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| The Retromobile classic-car show ended on feb.25th 2007. Nick Mason's (members of the Pink Floyd) classic car collection and french polar exploration vehicles were this year's guests. As usual, you could find owners cubs and official marques showing the best examples from car's history. Spares parts sellers seemed to be fewer (or maybe it is only due to the wider area allocated to clubs). Here is a sample of what you could see there. |
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| This Chapron
bodied Citroën DS was first used by the présidents De Gaulle and Pompidou : 1 PR 75 |
Car number 3 PR 75,
this Citroën SM convertible started its long carreer at president Pompidou's service. |
Unlike other
Citroën SM coupés, this one is a four doors convertible. |
Presidents Georges
Pompidou, Valéry Giscard-D'Estaing, François Mitterand and Jacques Chirac sat on these seats. Nicolas Sarkozy is the next President who will sit there. |
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| Like in the
Citroën SM, the Ligier JS2 run the Maserati V6 and was sold by Citroën dealers. |
An even more rare
and exotic GT : the Toyota 2000 GT |
Very few cars
displayed by Mercedes... but legendary. |
The 300SL was a german supercar prior to Ferrari/Lamborghini, rivality. |
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| Not many'Aston
Martin this year, but this Ulster similar to Nick Mason's. |
1946 Grand Prix Maserati | Like Steve Mc
Queen's : a Jaguar XK SS |
Shelby 427 AC Cobra |
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| Not
exactly a Ferrari GTO The english nicnamed "Breadvan" |
Side view helps to
understand why people named it the Breadvan |
Alfa Romeo | Ferrari 275 GTB |
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| Amazing Cheetah.
Production figures stayed under 100, so it could not race in GT class |
Instead it ran
against proto- types but still could manage to get 11 wins in 1964. |
only 356 cm, a
540HP 6.2 L Corvette engine less than 30 built |
the Lola T70 ran
the protos class. |
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| With its huge Chevrolet V8 | Another prototype :
Nick Mason's Ferrari 512S |
Mason's masterpiece
: certainly his Ferrari 250 GTO. |
One of the world's
most expensive car, juste below the Bugatti Royale. |
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| MG Midget PA | Bugatti 57 | Ettore Bugatti said
about big Bentleys : "these are the world's fastest trucks" |
Bentley 4L 1/2 |
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| A 2 wheeled legend
: Triumph Bonneville |
Older, Triumph 750 Tiger |
Rare : the Norton
750 Commando |
When this is
printed on your motorcycle's side, you usually are not a quiet motorbiker. |
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| Pedal
cars for auction were shown in retromobile |
A Simca
1000 next to a Jaguar XJ. |
Even mor popular
than Simca 1000 : the Fiat 500 |
For young racers : Alpine Renault, Matra 530 or Ford GT40 |
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| For those who
prefer vintage : a Delahaye |
On the wall : a
Citroën 2CV and twoMéharis |
For
Citroën fans : a DS convertible |
This nice Spider
Alfa Romeo is estimated : 1200 euros. |
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