Re: Retromobile 2013. Le scat sur le table.
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:59 pm
Excellent photos as usual. I was definitely feeling the effects of the previous night and didn't get my camera out nearly as much as I should have, but the amount of super rare tat on display was a little overwhelming anyway
This Le Mans Alpine caught my eye, for being particularly POINTY
and having a rather unusual wiper arrangement
I don't think I'd ever seen a Cisitalia before, and there were about 6 or 7 on display here. I'd love to know the story on the two unrestored cars... Got Patina?
Probably the best bit for me was the collection of 4 Lamberts. This was one of the multitude of tiny French marques straddling WWII and happily beating their own rather unusual path before inevitably going bankrupt at the end of the 1940s. I've been a fan of this coupe for years but assumed I'd never see it in the metal
They're FWD with all the components made in-house with LAMBERT cast into everything. The earliest car had an odd double transverse leaf spring set up. Apparently they're all 'Sans-choc' which I still haven't deciphered
The halls are HUGE and it was inevitable we'd get separated, so for a while I was traipsing around trying to find Seth... Is that him?
It's always nice to see something that not only have I never seen before, but had no idea it even existed. This special Lancia Aurelia was one such car. The others took great pleasure in the fact they'd found a car that I didn't know anything about, although to be fair nor did the show organisers, simply claiming it was a 'Lancia Aurelia with special coachwork': HELPFUL
Oh, is that Seth?
This stretched presidential Fregate was part of the Renault factory display. I'm sure Bickle has one.
hey, there's Seth.... oh, no it's not
The automobilia section was vast, and vastly overpriced. I nearly bought a very early issue of 'Style Auto' but some quick maths made me leave it, which was silly as it was actually a relative bargain. I didn't even bother asking how much these lovely steering wheels were, but this square-holed 'Performance' job was giving me 'wood'
There were lots of other things relevant to my interests...
The clothing section was quite funny, for about 1000 Eurogroats you could buy your very own 'rich French eccentric car owner' costume. They even had a hat stall... oh, I wonder if....
...Yep, here he is!
Tucked away in the corner of the second hall was this lovely early Chapron-built Salmson 2300S. Awkward and dumpy, but I've never seen one before. We were all flagging at this point so called it a day here. We could easily have spread it out over 2 days, there really was that much to see.
A quick stroll to the Parc Andre Citroen, where we got lost (in the beauty* of the place)
And a brief glimpse of the hitherto unknown 4x4 R18 estate...
And that was it! By the time I got home I'd been up for 42 hours, which is unbelievably grim, but it was totally worth it. Hopefully we can convince some other Scatters to come along next time.....
This Le Mans Alpine caught my eye, for being particularly POINTY
and having a rather unusual wiper arrangement
I don't think I'd ever seen a Cisitalia before, and there were about 6 or 7 on display here. I'd love to know the story on the two unrestored cars... Got Patina?
Probably the best bit for me was the collection of 4 Lamberts. This was one of the multitude of tiny French marques straddling WWII and happily beating their own rather unusual path before inevitably going bankrupt at the end of the 1940s. I've been a fan of this coupe for years but assumed I'd never see it in the metal
They're FWD with all the components made in-house with LAMBERT cast into everything. The earliest car had an odd double transverse leaf spring set up. Apparently they're all 'Sans-choc' which I still haven't deciphered
The halls are HUGE and it was inevitable we'd get separated, so for a while I was traipsing around trying to find Seth... Is that him?
It's always nice to see something that not only have I never seen before, but had no idea it even existed. This special Lancia Aurelia was one such car. The others took great pleasure in the fact they'd found a car that I didn't know anything about, although to be fair nor did the show organisers, simply claiming it was a 'Lancia Aurelia with special coachwork': HELPFUL
Oh, is that Seth?
This stretched presidential Fregate was part of the Renault factory display. I'm sure Bickle has one.
hey, there's Seth.... oh, no it's not
The automobilia section was vast, and vastly overpriced. I nearly bought a very early issue of 'Style Auto' but some quick maths made me leave it, which was silly as it was actually a relative bargain. I didn't even bother asking how much these lovely steering wheels were, but this square-holed 'Performance' job was giving me 'wood'
There were lots of other things relevant to my interests...
The clothing section was quite funny, for about 1000 Eurogroats you could buy your very own 'rich French eccentric car owner' costume. They even had a hat stall... oh, I wonder if....
...Yep, here he is!
Tucked away in the corner of the second hall was this lovely early Chapron-built Salmson 2300S. Awkward and dumpy, but I've never seen one before. We were all flagging at this point so called it a day here. We could easily have spread it out over 2 days, there really was that much to see.
A quick stroll to the Parc Andre Citroen, where we got lost (in the beauty* of the place)
And a brief glimpse of the hitherto unknown 4x4 R18 estate...
And that was it! By the time I got home I'd been up for 42 hours, which is unbelievably grim, but it was totally worth it. Hopefully we can convince some other Scatters to come along next time.....