Oulu May Day Classic Car Parade 2008 - 56K no way

[MikeJ]

In Finland, the first of May is celebrated as the beginning of summer. Up here though, we're lucky if it's warmer than +10 and it doesn't rain (or snow...). This year, it was approximately +20 degrees...
One of the traditions around here is the classic cars parade - basically everyone can participate, so it's a mix of 'ordinary' old cars and those a little more special - modified, rare, or simply well-used. Of course, I was there with my camera...

The cars gathered on an island in downtown Oulu. They would then drive through the town.





Maserati Ghibli SS


Opel GT


A very smart Mustang


Cadillac and Volvo P1800


Simca Beaulieu


Tailfins are always in fashion


Datsun 240Z


Lincoln V12


Your guess is as good as mine.


Classic Merc.


Shows you that people have different ideas about what cars are classic.


Steyr Puch 650


This didn't participate in the parade, but I thought I'd take a pic nevertheless.


Umm... I think it says 'Heinkel' on the front door.


I don't think Mercedes ever made this model.




Shows you the difference between what Europeans and Americans consider 'sporty'.



Some of the cars didn't quite dig the stress.

Finally, it was time to go!



















































































































Of course, Oulu's finest were there to stop the traffic...


The driver of this DeSoto got left behind... the tractors were a part of the parade as well.

That's it! Hope you enjoyed the pics.

[SDNR]

Great pictures Mike.


I missed this thread earlier ....so thank you for the link (from Christian's thread)

[cawimmer430]

Very cool pictures!

That W114/W115 Mercedes pickup was never made by Mercedes-Benz. It's obviously a custom job and a pretty decent one at that.

In one of your photos I noticed a mid to late 1970s goldish colored Toyota Corolla coupe. Wow, those are so rare these days!

Nice pictures!