Exposition de Voitures Anciennes par l'Automobile Club de Montguyon

 

A lovely old Simca 8 in the place de la Mairie, Montguyon.

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It is rather a long time since my last blog post due to the Covid pandemic that has stopped most events being held in the last eight months.   Thus, it was a great pleasure that a friend of ours told us of a local classic car event on Saturday morning 5th June.  It was held in the lovely Charente Maritime town of Montguyon, a short drive from where we now live in France.

Organised by the local car club - l'Automobile Club de Montguyon, they were able to put on a great little exhibition of cars In the town square, As you can see from the pictures below.

A lovely selection of Renaults, VWs and Simcas as we walked into the exhibition of cars in Montguyon.

The obligatory Citroën 2CV outside of the baker's shop.  Note the two wonderful old bakery delivery bicycles behind the car.

Perhaps, the star of the show was  this Rosalie, a well maintained 1934 Citroën 8CV.

Not all of the cars were French.  This is a Triumph Spitfire with a market stall in the background.

Renault 4CV in French Racing Blue colours and "go-faster stripes".

The distinctive line of a Simca Ami 6 from the swinging sixties.

A fifties Panhard Dyna.

Another British car - Morgan.

Simca 1000.

The bakers van - I assume this is an old Simca.

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.

The more common Volkswagen Beetle.  In France it is called the Coccinelle or Cox for short.

Simca Aronde.

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Beautiful 1934 Citroën 8CV Rosalie hub cap.

Ruins of the old medieval Chateau Fort (castle) at Montguyon.

Secma F16

Secma F16, O'Thoiry Club rassemblement, January 2017

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Secma, Aniche, France.  Secma have been building niche vehicles since 1995.  The F16 is a 2 seater rear wheel drive road going M1 buggy type vehicle.  It is powered by a rear mounted 4 cylinder Renault 1.6 litre engine that powers the car to a top speed of 110 mph and a 0-60mph time of around 6 seconds through a 5 speed gearbox.  Secma stands for Société d'Etude et de Construction de Mechanique Automobile.  Cheaper than its obvious competitors it offers a car with good handling and acceleration at a low price for fun driving on the road or on track days.

1987 Alpine Renault V6 GTA Turbo

Tim Jeffrey, 1987 Alpine Renault V6 GTA Turbo, Course de Cote d'Etretat-Benouville 2016. 

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Alpine, Dieppe, France.  This was the first car produced by Alpine after the purchase by Renault.  It was an update of the A310. It had either a 2.8 litre Renault V6 engine or a smaller 2.5 litre V6 turbocharged engine. The latter produced 200bhp and powered the car to a top speed of over 150mph and a 0-60mph time of just over 6 seconds.  The car was lightweight with glass fibre and polyester body panels.  The body was quite aerodynamic and was a 2+2 coupé.  The handling was reputedly quite good.

1975 Martini Mk15

Marc Poix, Martini Mk15, Course de Cote du Mont Dore VHC 2015.

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Martini, Magny Cours, France.  Martini was a French constructer who produced mainly single seater cars for F3 and Formula Renault.  The car above is a Formula Renault car from the mid seventies. and has a 1,600cc Renault Gordini engine and a Renault 5 gearbox.  In 1975 Christian Debias won the French Formula Renault championship using a Martini Mk15.  The Mk15 was used in both the French championship and the European championship with slightly different specifications.  Rene Arnoux won the 1975 European Championship in an FRE spec Martini Mk15.   The car for the FRE national series had a 1,600cc Renault Gordini engine and a Renault 5 gearbox.  Both then and now they were also used in French hillclimbs.

1976 Axone 1600 FL

Jacky Bonnot, Axone 1600 FL, Course de Cote du Mont Dore VHC 2016.

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Axone Compétition, Bourgogne, France.  The car is the work of Chantal and Jacques Bonnot and their friends in l'Abergement Ste Colombe .   The first Axones were produced around 1972.   I believe two Axone 1600s were built in 1975/1976.  All seem to have been used mainly for French hillclimbing as they are Formula Libre cars. They have tubular chassis with 1.6L Renault Gordini engines and a Hewland gearbox.  Top speed is 220kph.

1963 Alpine M63

Jean-Charles Rédélé, 1963 Alpine M63, Le Mans Classic 2016, Plateau 4.

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Apline, Dieppe, France.  This was the first sports racing car developed by Alpine. Designed in 1962 it competed from 1963 to 1965.   It had a 1 litre Renault Gordini T55 engine, chassis designed by Boyer and Bouleau, suspension designed by Len Terry and a plastic berlinette body designed by Marcel Hubert.  In 1963 it won its class at the Nurburgring.  In 1964 it won its class at Le Mans and won the Index of Thermal Efficiency.  A beautiful and successful little car.  

1978 Renault Alpine A443

Jean Ragnotti & Alain Serpaggi, Renault Alpine A443, Le Mans Classic 2016.

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Alpine, Dieppe, France.  This Group 6 sports racing car was built by Alpine with a 2.1 litre turbo-charged Renault engine.  The chassis was similar to the previous A442 but had an enlarged Renault V6 engine in a slightly lengthened chassis.  At the Le Mans 24 hours in 1978 it was the fastest car in the field driven by Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Patrick Depailler but retired after 18 hours.  It's pace, however, had also broken the Porsches and thus an earlier A442B was able to take the win.  The cars had over 500bhp and could easily exceed 20 mph on the Mulsanne straight.  This was the car's only major race and thereafter Ranault concentrated on F1.

1966 Alpine Renault A210

The Von Oppenheim and Middendorf Alpine Renault A210, Le Mans Classic 2016

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Alpine, Dieppe, France.   The A210, originally designated the M66, was designed for the Le Mans 24 hours of 1966.  Originally they had 1.3 litre Renault Gordini 4 cylinder engines.  Some of these were upgraded to 1.5 litre engines for the 1967 Le Mans.   They won their class in both years and continued to do so in 1968 and 1969.  Thus a successful car for the marque.  The car was designed for fast circuits and thus had a long tail which also acted as fins.  It was small and aerodynamic and had a maximum speed just over 160mph.

1908 Renault AX 8CV voiturette

1908 Renault AX 8CV, Paris-Rambouillet 2016.

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Renault, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.   This Renault, produced from 1908 to 1913, was one of the first mass production cars designed not just for the very wealthy.  It had a two cylinder engine of just over 1 litre and had a three speed gear box.  Relatively easy to drive, its top speed was around 50 kph. It is a 2 seater voiturette with torpedo type body.  Great to see this still going well today.

1976 Marcadier Barquette Can Am

Tony Gomis, Marcadier Can Am, Course de Cote d'Etretat-Benouville 2015.

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Marcadier, Lyon, France.  This French kit car maker made a number of Renaut or Simca powered cars that looked like Can-Am cars in the early to mid seventies.  Most had Renault 8 Gordini engines. This one has a 1,598cc Renault R12 engine, unusually a Hewland rather than a Renault gearbox and a non-standard rear wing.  It is mainly raced by Londoner Tony Gomis in English hillclimbs and sprints and who has had the car since 2000.

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Marcadier Barzoi

Didier Thorin, Marcadier Barzoi, Course de Cotes de Sancerre 2014.

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Marcadier, Lyon, France.  These cars built from 1967 to 1976 are very pretty little French sports cars.  They were made by André Marcedier who was inspired by Colin Chapman of Lotus fame.  He built a series of kit cars including this Barzoi coupé with gullwing doors.  I believe the original car had a 1,300cc Renault R8 engine but of course some have been re-engined over the years.  In 1968 one took a good eighth place in  the GP de Paris at Montlhery in a race won by Johnny-Servoz Gavin in a Matra.

1984 Renault 5 Turbo

Sheridan Bell, Renault 5 Turbo, Course de Cote d'Etretat-Benouville 2015.

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Renault, Dieppe, France.  The R5 Turbo was produced from 1980 to 1986. Over 3,500 street and rally versions were sold of this very fast hot hatchback.  It had a mid-engined 1.4 litre turbocharged engine which drove the rear wheels.  The street version could do 120 mph and 0-60 in about 7 seconds. With a light body it cornered very well as well. On its Rally debut, Jean Ragnotti won the 1981 Monte Carlo Rally.  He also won the 1982 and 1985 Tour de Corse in the R5 Turbo, the latter in a Renault 5 Maxi which had a 1.5L turbo engine.  On the circuits they were used mainly in one-make series with relatively little success elsewhere.

Renault Sport Megane Trophy

Dominique Laure, Renault Megane Trophy, Dijon-Prenois 2016, Coupe de France des Circuit, GT race.

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Renault Sport, Les Ulis, France.  This is a special racing car produced for the Renault Eurocup and is just a silhouette of the road car.  It has a badge engineered Nissan 3.5 litre V6 engine, a glass fibre body and a racing tube frame chassis.  As well as the Eurocup they race in a number of other series and the Dubai 24 hours.  Dominique Laure has some success with his in the Coupe de France des Circuits.

Renault 8 Gordini 1300

Bernard Boilaive, Renault 8 Gordini, Course de Cote de Mont Dore, 2014

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Renault, Flins, France.  The Renault R8 was a small rear engine rear wheel drive car produced in the sixties and early seventies.  The more powerful Gordini version was produced from 1964 and the Gordini 1300 from 1966.  It was much used as a rally car and scored a hat trick of wins in the Tour de Corse between 1964 and 1966.  in the late sixties there was a one make series of Renault 8 Gordini races in which drivers like Jean-Pierre Jarier competed.  It had a top speed of about 175kph and a 0-100kph time of 11.5 seconds.  A very popular classic car in France nowadays and deservedly so with its nationalistic blue and white stripe colour scheme and reputation as an affordable sporting saloon car.

2015 Renault e.dams Z.E.15 Formule E

2015 Renault Formula E car, RetroMobile 2016.   Not very retro!

Have you got your tickets for the Formula E race in April 2016 around Les Invalides in Paris which is round seven of the championship?  I've got mine!   Follow the link below to get one and find out more about the race on April 23rd.

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The Renault e.dams team will be there with Nicolas Prost and Sébastien Buemi.  After round 4 the Renault e.dams team is leading the team championship and Sébastien Buemi is leading the driver's championship.

The chassis is a Spark-Renault SRT 01E.   The motor is an all electric Renault Sport ZE15 designed by Renault at Viry-Châtillon.  The car is capable of 225kph.

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1956 Renault Etoile Filante

Renault Etoile Filante, Retromobile, 2016.

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The Renault Etoile Filante had a Turbomeca Turbine Helicopter engine.  In 1956 at the Bonneville salt flats it achieved a speed of over 300kph, a record for this class of vehicle.  It was driven by Jean Herbert.  The Renault Dauphine was launched in the USA after this record gave Renault some good publicity over there.

Renault 12

Jean Ragnotti, Renault 12, Monte Carlo Rallye Historique 2015, Reims

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Renault Clio 2 Rallycross

Fabien Chanoine mène dans une Renault Clio 2, Rallycross de Dreux 2014.

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Mon astuce pour fairte des belles photos.
La voiture ne doit pas toujours remplir plus de la trame. il est bon d'avoir des plans d'atmosphère ainsi.

Top photo tips.
The car need not always fill most of the frame.  it is good to have atmosphere shots as well.

Signatech - Renault 1.6 F4

Guiliano Alesi, Fourmule 4, Bugatti Circuit Le Man 2015

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Mon astuce pour faire des belles photos.
Même dans les zones de spectateurs, vous pouvez utiliser ces trous dans la clôture de protection destinée à la presse.

Top photo tips.
Even from the spectator areas you can sometimes use those holes in the protective fencing designed for the press.