Cisternino, Puglia, Italy. 01-May-2025.
The town council closed off the main drag (Via Roma) on a public holiday for an "Esposizione Veicoli D'Epoca" - a vintage car rally. Unsurprisingly Fiat 500s featured heavily as they are the classic car of Italy.
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No idea what the marques are but plenty of lovely old cars polished and gleaming.
The grey car top left is another vintage Fiat still displaying its 1949 tax disc!
Not all were Italian cars. The El Dorado triggered my mental juke box, twice.
“Don't you gimme no Buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in Heaven
He's got a silver thunderbird
You can keep your El Dorados
And the foreign cars absurd
Me I wanna go down
In a silver thunderbird.”
Marc Cohn - Silver Thunderbird
El Dorado also gets a mention in Revolution Number 9 by The Beatles (although that might refer to the mythical city of gold).
Another mental juke box track.
“My Maserati does 185
I lost my license, now I don't drive.”
Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good To Me.
And, of course, Little Red Corvette, except this one’s black.
So much gleaming chrome.
How could I have missed this 1992 London black cab but Mary spotted it and took this photo.
A Fiat Multipla 600 all set for a trip.
There were also a number of old Vespa and Lambrettas on display. A very pleasant way to spend an hour in the sunshine admiring these fine machines.
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