Cruising in Jönköping last night
 

After having waited for months to get the car delivered(the Swedish company that shipped the car messed things up), my friend Johnnie at last got the car ready for some cruising at the end of the summer.
This is the car that Donn (fastbowtie) sold him. Johnnie is VERY happy with it !
I must say that it has a very nice sound. You wouldn´t belive it has a 307 under the hood. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Getting ready for some coffee !

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This is where Johnnie and Berit lives, and it will be the cars home from now on.
The -67 in front belongs to our friend Hans. He put a 396 in it not long ago. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

The flag is up on the garage. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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This one is special, my friends told me. Suicide reardoors and stainless steel roof. Mabye 100 made ?

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I which I had a better picture of this Chevelle. It has a very nice paintjob from the seventies, and a "Winters" tri-carb intake.

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There where a lot of good looking cars out, like this -55.

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Cool stuff Anders...post more! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Bruce, I just took a few pictures. Mostly of Johnnies new car. I promise to do better the next time !

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Still very cool! Nice to see the new owner out enjoying his car https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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This one is special, my friends told me. Suicide reardoors and stainless steel roof. Mabye 100 made ?

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There's a local 'urban legend' about some stainless roof '57 Chevys too. Maybe this is what they're confused with.

Man, you've got some cool American Iron up there! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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That IS a special one. Its a '57 or '58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. They were very much factory customs, with 4dr hardtop styling, suicide doors, air suspension, and brushed stainless steel roofs. They only made 704 of them during those two years of production. Why so exclusive? The cars listed price in 1957 was $13,074! You could have bought a Coupe DeVille for the wife, a Bel Air hardtop for yourself, and a Vette for weekends for about the same total money.

They made Cadillac Broughams for two more years, but they were substantially redesigned. They made about 200 during '59/'60, with final assembly farmed out to Pininfarina. Same $13K nosebleed price.

Neat cars Anders! I may have to visit one of these years. I like the mix of a foreign land with this hard core American car culture, both musclecars and 50's rods. Thanks for sharing!

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Cool shots Anders. Thanks for showing us how the Swedes do it.https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif How much longer before the cruising season is over?

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Very cool pics, love seeing muscle cars no matter where they are in the world! Must be getting cold over there already? Most people are wearing long pants and jackets!

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Temperature was around 55 to 60 degrees F during the cruising so you really needed pants. Ofcourse there where still chicks with very little clothes. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

I would say that the cruising season is over by now. There aren´t any big meetings left to attend this year.

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Hi Anders Its great to see Johnnie and my old Impala are getting along .Im always glad to see my cars go to good homes. You took some great pics looking forward to seeing more next year.
Donn

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That was a cool Impala Donn.

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Thanks I see old Tom has got my old Nova Shinning pretty good too .Im gonna try to make it to VF in november to see it & meet everyone .It will be alot easier since I moved to South Indy .

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I´m sorry to say Donn, but being the convertible guy he is, Johnnie just had to bye this -67 off ebay this spring. Another Swedish guy is happy with your -68 right now, and Johnnie is all smiles in this one. The owner lived in Rochester N.Y-state. It´s a twelve year old restoration that holds upp pretty good. There are some parkinglot dings but that´s just fine if you want to drive the car, like Johnnie wants to. It has a 1966-67 Chevy II thickwall-block 283, and the engine runs fine. No disappointments here !

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Chttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifL cars Anders!!!.

Didn't one of you guys get that low miler '67 4 Dr. Biscayne a few months back too?.
Nice seeing how much you guys appreciate the B-body cars over there!.
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Dennis, years ago I remember reading in Cars & Parts about the El Morocco 56/57 Chevys...could it possibly have been one of these that urban legend came from?.
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~ Pete

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Yeah I've known about the El Moroccos for years but the "local" car was rumored to be a "special production" Bel Air Sport Coupe, with a prototype engine. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif The car just sold last year and at the time of the sale the rumors were quelched once and for all. Just a standard Bel Air, and the engine wasn't anything special either,...... however there were some F.I. parts in the garage with the car.

Just another case where stories grow everytime they're passed on. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif

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Cool pics! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

I also was wondering about the coats and long pants, till I saw where you live.

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Yes Pete, our friend Hans bought it. Hans is the guy with the blue 69 Z/28 and the yellow X66 with the NOS Yenko-block ZL1 in it.

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Here is another Cadillac Eldorado Brougham in Sweden. This one is a 58. The pictures were taken in 1977. Bengt Nilsson who owned it was a very talented Classic Chevy restorer. Mabye he brought it with him when he later moved to the United States.