Duster-Sweden
Long live the 80s!
Hello, i just found this forum and wanted to say hi. I have a -75 Duster that im restoring in to look like a 1970 modified in 1980. So, it will be high in the rear end, Mag-wheels, velour-interior, L88 hood scoop, red rear axel, white chassie, and other stuff that was popular in late 70s early 80s. The car is rusted so badly that even here in sweden its almost to much (we have alot of rust over here..). But, im poor and it was cheap, 6000 SEK (about 750$) and i brought a 1970 valiant 4-door as a parts car for 1500 SEK (190$). We have alot of us-cars here and ist quite common for a guy in his mid 20s to have a old us car as a hobby. At least in this part of the country.
And when am at it, i might expalne the swedish therm "Raggare"
Raggare is a something that came up in the late 50s. Young pepole how for the first time in swedish history had their own money and wanted some fun. So the guys brought themselves cars, preferably a few years old Us-cars, and most of all, Fords (V8 you know..). And they went out on the towns at night and picked up chicks and listen to the illegal radiosatiton "Radion Nord", wich were the only station who played rocknroll at the time. The word raggare came from taxidrivers who sad that they "raggade" (looking) for customers, but now it was the young guys who "raggade" chicks at the side of the street. Today, everyone who has a us-car older than 30 years are laybeld "raggare". Here is a Clip from a swedish movie from 1979, the typical way how "svensson" or John Does sees us whit us cars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmKfzEuinZc
Anything u wanna know about sweden, just ask! (no, we dont have polarbears, but we have alot of blond girls!)
And when am at it, i might expalne the swedish therm "Raggare"
Raggare is a something that came up in the late 50s. Young pepole how for the first time in swedish history had their own money and wanted some fun. So the guys brought themselves cars, preferably a few years old Us-cars, and most of all, Fords (V8 you know..). And they went out on the towns at night and picked up chicks and listen to the illegal radiosatiton "Radion Nord", wich were the only station who played rocknroll at the time. The word raggare came from taxidrivers who sad that they "raggade" (looking) for customers, but now it was the young guys who "raggade" chicks at the side of the street. Today, everyone who has a us-car older than 30 years are laybeld "raggare". Here is a Clip from a swedish movie from 1979, the typical way how "svensson" or John Does sees us whit us cars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmKfzEuinZc
Anything u wanna know about sweden, just ask! (no, we dont have polarbears, but we have alot of blond girls!)
