Classic Cars

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AVIONS VOISIN



1927 - C 14 "Lumineuse"

1930 - C 20 overlowered frame



1931 - C 23

 

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1935 - C 28 "Aerodyne" four doors saloon with opening roof

 

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1936 - C 28 "Aerosport"

 

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Two stars in late thirties


Bugatti type 57 Atalante, the favorite of the elegance contest


Voisin Aerosport, outstanding on the road but too in advance for its time
Do you imagine Jean Bugatti testing a type 57 and meeting Gabriel Voisin at the wheel of an Aerosport ? It would be the race, sure!

 

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Cadillac and Trabant 601

from a camping area in sweden, I took this picture back in the year 2007.
:cheers:

 

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Alfa-Romeo - BMW


1750 GT - 2002 Ti

90 - 525

75 Turbo - 325 i

 

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ALFA : From competition to serie

 

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Alfa Giulia, a few of all

 

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ALFA-ROMEO


6C 1500 SS - 1928

6C 1750 Grand Sport - 1929

8C 2300 Monza - 1931

8C 2300 - 1931

P3 - 1932

6C 2500 - 1936

8C 2500 B - 1938

6C 2500 Competizione - 1946

6C 3000 CM - 1952

"Disco Volante" - 1952

Giulia 1600 Sprint Speciale - 1963

2000 GT Veloce - 1970

 

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Simca Aronde crossing the river Aronde

 

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A little museum under the autodrome of Montlhery


Cord 810

Cottin-Desgouttes

In sixties, the amazing journalist and cars historian Serge Pozzoli parked his destroyed classic cars under Montlhery runway in the nature

 

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Constructor Germain Lambert and his dog behind a Georges Irat

 

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Quai de Javel, Quai André Citroën (Paris 15°)

No new model without new factory, André Citroën rebuilt entirely his industrial tool in 1933, one year before the presentation of his new range of models 7, 11, 22 quickly named Traction by the public.




Wedding of body with mechanical on a "old Rosalie" still producted at Javel beside the Traction during several years.


Spring 1934 : first 7A or 7B in the gigantic delivery hall


The big clock was the only thing saved by a collector when the factory was destroyed in 1982.

A big banquet of 6000 persons in the delivery hall for the inauguration in october 1933.

In 1934, Citroën producted still a lot of "Rosalie" rear propulsion.

English enginners coming from Slough are posing beside a brand new Traction


Javel was rebuilt for the third time in 1945 after 2 bombings.
Traction, ID, DS, SM, van H and several truck models were producted until 1976. Today a lot of people don't know that several thousand workers lived some hard (and sometimes happy) moments in this area of Paris. Quai de Javel became Quai André Citroën in 1958.

 

[jeanlouis]

Recently I found on the web a restored movie of 1934 showing the new Citroën Javel factory and also those around (Gutenberg, Clichy, Saint Ouen, Levallois...). Ordered by André Citroën himself, it is named Autopolis.
Length: about 40 min, for Traction amateurs only!

[url=https://rapidgator.net/file/6affc6d3012c825624a5c4c8adbf8ab3/autopolis_1934.mp4.html]autopolis_1934.mp4[/URL]

 

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Thank you for this charming old film. Lots of hard working sweaty men, I like it.
The music is good too. There was more dignity of labour then, even with the absence of any safety protection. In a modern car plant the men are only there to help the robots, the opposite of the machine in the service of mankind.

 

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1st stage of the car race "1000 Miglia" - October 22nd, 2020

1st stage of the car race "1000 Miglia" - October 22nd, 2020 part 1/3

 

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