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Drive-by Snapshot | Porsche Cayman Reflections
Porsche Cayman
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Renault 4 | Nancy, France
Renault 4 in Nancy, France
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A Chance Encounter in Rural France
A Chance Encounter in Rural France
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Lost Places | Station Service Fermée
Station Service Fermée
Lost Places | Rust in Peace
There are many reasons why I love France. One of them is the fact, that the French do not immediately dismount the pumps after a petrol station goes out of business. Instead they just display the lowest possible price on the signpost, call it a day and wander off to play a game of Pétanque with their friends, enjoying a glass of red wine.
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Citroën HY S.E.V. Marchal | Carrosserie Le Bastard 1964
Citroën HY S.E.V. Marchal
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24 Heures du Mans 2014 | Starting grid and first lap
Everybody know about the starting procedure of the 24 Heures du Mans race. The cars are lined up in an angle in front of the pit lane wall. But… theoretically knowing about it and seeing it live are two different things entirely. All the buzz on the starting grid is quite interesting…
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Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 @ Le Mans 2014
Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 @ Le Mans 2014
One of quite a few Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 models in 1:1 scale that graced the Michelin booth at the 24 Heures du Mans 2014. A stunning car and engineering masterpiece… but not particularly pretty. It might have looked a lot better had it sported a Martini or Gulf livery. Maybe next year?
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Peugeot 504 Break USDM-spec | Early morning surprise
Peugeot 504 Break USDM-spec
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Winnebago LeSharo | A grey morning in September
Winnebago LeSharo | A grey morning in September
RD 6089 near Terrasson-Lavilledieu, on a grey morning. Cruising along with the local traffic… I spotted something based on the Renault Trafic on the side of the road: the Winnebago LeSharo. I have always liked how the French design of the base vehicle integrates well with the American style camper body. If you look at other Winnebago motorhomes of the same period, you can even see a familiar resemblance. Being flanked by a US-spec Peugeot 504 Break was a nice coincidence. The dealer had many other interesting vehicles for sale, some of which you will sooner or later find here at Drive-by Snapshots.
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Lost Places | Beheaded bodies, robbed carcasses and zombies
Beheaded bodies, robbed carcasses and zombies
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Lost Places | Station Service Ouverte
Station Service Ouverte
Lost Places | Rust in Peace
Yesterdays’ post featured a small service station that went out of business, but isn’t fenced off or has a sign saying so. The story today is different. You are looking at pictures of a substantially bigger service station that, for lack of a better word, is closed. Nonetheless, it does sport a sign saying: Station Ouverte.
To tell you the honest truth – this place looked like a film set straight out of a zombie movie! The lack of traffic, heavy clouds and a slight drizzle didn’t make it any more friendly or welcoming!
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Renault Alpine A610 V6 Turbo | Saverne
Renault Alpine A610 V6 Turbo
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Willys MB Jeep with Renault R4 body
Willys MB Jeep with Renault R4 body
In June 2010 we took the scenic route through the Gorges du Tarn. Climbing out of the canyon and heading towards Le Puy, we drove past a service station somewhere in the rural Département Lozère.
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Lost Places | Station Service Le Rousset
Station Service Le Rousset
Lost Places | Rust in Peace
When was the last time you found something not only totally unexpected, but also thought to be extinct by now? Trundling along the Route Départementale D27 at a leisurely pace on a hot day with no cloud in sight, we had a moment just like that, when we found the cutest rural petrol station and workshop. The icing on the cake most definitely was the color-matched Renault R5, which made the scene even more unreal.
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Rust in Peace | British Heritage in France
British Heritage in France
Lost Places | Rust in Peace
Well, you have probably read the posts about the German and Italian vehicles found in a field in southern France. OK then, this post is about the British heritage fading away in the very same location. The Mini Mk1 and the Land Rover Series II look as if you could save them, albeit probably with a little more work than it looks at first sight.
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Rust in Peace | Mercedes-Benz W108
Mercedes-Benz W108
Lost Places | Rust in Peace
Once upon a time…
This is how most fairy tales begin. This is no fairy tale, though.
Once upon a time we traveled through France and my friend asked me whether or not I had seen the classic car behind a bush we just passed. I thought she wanted to fool me and kept driving all the way to… the next roundabout. This is what they have been invented for anyways. Turning around and driving back, all the way thinking about this (possibly nice) opportunity for a Drive-by Snapshot. Finding the bespoke classic car behind the bush was great – but discovering a whole field with literally dozens of classics, left me speechless.
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