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drive and little car show in the south of France

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2 hours ago, BearsFan315 said:

It is really nice to see a few American Cars in the mix of the bunch.

Auto-Retro magazine from France is an interesting read. (Not that I can read Français too well.)  They profile a lot of American cars as well as their own, and its a two-way street.  A year or two ago they profiled a US-market 1978 Renault 5 'Le Car' in the one issue.  Apparently, there were enough differences between a French home market model, vs. a US market model, including round 7" sealed beams in place of the rectangular Cibie H4 units, and the 'Le Car' stripes to include it in the magazine.

 

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9 hours ago, BearsFan315 said:

Very Cool

 

it must be nice for you all to see an American Left Hand Drive car like it is for us to see a Right hand Drive here.

 

It is really nice to see a few American Cars in the mix of the bunch. then throw in the VW.

 

Do you guys have many VW bugs around the region ?? I know years ago they were everywhere here, but have since phased out. 

 

 

thank you BearsFan315 :) 
yes we cross a few on the road, but we see more citroen 2cv on the road than VW bugs .

there are some VW club and there are VW bugs and VW van .

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7 hours ago, 8E45E said:

Auto-Retro magazine from France is an interesting read. (Not that I can read Français too well.)  They profile a lot of American cars as well as their own, and its a two-way street.  A year or two ago they profiled a US-market 1978 Renault 5 'Le Car' in the one issue.  Apparently, there were enough differences between a French home market model, vs. a US market model, including round 7" sealed beams in place of the rectangular Cibie H4 units, and the 'Le Car' stripes to include it in the magazine.

 

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thanks, yes Auto-Retro  magazines are good ;) 
indeed they had to present the renault 5 " Le car " once, and it is different from the French market ;) 

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4 hours ago, cahartley said:

These "little" car shows don't seem so little to me.

I'm kind of shocked there aren't more 60's Volkswagens.

Do you find yourself seeing the same cars all the time?

I can't tell....... ☺️

 

thank you cahartley :) 
it depends on the exposure, one day there can be a lot of VW (bugs, van, karman, ...) and there are days where there are not many VW like this exhibition for example.
next to me there is regularly exposure / ride of old car and there is a lot of car in these days :) .
On the road, we sometimes cross old cars, we often see citroen 2cv, renault 4l.
last week i saw a simca aronde break and a peugeot 203.
and yesterday I saw on the road a peugeot 304 convertible :) 

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