Norwegian gearheads on the right Way

Well, now, the Mercedes T1 (1977 - 1995) was a ride used as a maxitaxi well into the '90s. It also had a gig as what they call a "svartemarje" by the Norwegian cops from the late '80s to the late '90s, wich brought inmates to prison. It even showed up as one in the Norwegian flick " Evas Øye " from '99. But despite all that, I reckon you could turn this boxy beast into one slick gear heads- car. Just slap on some tinted windows and hang some "wunderbaum" air fresheners, and bam! You got yourself a head-turner! 3 pictures above: an old Mercedes T1 with old DH Oslo Plates from the mid 90s An Old Mercedes Benz T1 from an old Norwegian TV Series from 1993. The car has DF Oslo Plates from the late 1980s. Well lookee here! Thats there`s A Mercedes Benz T1 from the Norwegian movie Evas Øye. It has old DF Oslo Plates from the early 90s. The Volvo 240 has old CE Lillestrøm plates.

Mercedes-Benz Vario had 'bout the same look as the old Mercedes T1, which I done wrote about in an earlier post . It came out the year after that one stopped rollin’ off the line, and with that there boxy 1980s look, they kept on buildin’ it all the way up till 2013. Back when I used to ride the school bus a whole lot, I always thought it was coolest when I got to ride in one o’ them big ol’ Mercedes 412 Sprinter vans — the ones with 17 seats. That was the king o’ the school minibuses right there. Since then, I been keepin’ my eyes peeled for even bigger models — reckonin’ there might be some that could haul 21 folks or more. And sure enough, after takin’ a few trips ‘round Oslo, I spotted a Mercedes Vario parked up by Frogner, right across from one of them fancy Frogner House Apartments. Now I remember thinkin’ back then — and many a time since — if that there van belonged to the American Embassy, or maybe some other big-shot embassy in the neighborhood, seein’ as they got plenty ...