Dodge Coronet

I spent nearly five hours at the big car meet at Vegabaren in Handen today. Grand prix Raggarbil 2015 is the official name. It's a very popular event that attracts "raggare" from all over Sweden. I have told you about that very Swedish subculture before. It involves a lot of Americana from the 1950 to the 1970s. Classic cars. Muscle cars. Elvis, rockabilly, greaser girls, alcohol, and much more. I have a few hundred photos to go through now and here are few to get us started. A Dodge Coronet from 1957.

Graduating in Style

We celebrate Midsummer today. It will be a quiet affair for me this year, so I can't show you any traditional scenes, but here is a Swedish celebration of sorts, taken earlier this Summer. A secondary school student graduating from Fredrika Bremer school in Handen. I recognised the car. It belongs to La Belle Helena. But the girl behind the wheel with the funny expression on her face is her sister Miss Longlegs. Inside information tells me that it was their cousin that was graduating.

Malicious Johansson

I don't know Mean Johansson, but apparently this Dodge Ram is his ride. Elak means cruel, or malicious. Rugguglehöjda is tricky to translate. Rugguggla is a slang word for a somewhat unattractive female. Höjda means Hill. The Van is parked on a man-made hill at a property in Tungelsta.

The old Dodge

Spotted this 1966 Dodge Polara parked at the grill in Tungelsta. Seems to be in very good condition. The owner, (a young guy with some serious tattoos), was enjoying lunch and I asked him if I could take some snaps of his "raggarbil", and he was obviously fine with that. There's another photo of the Polara in black and white at flickr.

Day of the Dodge

It's the Day of the Dodge. Looks like Dodge owners have at least one thing in common. They want their vehicles to be seen. These were three of the hundreds of cars I spotted at the big meet over the weekend.