Small car exhibition in Bessens (France)

[sebastienbuick]

hello, here are photos of a small car exhibition in the small village of Bessens in the south of France.
I went there with my Dodge Monaco 1978 police  

 

 

1985 Porsche 962 C 

 

 

 

1962 Citroën 2cv and 1964 Citroën 2cv type AXA 

 

 

1983 VW golf GTI

 

 

Renault 4cv

 

 

Peugeot 301

 

 

 

Renault Dauphine

 

 

 

Race car 1969 Tecno F3 

 

 

Race car Renault 

 

 

Simca Aronde

 

 

Renault Mégane RS and Renault Clio Williams

 

 

Renault Mégane 2 RS 

 

 

Reanult Clio 16S

 

 

Reanult 5 TS

 

 

Renault 5 Alpine Turbo Coupe

 

 

Renault 5 Alpine

 

[sebastienbuick]

Renault Fuego Turbo

 

 

Renault Alpine A110

 

 

New Alpine

 

 

Peugeot 205 GTI ( rally cross )

 

 

Beautiful 1957 Ford Fairlane

 

 

 

 

 

1948 Renault 4CV

 

 

1978 Austin Mini

 

 

1958 and 1961 ACMA Vespa 400

 

 

 

1968 Renault 8 Gordini

 

 

1971 Triumph Spitfire IV

 

 

 

1965 Renault 8 Major

 

 

 

1978 Autobianchi Abarth

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

Beautiful Citroën

 

 

 

MGB

 

 

1962 Citroën 2cv AZ  

 

 

 

1961 Renault Floride

 

 

 

Alfa Romeo GTV

 

 

Race car Simca

 

 

Renault Dauphine

 

 

 

Renault 12 Gordini

 

 

a beautiful Chevrolet  

 

 

1959 Simca Aronde P60

 

 

Beautiful 1927 Citroën B12

 

 

 

 

 

[oldcarfudd]

Nice 2CV for sale!  In the second picture, what is the ultralight airplane?

[sebastienbuick]

Porsche 911 Carrera

 

 

 

 

Simca 1000 Rally 3

 

 

 

1964 MGB 

 

 

1977 Renault 17

 

 

VW

 

 

Race car Simca 

 

 

 

Beautiful Chevrolet 3100

 

 

 

 

VW combi

 

 

VW beetle

 

 

 

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

Renault Clio 16S

 

 

1952 VW  cox split

 

 

1989 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 8S

 

 

 

Beautiful 1934 Peugeot 301

 

 

 

Citroën 2CV 

 

 

Beautiful 1939 Peugeot 202 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Chevrolet Corvette C3

 

 

 

 

 

1960 Renault 4CV

 

 

I will post more photos soon  

Edited September 26, 2023 by sebastienbuick (see edit history)

[sebastienbuick]

19 minutes ago, oldcarfudd said:

Nice 2CV for sale!  In the second picture, what is the ultralight airplane?

 

Yes the 2cv for sale was beautiful and in good condition . 
There was a small plane, I will post photos of the plane tomorrow if I can  

[vintage1]

Great variety of cars, Great photos !

 

[CarNucopia]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

I’m smitten by the Renault 17 for reasons I can’t explain (or understand).

[TAKerry]

Thank you again Sebastion, I always enjoy your photos and seeing your Dodge Monaco. Those open wheel race cars amaze me. The first one I saw in person I could not believe how small the driver area (cockpit) is. Theres no way I could get my legs in one, let alone my whole body!

[bryankazmer]

Is there a story about what looks like Catalan ribbons on the one Deuche?

[rocketraider]

3 hours ago, TAKerry said:

 I could not believe how small the driver area (cockpit) is. Theres no way I could get my legs in one, let alone my whole body!

I thought the same thing about the Simca racecar. Either it's quite small, or the fellow driving it is a big guy. Probably a little of both!

[Walt G]

Thank you for taking and posting the photos! As much as I love the cars the architecture/buildings/ structures are just outstanding.

the fender skirts with the lions head profile on the red and black Peugeot 202 are great details and that blue 1934 Peugeot 301 sedan is really unique - does the rear of the body open up to transport things if the rear seat is folded or removed? I see hinges at the rear and at the area over the rear window.

[sebastienbuick]

15 hours ago, vintage1 said:

Great variety of cars, Great photos !

 

 

Thank you very much !  
Yes there were several car models, English, French, German, American, ...

 

14 hours ago, CarNucopia said:

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

 

I’m smitten by the Renault 17 for reasons I can’t explain (or understand).

 

Thank you, I'm glad you like it . 
Yes the Renault 17 is beautiful, this one has a body kit which was fitted at the time, and it is in very good condition!

 

6 hours ago, TAKerry said:

Thank you again Sebastion, I always enjoy your photos and seeing your Dodge Monaco. Those open wheel race cars amaze me. The first one I saw in person I could not believe how small the driver area (cockpit) is. Theres no way I could get my legs in one, let alone my whole body!

 

Thank you very much, the Dodge runs well and has done a lot of mileage since August . 
I need to find a new steering box (lares 1031) because mine has a fixing problem (but it works ). 

Sunday October 1, I'm going to another exhibition with the Dodge and it will run 3 hours, and the weekend October 8 the Dodge will drive 4 hours  
Yes in these racing cars there is not much space, you have to be used to getting in and out of the car  

 

2 hours ago, bryankazmer said:

Is there a story about what looks like Catalan ribbons on the one Deuche?

 

In France, on many town signs there is a second sign with the words "twinned town with... in Italy" (for example).
And on this 2cv there were banners in the colors of Spain as well as large badges on the front wings.
And there was a poster with writing :

 

      Bessens
Tarn et Garonne, France

 

Town twinned with

     URRIS
Aragon, Spain

 

 

That's why there were the Spanish banners on the 2CV  

 

3 hours ago, rocketraider said:

I thought the same thing about the Simca racecar. Either it's quite small, or the fellow driving it is a big guy. Probably a little of both!

 

Haha ,  yes the owner of the Simca is a great person . 
It's a racing car and it's fast !  

 

2 hours ago, Walt G said:

Thank you for taking and posting the photos! As much as I love the cars the architecture/buildings/ structures are just outstanding.

the fender skirts with the lions head profile on the red and black Peugeot 202 are great details and that blue 1934 Peugeot 301 sedan is really unique - does the rear of the body open up to transport things if the rear seat is folded or removed? I see hinges at the rear and at the area over the rear window.

 

Thank you very much !  , if one day you want to visit the south of France, it will be with great pleasure that I will show you around the neighboring towns . 
Here where I live I am surrounded by small old villages and there are still many old farms . 
Just yesterday, 10 minutes from home, I saw an old abandoned farm shed and there was an old blue cart (old vehicle pulled by horses).

Yes the Peugeot 202 was very beautiful, I really like this model with the headlights inside the grille.
And it was in superb condition.
The Peugeot 301 was also very beautiful, and in very good condition.
If I'm not mistaken I think the rear "doors" are for opening the trunk of the car . 

This week I am working in the very beautiful and ancient town of Auvillar, and at the entrance to the village in the grass at someone's house there is an abandoned 1955 Renault Juvaquattre, and it must have been there for a very long time.

[sebastienbuick]

Here is the rest of the photos  

 

1984 Lada 2102

 

This Russian car is rare in France, it's the first time I've seen one 

 

 

1989 Pilgrim

 

 

Porsche Boxster spider ( race car ) 

 

 

 

1977 Citroën 2CV

 

 

VW Cox

 

 

 

Alfa Romeo Sud Esprit 

 

 

1988 Renault 25 TX

 

 

 

1983 Renault 18

 

 

 

Peugeot 205 GTI ( rally cross ) 

 

 

1988 Renault 4L

 

 

1980 Renault 4L

 

 

Peugeot 106 Rally

 

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

Beautiful 1926 Citroën B14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peugeot 205 ( Rally /paris dakar )

 

 

1973 Renault Rodeo

 

 

 

1985 Citroën Mehari

 

 

Austin mini

 

 

1961 Simca Aronde Etoile

 

 

 

Renault 4L GTL " Clan " 

 

 

 

Ferrari Testarossa

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

Peugeot 309 GTI

 

 

1956 Renault Juvaquattre

 

 

 

Citroën 2CV 

 

 

 

Ford Escort convertible

 

 

Renault 4L

 

 

 

Lotus Elise

 

 

1969 Citroën Dyane

 

 

VW Sirocco

 

 

 

Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9L

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

 

 

Nice Citroën DS 

 

 

Alfa Romeo

 

 

Lotus / Caterham seven ( 7 ) 

 

 

1981 Austin Mini

 

 

there were also tractors  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TAKerry]

I like the tractors as well. One of the first shows in the spring in my area is at an agricultural dealer of all places. They too have a good showing of antique tractors that show up.

[sebastienbuick]

Beautiful Ford Mustang Mach 1 fastback

 

 

 

Ford Mustang

 

 

 

Ferrari 599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Citroën DS 

 

 

 

Beautiful Chevrolet Corvette C4 convertible

 

 

 

Renault 5 Alpine

 

 

 

1977 Renault 6 TL

 

 

[sebastienbuick]

11 minutes ago, TAKerry said:

I like the tractors as well. One of the first shows in the spring in my area is at an agricultural dealer of all places. They too have a good showing of antique tractors that show up.

 

It must be good to go there
Not far from my house, there is an exhibition on agriculture every year, it's called Tractomania in the town of Caussade, it's great  

[sebastienbuick]

Beautiful AC Cobra 

 

 

 

 

you can see that I parked in the shade in the afternoon  

 

 

Jeep Willys 

 

 

And those were the last photos
I'm going to try to find a photo of the plane that I was asked for at the beginning.
It was a beautiful day, with cars and the sun !  

[John Byrd]

Sebastion, you do photo coverage as one of the best on our forum, thanks so much !!!

 

[sebastienbuick]

6 hours ago, John Byrd said:

Sebastion, you do photo coverage as one of the best on our forum, thanks so much !!!

 

 

Thank you very much it is very nice !  .
It is with great pleasure that I share the photos