Germany by NSU.

A 1975 Audi 100 Coupé S. A very handsome car that was apparently terrible.

1956 DKW 3=6 Sonderklasse

A beautiful BMW 700 Coupe. This was the car that put BMW back on track in the 50's.

Sexy curves on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale

1967 Fiat Dino Coupé. I like it in yellow.

1939 Alvis 4.3 Litre Special

The legendary Austin Princess

The even more legendary Tatra 603

1973 Maserati Bora

1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint Coupe

This is a 2600 Berlina from 1962, one of Alfa’s oft forgotten “big” saloons.

Fiat Topolino 500 C

I thought this Michelotti designed Lancia Appia Convertible was one of the prettiest cars in the place.

A Maserati 4000 with a healthy amount of patina. This car came from Florida, so it’s a good thing it’s fiberglass.

Vespa 400

The very first Alpine, the A106.

1937 Delage D8-120 Cabriolet with coachwork by Chapron.

1962 Facel Vega Facel II

Never seen one of these before. An Artega GT.

1972 Lancia 2000 Berlina. This car looks like it was built 10 years earlier. It is pretty, though.

Another favorite of mine was this 1955 Fiat 1100 TV Transformabile.

Fiat 2300 Berlina. I don’t know what pissed it off.

Camargue. An ugly name for an ugly Rolls. This one is gloriously 70's

DBS

Lancia Flaminia GT

A real Ford Escort Mexico

1968 SIMCA 1200S Bertone Coupé. These are too cool,

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A rare 4WD equipped Citroën Mehari

A rare Rumi Formachino scooter.

1949 Porsche 356 Gmündt

An aluminum bodied 1950 SIMCA 8 Sports Cabriolet with great patina inside and out,

‘55 Fiat 1100 TV Spider Allemano

An another awesome Michelotti design, the Fiat Shellette.

And finally, a Lambo

Tapas > Jonee 12/06/2018 at 13:08

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Absolutely stunning!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Jonee 12/06/2018 at 15:05

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Awesome shots! Looks like a great event

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > Jonee 12/07/2018 at 09:48

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thanks for the pictures

Jobjoris > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 12/11/2018 at 06:46

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You should have come!

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/11/2018 at 06:47

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This has to be the biggest car show/market I’ve ever been to.

Then better start planning: Rétromobile and Technoclassica are in a few months and both are bigger!

A rare Rumi Formachino scooter.

Didn’t we see one at Autoworld as well? WHAT A DAY!!!!

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/13/2018 at 01:35

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Oh, man. I need a place in Europe. I really need to see Rétromobile one day. How close together are those?

There is one at Autoworld, yes. We saw everything that day. EVERYTHING!

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/14/2018 at 03:30

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I really felt number 1 that day. Right upon the moment we discovered Bruxelles Central is something else than Bruxelles Midi...

Retromobile = 6-10 feb. Technoclassica is late this year: 10th-14th Apr!

Might skip Retromobile due to the Winter Trial I’m driving...

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/15/2018 at 23:11

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This was your number 1 moment that day.

That is late. I should come back...

Winter trial is a good excuse. Is it at the same time? Where do you you do it again?

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/17/2018 at 05:06

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Not the exact same date but the weekend before it. If I do that Kris will kill me. And Lizzy. That was a glorious moment. Damn Volvo. Still pissed about you deleting those pictures of the rozzer!

Wintertrial starts at Berchtesgaden. Then we he ad for Austria and Slovenia.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/18/2018 at 00:30

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Yeah, two weekends in a row is asking a lot. I undeleted. Don’t worry.

Not the most exciting, or incriminating shots of the guy, but you can see him spotting me taking the pictures.

Wow, that’s a pretty cool run. And, what car are you going to be in? It’s two days?

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/18/2018 at 09:31

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Hahaha... I knew I could count on you. Now I’m gonna shame him and post his portraits all over Antwerp !!!

On snow? That’ll take a week! We have a Datsun 260Z. And talked to a former owner. Who claimed to never take it out in the snow again hahaha...

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/18/2018 at 23:54

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His worst nightmare. But, who goes to Antwerp anymore? That place is a disaster zone.

Well, it’ll definitely take a week in a 260Z, but that sounds awesome. You take the week off from work?

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/19/2018 at 05:54

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He has sirens and flashing lights so he might know a shortcut or two. Still wondering what was going on in his head? “Why is that dude making pictures of me? And why is he as an American en route with a Dutch Hobgoblin?”

Yeah, week off! Another automotive week!

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/20/2018 at 00:48

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Haha. We were an odd couple. It is Belgium, though. I’m sure he’s seen it all.

Wow, impressive. I imagi ne it’ll be well documented. It sounds like a fun adventure. I hope the heater works.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/20/2018 at 09:48

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Rozzers see all kinds of people. I’m sure it’s even worse during the night.

Of course. No idea if I’ll be able to shoot a lot as we’re supposed to be driving all the time of course but I’ll bring a camera ;-)

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/24/2018 at 18:27

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Especially around Brussels. I don’t even want to think about what goes on at night in The Hague.

Do you have co-driver duties to do? Can’t you shoot while the other guy drives? I need to see everything.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/26/2018 at 11:21

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There’s one place every police traineeship is supposed to go during training: The Hague. Seriously. It’s an environment you learn/see everything, so I’ve heard.

Navigation. Mainly. There’s several GoPro mounts in the car. You’ll see stuff.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/28/2018 at 00:06

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That’s pretty funny. Sounds like the Bronx back when I was a kid. I guess it’s appropriate the International Court of Justice is there then.

That sounds exciting. I hope there’s one pointed at you the whole time.

Jobjoris > Jonee 12/30/2018 at 02:44

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So what was worse: Queens or the Bronx?

That’s a great idea. You can see the constant fear in my eyes.

Jonee > Jobjoris 12/31/2018 at 23:03

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The Bronx. Queens is shitty, but you didn’t necessarily feel like you were taking your life into your own hands when you got out of the car there. Although, there have always been plenty of mafioso in Queens. And, there were nice parts of the Bronx. There’s a wealthy enclave called Riverdale, and Columbia University is there, so if you were on campus, you were safe. Plus Yankee Stadium and the zoo. Ironically, the zoo was probably the safest part of the Bronx back in the day even if you were trapped in the lion enclosure.

And all the laughing.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/03/2019 at 04:21

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Riverdale, Glendale, every town/part/neigh borhoo d with “dale” in it is for the happy few. Ain’t there a tv series called Riverdale?

Laughing. Out of fear. I do that a lot.

Jonee > Jobjoris 01/05/2019 at 23:20

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A dale is a wide valle y, so there are lots of “dales.” I grew up in a town called Montvale, and a vale is the same thing pretty much. Valleys have been good to me. Riverdale is the show based on the Archie & Jughead comics. Did you get those over there?

I thought you don’t know fear.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/07/2019 at 05:54

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Nope. Archie & Jughead never made it big here. So is Riverdale worth the watch? We don’t have dales or vales either actually.

My biggest trick yet was making the world believe I have no fear. Fear is life.

Jonee > Jobjoris 01/08/2019 at 00:21

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It’s a teen soap opera. Updated for the new millennium, so it’s like a “gritty” Beverly Hills 90210. If that’s your thing, I guess it’s good. People seem to like it. You don’t get dales or vales when your country is below sea level , I guess. A lthough there is a Dutch world for it, dal .

I eat fear for breakfast. F ear an d bacon.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/08/2019 at 09:17

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I watched one yesterday to check it out. I used to love Mädchen Amik. Fact it took me the entire episode to recognize her tells me she didn’t age that well?

Haha: Fear. Breakfast for winners.

Jonee > Jobjoris 01/10/2019 at 02:08

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She looks ok. She looks like an older Mädchen Amick. We’re all just getting old. She sure was pretty back in her Twin Peaks days. A friend of mine named his daughter Mädchen after her. Did you like the show? It’s nothing like the comic books except Jughead wears the same hat.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/10/2019 at 04:12

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Ho ho mr. Eisen: I’m only getting younger! It’s just that she used to be open, and the hair definitely was part of the allure.

Now she has those eyes i n fury-mode all the time. Smaller, meaner. Part of the role she’s playing maybe but still: took me quite some time to recognize her!

Jonee > Jobjoris 01/13/2019 at 18:22

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That’s true. She went from a sweet faced, innocent girl; to a bitchy looking, angry woman. That’s what life does, I guess. I recognized her. The eyebrows are the same. I’ve watched Twin Peaks a lot, though, so her face is pretty embedded in my memory.

Jobjoris > Jonee 01/23/2019 at 03:43

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God she was gorgeous there... What’s she doing with that spoon?

Jonee > Jobjoris 02/05/2019 at 18:02

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I think she’s pretending it’s a microphone. There’s a wonderful scene in that show where David Lynch plays a guy who is nearly deaf and her vo ice is the only thing he can hear clearly w ithout his hearing aids for some mystical rea son. So, of course he falls instantly in love with her. It’s one of my favorite moments in the history of television .

Jobjoris > Jonee 02/07/2019 at 04:11

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Haha, I really have to start a re-run of Twin Peaks, been to long ago. Just not s ure if my feelings for Shelly will be the same now I know what she ends up like...

Jonee > Jobjoris 02/14/2019 at 02:24

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I watched it again last year. It was really. And the new one was great, but very weird. Shelly looks fine. Just older. And she still works at the Double R and has a hot daughter.

Jobjoris > Jonee 02/15/2019 at 04:51

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I’ll have to start all over. I’ll have to. Damned, there goes another what, 40 hours???

Jonee > Jobjoris 02/20/2019 at 01:53

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30 episodes. Bu t, they’re not an hour long without commercials of course, so say around 20-24 hours. You can do it in a day.

Jobjoris > Jonee 02/21/2019 at 10:28

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Better make that a day or 6 . I’ve got a kid remember? And Krista.

Jonee > Jobjoris 02/27/2019 at 02:41

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You’re not sick of them, yet? Josje’s just the right age to introduce to Twin Peaks. Haha.

Jobjoris > Jonee 02/27/2019 at 04:24

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Sick of my family? Or of Twin Peaks? Haven’t find Twin Peaks yet. Josje would love Twin Peaks. I’m sure.

Jonee > Jobjoris 03/01/2019 at 01:52

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Those girls. You’ve been with them for years now. Josje might be the perfect age for Twin Peaks. I’m sure it would all be perfectly logical and make sense to her.

Jobjoris > Jonee 03/07/2019 at 03:15

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Yeah logical isn’t here str ongest point yet. My Logical thoughts that is. She passed Kris already though when it comes to those.

Jonee > Jobjoris 03/15/2019 at 00:43

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Ha. Yeah. A child’s logic has its own rules that ma ke no sense to an adult. What is and isn’t possible has its own rules. But, yeah, still more logical than a grown woman. Science has yet to decipher their rationales . 

Jobjoris > Jonee 03/18/2019 at 05:03

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Science will never be able to do that. We need a femmes-whisperer. A Guru. Maybe we should ask Kate Upton.

Jonee > Jobjoris 03/22/2019 at 00:00

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I’d like to ask her anything. You think she’d be a good mentor? She’s so good looking, she doesn’t need to know anything about relationships. Any man worships her. What about Dr. Ruth Westheimer? I wonder what happened to her. Did you get exposed to her in the 80's?

Jobjoris > Jonee 03/31/2019 at 09:10

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True. So what are you sayin’, she’s some sort of a diva? I only have one word for her. Déesse!

Yeah, Dr. Ruth was on air over here as well. Always felt a bit odd. As one thing she didn’t really “expose”: lust. Then again I’m sure she revolutionized the fact it was a subject to just talk about tremendously. Love her.

Jonee > Jobjoris 04/14/2019 at 03:00

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Déesses are usually divas, too. They don’t know any better, so you can’t blame them.

She was hilarious. I think that was her whole point. It’s no big deal to talk about sex. A hero, really.

Jobjoris > Jonee 05/20/2019 at 04:06

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True. I wonder if there’s a Goddess of Goddesses. If so it has to be Kate Upton.

Haven’t seen many internet memes with her. She seems to be forgotten a bit.

Jonee > Jobjoris 06/05/2019 at 23:41

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She’s not French, though. Bardot in her prime was a Goddess of Goddesses.

She was a household name back then, too. I guess people stopped being interested in getting sex advice from a lady that looked like one of those singing raisins. Did you have those raisin commercials in the 80's and 90's?

Jobjoris > Jonee 06/29/2019 at 05:49

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Singing raisins? No idea what you are talking about!

Jonee > Jobjoris 07/24/2019 at 20:48

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It all started with this creepy commercial.

Afterwards, t hose raisins became an 80's phenomenon. They were everywhere. I just noticed they don’t actually sing in this ad, but they would later. There were toys. They got their own cartoon. America was in love with raisins. I’m surprised it didn’t make it to Europe.