Gardian Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Had a good day out in these yesterday - thought that some of you might be interested to see the picture.The destination was a seafood restaurant in a small town where the Rhone meets the Med.It was a tiring day though - cars of that vintage ('Maigret cars' to most of us) are noisy and hot.[URL=http://s593.photobucket.com/user/gardian830/media/PortStLouis0413016_zps63a0bdb2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt15/gardian830/PortStLouis0413016_zps63a0bdb2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Reminds me of a Jimi Hendrix song........ Purple Haze[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Lovely pic - been trying to decide where you had lunch.I enjoyed a ride in a Traction during the launch of last year's téléthon in town. We had a team who volunteered their vintage cars and themselves as chauffeurs for a donation all through the weekend; I was pleased to have the chance to ride in a 'Maigret' car, and 3 of us rode in the Traction together, having a hilarious time while being driven through some of the surrounding villages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 [quote user="gardengirl "]Lovely pic - been trying to decide where you had lunch.[/quote]Port St Louis.Not an especially nice place (very industrial just to the east towards Marseille), but a really good restaurant.Very purple there though !! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araucaria Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 [quote user="Théière"]What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers?[/quote]Don't feed the troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 [quote user="Araucaria"][quote user="Théière"]What is the attraction of these inefficient old bangers?[/quote]Don't feed the troll.[/quote]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-08QRO8Cjk[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I love these Tractions! I can't explain the attraction, but part of it is the interior smell I think. Maybe it just reminds me of being a child? Never grown up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Maybe its the Ant hill mob from the Wacky Races Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 The one we were in is the RH one - a 1951 model. The other is a 1956.There were some very strange noises coming from the engine when the revs got high-ish in any gear, but I didn't like to ask. Louis reckons that the speedo is under-reading by 10kph at 50. Apart from that and the slightly iffy brakes, its a wonderful vehicle.They're off to Spain next month for a Traction Rally. With the two vehicles 'in convoy', we were tooted and waved at all day long. Good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Nothing is quite as reassuring in a wonderful vehicle as iffy brakes! [:-))] at least with loud engine noise you can turn the radio up............if it had one [:D]Could the fact that it's an old vehicle save your licence for speeding with an under reading speedo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 No radio !!Speeding doesn't arise. On the little bit of dual carriageway that we used, we were doing 70kph (indicated, but say 80kph) and were overtaken by several lorries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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