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The Little Things

Mascots, stickers, gadgets and gags. Without them a car show would just be a parking lot.

A purple maluch with a Scrooge McDuck-style duck on the hood, and below it suitcases full of gold bars, coins and cash
A purple maluch with a Scrooge McDuck-style duck on the hood, and below it suitcases full of gold bars, coins and cash. Who left them there? Maybe the Grinch, who was wandering nearby, has been saving up for presents. Nobody knows.
A VW Vanagon, the T3, with a mannequin under the front bumper, mid-repair (1/2)
A VW Vanagon, the T3, with a mannequin under the front bumper, mid-repair (2/2)
A VW Vanagon, the T3, with a mannequin under the front bumper, mid-repair. Fixing the van on the road is part of every vacation. Small problem: the T3’s engine is in the back.
A rally Opel wearing number 36 and a bank of extra lights (1/2)
A rally Opel wearing number 36 and a bank of extra lights (2/2)
A rally Opel wearing number 36 and a bank of extra lights. Strapped to the grille, a plush squirrel holding a lid that says “MASZ MOC!”, Polish for “You’ve got the power!”
Two Miatas: a real one with pop-up headlights, and a toy one with sleepy eyelids and its tongue out (1/2)
Two Miatas: a real one with pop-up headlights, and a toy one with sleepy eyelids and its tongue out (2/2)
Two Miatas: a real one with pop-up headlights, and a toy one with sleepy eyelids and its tongue out. The real MX-5 is in the Guinness Book of Records as the best-selling two-seat roadster of all time.
A rolling scrapbook: plaques, certificates and stickers from every show this car has driven to (1/2)
A rolling scrapbook: plaques, certificates and stickers from every show this car has driven to (2/2)
A rolling scrapbook: plaques, certificates and stickers from every show this car has driven to.
A trunk full of speakers and a lid full of stickers
A trunk full of speakers and a lid full of stickers. No room left for luggage.
Nineties tech, up close: tan leather, a cruise-control stalk with ON and OFF buttons, and a Bose head unit with both a cassette deck and a
Nineties tech, up close: tan leather, a cruise-control stalk with ON and OFF buttons, and a Bose head unit with both a cassette deck and a CD player. Peak luxury back then, a genuine antique now.
A map of Europe across the whole hood, with the route drawn in and a goat with a walking stick and a backpack
A map of Europe across the whole hood, with the route drawn in and a goat with a walking stick and a backpack. This driver knows where he is going.
A plastic rooster on the grille of a Golf, guarding the henhouse
A plastic rooster on the grille of a Golf, guarding the henhouse.
Martini stripes on the hood, the livery that raced on Lancias and Porsches for decades
Martini stripes on the hood, the livery that raced on Lancias and Porsches for decades.
The organizers’ booth, decorated like a 1970s Polish living room: a radio and an orange rotary phone, a gas mask on a chair and an “Ania”
The organizers’ booth, decorated like a 1970s Polish living room: a radio and an orange rotary phone, a gas mask on a chair and an “Ania” slide projector.
A Siemens boombox on a bale of straw
A Siemens boombox on a bale of straw. In the 1980s, carrying one of these on your shoulder was peak cool, on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
The most relaxed attendee of the day
The most relaxed attendee of the day. He did not judge anyone’s paint job.