Vintage French car

[Wendy]

Our guest has just arrived and parked a vintage 1920's Citroen in the drive. It is a magnificent sight! Long, cream coloured...it looks like an old Bentley or Rolls. I have never seen one on the road, has anyone else?

[Russethouse]

Quick - get the camera out  - I loved to see a pic.

[AnOther]

Me too [8-|]

PS.

You won't forget to warn him to watch out for deaf blind geriatric locals on tractors will you [6] [:$] [:D]

 

[Wendy]

Will do if possible.

Ernie, these people are French...they know the score. [:)]

This car is as old as the last century and yet it is in mint condition. Do they have vintage car clubs here?...

My OH has a  2 door 1983 Volvo 340 (steel blue colour) and reckons it is highly prized...I say it is the most uncomfortable car I ever rode in. He refuses to get rid of it.

[Cerise]

Lovely aren't they.  Yes they have classic car clubs here and there are some great cars - although interestingly all the members of our club are desperate to have old British or Italian cars.  In September there is a particularly nice procession of pre-war cars that goes through Bruniquel called 'Les Poilus'.  All the owners dress in period costume.

Your Volvo can't be as uncomfortable as our Triumph Spitfire was - nastiest thing I ever rode in.  Fortunately when we moved here OH swapped it for LHD TR which is actually pretty comfy as it's 35 years old.

[Gardian]

We've been fortunate enough to find someone locally who owns an immaculate 1929 cream and black Citroen C4 cabriolet - it'll be the bride & groom's car at our son's wedding in June.  The man who owns it runs a 'wreckers yard', but this (and about 7 other vehicles in various stages of renovation) are his pride & joy.

[opas]

Jura, Last year around this time we were thrilled that our village was one of the checkpoints for a ralley of vintage cars of every desdcription. They started arriving in our village around 22.00hrs and the last one checked in late just after midnight. There were bentleys ,Capris , Astin , Austins , you name it  and it was probably there. They started out in Perpignan and drove to various points through the night. Now I will probably make a real faux pas here, my daughters were histerrical last time I said this........it was called the `nuit de capots longues or nuit de longues capots[:-))]  the night of long bonnets

 

 

It has been pointed out to me over lunch by Mr O that the ralley was probably classic more than Vintage.......still a sight for sore eyes though .

[AnOther]

We've got a classic run scheduled for the weekend May 31st/June 1st. and expecting a mixed bag of between 50 and 60 cars.

Should be a hoot, the MG's all poshed up ready to roll. Dusting off the wicker hamper and hoping to lay out a very English picnic somewhere along the way [:D]

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[Wendy]

Cerise, that old Volvo was not comfortable for 'anything'...make of that what you will.

Still the OH intends to hang onto it...the car and our 5 year old son are 'connected' in an 'uncomfortable kind of way' as memory serves me...[:D]

By the way, that old Citroen was a 1935 model...I have two pics and am awaiting the OH to load them onto here for all to admire. It was a beauty for sure. Cream with a grey interior.