Thanks Tom for another of my favourite classic cars.
That Horizon Blue is a lovely colour, no wonder it was so popular.
And thank you for the link to that awesome brochure!
Wow Eddie, such a touching story. No wonder you think back at that every time you see a light blue one.
The car in the picture was for sale recently. In another life I would have seriously considered to buy it.
Yes Tom, I noticed that too. Must have happened in some kind of restoration. Perhaps they weren’t able to purchase the right part and just painted damaged parts.
Here’s another one in blue. I wondered if those red wheels were original.
I googled the Bel Air again. It looks like most came as two-tone, although some of the pictures with the one tone cars I saw might not be original. I guess we will never be 100% sure. This picture will have to be saved as either/or. Thanks guys,
Thank you Eddie! That makes sense. It wasn’t my mother’s car, but a shared car of my father and his brothers. They had several as we understand. They worked together in the family company. So far we have identified a few Pontiacs, a few Chevies and a Vauxhall for the years 1947 - 1960. Later...
Back up batteries for the home already are a thing here. Even Ikea sells them. Ikea’s are 3758 euro for 5kWh. They have models up to 30 kWh. Other brands are Tesla, LG, Huawei, Solarwatt, Solar Edge and Green Rock. The last one is a salt water battery.
If you have a lot of money to spend you...
Thanks Eddie for the link. It answers most questions here.
I just found out that a bird rescue center overhere in the Netherlands uses Dreft dishwashing liquid, also a P&G product. Apparently it makes a difference what is used.
In the 70’s we collected money for a bird rescue center that a...
Removing oil from birds
George,
If that bird was covered with oil, it was good that they washed it with dish detergent. I’m not familiar with Dawn, but mostdish detergent is ok. It might look cruel, but it’s the mildest method for this purpose.