Oh man, this is a tragedy!
We've had a lot of rain recently here in Adelaide and it's really given my new box gutter a workout... and it beat the gutter.
The combined water off of the entire double carport and one side of the 18m long shed was too much for one little 100mm x 50mm drain pipe. I should have seen it coming, but I guess I trusted the carport guy to know what he was talking about.
The result was a small flood inside the shed; nothing serious... or so it seemed. And this idiot here had several things of note NOT in sealed plastic boxes. My Father's vintage kangaroo-leather filing inbox thing was ruined, my Grandmothers 1960s canasta cards... several letters to my Mother and Grandmother were soaked... but everything seems to have dried out OK-ish.
Amongst my Mum's stuff was this bloody photo. Now don't get excited; it's not like she would have hoarded this; I think I bought it off eBay then instead of it going into my hermetically sealed, fireproof/bombproof/childproof brochure box (OK, it's just a Bunnings box, but it's heaps better than a cardboard box or an open tray, which this stuff was in!), it just ended up with her stuff by accident.
It's dried out OK too, but it has discoloured somewhat. It's a modern reproduced copy of a B&W photo; I guess it kinda gives it a vintage sepia feel but it would have been better if it hadn't been bloody wet!
Anyway, I didn't get any story with this photo, but it's still pretty interesting.
Clearly from a motor show or display of some kind, I don't know if the pretty girl posing is a prospective client cruising past or a model paid to look good next to the car, but given the stylish 1960's hair flick and sharp mod suit, I'll assume the latter.
The numberplate has some details about this LHD Bellett... in GERMAN!
5 Plätze = 5 places (seats, I'll assume)
4 Türen = 4 doors
4 Zyl = kinda self explanatory but 4 cylinders
Verbrauch 8-9 litre = consumption 8-9 litres... per 100kms perhaps? Sounds about right.
The wagon behind the Bellett is a Skoda Octavia.
Unsure what the deal is there; we haven't really turned up any in Germany, but I've seen at least one full brochure in German as well.
Enjoy!
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