You never forget your first love. That’s why we’re looking back with enthusiastic car owners on their first car. The Volvo Garage in Eerbeek Just Couldn’t Get Rid of an Audi 50. Until Jan Willem Set His Sights on It.
Many Young Men Dream of Starting With An Audi, And You Just Did It. How did you come across that handsome ’50’?
“At home, my father always read German car magazines, so there was some love for dkw, volkswagen, and audi. I naturally picked that up. Besides, I or polished my father’s car, but also the cars of neighbors. Got to know the car inside and out, and I Became So Fond of That Model later, we Regularly Stayed at the Campsite, and There Was A Volvo Dealer who had an Audi 50 for Sale, and Apparently HEMDNS, HONTNS, HONTNS, HONTNS, HONTN’T Us to strike of luck.
Left an Audi 80, The 50 was Letterly the Entry-Level Model of the Audi Range in the 70s.
Military Service was still a thing back then. So That Car Came in Handy For The Weekly Trips To The Barracks?
“That was Exactly Why I Needed a Car. My Mother Advanced The Amount, And I Think We also had some Money in a Savings Account, which allowed me to buy the audi. I Paid her Back With My Soldier’s Pay. I lived in Arnhem and was stationed in Nunpet. Meant that no one worked on Sundays.
Did you take any long trips with it?
“I did my first foreign vacation with destination: southern france. As a child, i saw a movie in elementary school about wild camargue horses that live there. I really wanted to see them. Everything was Still an Adventure. The Foreign Radtry, and,, and,,,, and,,, and,,,, and,,, and,,, and,, and,, and,, and,, and the forest. Car Hold Up?
You dressed it up a bit to your own Taste. What did you do with it?
“I thought it was great to embellish it. I had mounted a momo sports steering wheeling and placed a center console for the radio. Front and rear fog lights could not be missing either. On the front bumper, I had stuck a strip or black’s tape. Tape. Version and polishing . its polo brother.
What ultimately happened to the audi?
“It was Sold After About Three Years. They were Rust Devils. I Tried To Prevent It As Much As Possible, But Especial at the Front Bumper and Under The Tailgate It Was Difficult to Keep Up. Lake Known For It, And I Thattors.” “
Do you ever miss it?
“Yes, it was a very nice car. But only for that era. It can’t compete with the luxury we are used to now. A few years ago, I went with my brother-in-law to the audi/siku museum in Stadtlohn. There was a brove eaf and have. Can’t Bring Myself to Leave It Outside. “
