that anymore – we’re too old! I bumped into
a guy the other week who I used to fight back
in the day and we had a laugh about it. It was
like, ‘Sorry for trying to knock you out!’ It’s
all so much friendlier now.”
So it seems. Among 100 or so vintage
cars gathered this afternoon, clusters of old
people chill out on deck chairs; couples are
pushing buggies that bulge with sleeping
babies; a group of children are playing hide
and seek around a 1969 Chevrolet Impala
that Fredrik tells me is worth at least
€60,000 (NOK475,000). It looks like a very
polite Hell’s Angels gathering.
I find myself chatting to Nasco Yankee
Jennie Säll, who’s here with her husband
Stefan, their two kids and their highly
unusual automobile. I have to ask, “What
do people think about you and your
children driving around in an old hearse?”
Jennie laughs. “Some people think it’s cool,
others think it’s horrible – but the kids
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Clockwise from top
left
⁄
Raggar Johanna
Hellström, 18; Tone
Nielsen, owner of 1950s
shop and milkshake bar
Nostalgeek in Lidköping;
the 1959 Chevrolet
Impala, like this pristine
yellow one, is one of
the most popular cars
in raggare culture; more
classic ephemera
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