Shite Postcards

[Junkman]

I'm a bit at a loss. I know this won't let me sleep tonight.

 

Given the Boneschi Fiat, I hazard a guess it's 1950 and there is a car show going on in Venice.

The cars in the left row are all show cars. So are the two poking their noses into the pic from the bottom.

They have strong Ghia overtones, no? The right one could well be a Ferrari 195 Inter.

The cabriolet with the two large instruments is very Pinin Farina, don't you think?

[Junkman]

The shooting brake's tailgate treatment makes me guess Frua, possibly on a Lancia Aprilia chassis.

[pshome]

1950 - yes

Cabrio ver Pinin - yes

car show in Venice ??? never heard of such

tbc

[Junkman]

Well, I think I found out where the cars are going.

 

[pshome]

at front of left lane is a Zagato Fiat Topolino 750

 

http://www.coachbuild.com/2/index.php/encyclopedia/coachbuilders-models/item/zagato-fiat-topolino-750-mm-1949

[Junkman]

Woah.

[pshome]

convertible steering wheel is Fiat?

https://twitter.com/ItaliAuto/status/956854589608857606

[Junkman]

I'm pretty sure the cabrio is a Fiat. It's smaller than the 1400, so 1100?

[dozeydustman]

Could only find one of my home town (Gravesend, Kent) but it features the arse end of a BMC product

 

[dozeydustman]

Scouring t'interwebs has revealed this beauty

 

 

 

[Junkman]

Damascus, as earlier.  Note the oval West German export plates on the red Opel, and covering the Seine-Maritime originals on the blue 404.

 

Long way from the Bundesrepublik.  And Normandy...

 

 

I'm not convinced that Pooshow wasn't nicked in the Bundesrepublik as well.

 

Note Bundes DIN 1451 fonts:

 

 

 

Bundes Talbot Spiegel:

 

 

 

 

And the plates were proudly silver on black at the time in La Grande Republique.

[Junkman]

A rare Ford Vedette koopay at Bagneres de Luchon:

 

 

The place has meanwhile been refurbished:

 

[Junkman]

A Moggy Floppytop at Bagnoles del'Orne:

 

 

 

Bought for the R16 (it's Bagnols sur Ceze, for those who care):

 

 

Same town, different shite:

 

 

 

On to Bandol. Is that snot green thing a Corvair?

 

 

The same town yields what I believe is a Mazda Luce and a baby shit coloured R16:

 

 

And some sporty shite:

 

[Junkman]

One of the famous Byrrh promo lorries in Bar le Duc:

 

 

 

Some desirable shite in Barr:

 

 

 

A Dyna Z Grand Standing in Basses. I think the yank convertible is a '46 Chevy.

 

 

 

Some pre war shite is still kicking about in Beaumont du Perigord:

 

 

 

In Beaune you can get a beer, but no meat.

 

 

 

Beaurepaire sounds like a good place for getting your shite fixed (card bought merely for the colours).

 

[dozeydustman]

Bought for the R16 (it's Bagnols sur Ceze, for those who care):

 

 

Sod the R16, I want that Peugeot 404 break familial!

[Junkman]

Sod the R16, I want that Peugeot 404 break familial!

 

One doesn't outrule the other.

[Junkman]

Berck Plage.

 

 

Late one afternoon, a Corsair found a parking space.

 

 

 

Dozeydustman will ave hanother orn:

 

 

 

Daddy says 'no':

 

[mercrocker]

A rare Ford Vedette koopay at Bagneres de Luchon:

 

 

The place has meanwhile been refurbished:

 

 

Nice British rarity there, too.....Austin A70 Hampshire.   Like Devon, but bigger and less clotted cream.

[Junkman]

Ami with double phares and flancs blancs in Besancon:

 

 

 

And a Prairie (sp?):

 

 

 

A wire and a lamp in Bethune:

 

 

 

France's best selling V8 and Germany's best selling 6 cylinder peacefully united in Beynac:

 

 

 

MKI Spitty in Beziers:

 

 

 

And a Datsun:

 

[Junkman]

Nice British rarity there, too.....Austin A70 Hampshire.   Like Devon, but bigger and less clotted cream.

 

 

Ooooh, you are right! I didn't even notice. Thanks for pointing this out.

That little coach isn't too unspiffy, too.

[Magpie215]

[Junkman]

Anyway, we are now in Biarritz with its glitz.

 

It sure doesn't disappoint:

 

 

 

ADO 16 in Bidart:

 

 

 

Oops, it's been nicked:

 

 

 

Some oddball stuff, even for France:

 

 

 

Wires and another DS Break in Blonville-sur-Mer. Is that woodgrained Fablon? Also note Zephyr/Zodiac

and what I believe is a '63 Dodge Dart.

 

 

 

This is Bonneville. No, not the one you drive fast at.

 

[Junkman]

Bordeaux.

 

Is there some product placement going on here?

 

 

 

No shortage of R16s:

 

 

 

Posh, ay?

 

[Junkman]

Bormes-les-Mimosas - when did you last see a P5 and an Isabella side by side?
 

 
 
Naviplane N500s at Boulogne-sur-Mer:
 

 

 
 
In the town itself (I bet there were Norevs in that gift shop):
 

 
 
Everything is still pre facelift (or taillift) in Bourbonne les Bains:
 

[Junkman]

Two finned small cars heading for a dictatorship without a Hitler near Bourg Madame:

 

 

 

In town there is a well kitted out Seat 850 Sport and you always have that Harry who covers his windscreen:

 

 

 

Bourges is decidedly middle class:

 

[Junkman]

Bray-Dunes with what probably is a Simca Ariane (until PShome corrects me).

The Ariane was for people who hate V8s and fins, so this could be one of the probably three ever sold.

 

 

 

Bray-sur-Seine is far away from Bray-Dunes, but there is an R6:

 

 

 

A Panpan wants a kiss in Brest:

 

[Junkman]

Two Germans, a Frenchman and an Englishman walked into an American bar in Brive-la-Gaillarde...

 

 

 

 

 

This is all too French for you?

 

 

Well, I got Brighton on offer, not sure what to make of Casa Pupo though:

 

 

 

 

Then there is Bruges:

 

 

 

 

Brussels:

 

 

 

No idea what that contraption is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Two finned small cars heading for a dictatorship without a Hitler near Bourg Madame:

 

Rien à déclarer.

 

 

......Bourges is decidedly middle class bourgeois:

 

FTFY

 

....Then there is Bruges:

[Spottedlaurel]

Interesting to see the Datsun Z and Viva HC in Beaune.

 

Enjoying this alphabetical trip through France (and other places) of old.

[Junkman]

It's merely alphabetical because the computer sorted my filenames that way.

Should have started them with the Dept No.