Shite Postcards

[Junkman]

Oddly I have quite a few from Canet-en-Roussillon.

 

 

Whitewall tyred Corsair:

 

 

 

 

A Fregate dressed up to the nines.

 

 

 

 

Fancy a ride?

 

 

 

 

Norev colours:

 

 

 

 

Rally Ascona A:

 

 

 

 

'56 Crown Vicky:

 

 

 

 

R6:

 

 

 

 

Peugeot D3:

 

 

 

 

TR:

 

 

 

 

Solveg 18 makes your piss red:

 

 

 

 

Product placement?

 

 

 

 

More red piss:

 

 

 

 

Not sure what's going on here, but there is a Consul Classic:

 

 

 

 

R Seize Belge:

 

[Junkman]

Cannes.

 

A suitable setting for my car:

 

 

 

Some posh chod (and a 190SL):

 

 

 

A '57 De Soto Diplomat, which is one of those weird Mopar cut and paste jobs for export (in reality a '57 Plymouth with a De Soto front clip):

 

 

 

'66 Impala and '63 Studebaker Lark floppytops:

 

 

 

 

Another '57 De Soto Diplomat, mid Fifties Roadmaster ragtop and something proper vintage:

 

 

 

An unsafe car behind a safe one:

 

 

 

The poshness is an overwhelming one:

 

 

 

 

Top class Archishite:

 

 

 

Holy maccaroni, a Gullwing!

 

[mercrocker]

Never mind the Gullwing - there's a Bagheera in the one above!

[barrett]

This is such a great thread, but it moves too fast for me to keep up.

 

It raises some serious question though, like why were there so many Studebakers in Germany? And why are there so many Vedette coupes in postcards? Aren't they supposed to be rare?

 

By the way, the red roadster is nothing more exotic than a 101-series Giulia/Giulietta

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.... some serious question though, like why were there so many Studebakers in Germany? ...

US servicemen on duty in BRD/West Germany?

[Junkman]

There are more questions.

 

- Why are there so many DSes and so few R16s despite the latter outsold the former?

 

- Sames goes for the 2CV vs. R4.

 

- Why are there so few R6es?

[Junkman]

US servicemen on duty in BRD/West Germany?

 

 

Nah. I guess it has more to do with the Mercedes - Studebaker partnership in the early Fifties.

The GIs didn't drive disproportionately many Studebakers.

[chaseracer]

Never mind the Gullwing - there's a Bagheera in the one above!

 

And an Auntie Rover behind the GW.

[chaseracer]

It's that bloody Simca again!  But what's the blue floppytop next to it...?

 

[Junkman]

A Simca. Oceane.

[sheffcortinacentre]

The white walled ford pubic is a GT judging by the rear wing badges

[pshome]

Back to Calais, what is the small blue Coupé ?

[pshome]

Side by side: Simca V8 Marly, Heinkel, Simca V8 Comete , Vespa 400.  :shock:

[pshome]

They painted the windows at the airport to match the cars parked outside...some paint dripped on the paving.

 

[pshome]

Meanwhile in Finale Ligure a Fiat 8V "Otto Vu" is waiting in the sun, according to the Interweb only 34 of these bella mechanica's were built.

[pshome]

Mr. Bean ftp in his brand new A Kadett and needs assistance from a Renault service van, for once he didn't crash his car.

[mercrocker]

Back to Calais, what is the small blue Coupé ?

postc.jpg

 

Deutsch-Bonnet I think

 

 

 

[barrett]

I'd say even fewer than 34: it's a second series car with the revised headlamp design. I reckon maybe 10 at most had that coachwork. Great find.

 

The little coupe above is a DB HBR5

[pshome]

There was a time, you could order your car in any colour you like..

[hennabm]

^ what is on the roof of the green R12 on the left of the picture?

[pshome]

Whereas 504 owners travel leisurely to the coast where their yacht awaits them, R16 drivers save a few pennies by keeping their rubber boat fully inflated in the garage year round.

 

 

[pshome]

A Siata in Pierrefort, Jacques Tati visiting?

[mercrocker]

I can certainly imagine Pink Panther being re-enacted there with the old geezer sat watching a gorilla in a pink Autobianchi....

[pshome]

Cut & paste, tunnel art.

[pshome]

^ what is on the roof of the green R12 on the left of the picture?

la bombe?

 

[Junkman]

Side by side: Simca V8 Marly, Heinkel, Simca V8 Comete , Vespa 400.  :shock:

carte2.jpg

 

That "Heinkel" is a Velam Isetta.

[Junkman]

Anyway, after posh Cannes I thought I might as well sweeten your Monday morning with some chod in much more Shiter class Capbreton:

 

[Junkman]

Looks like the Special Branch has some business in Captieux:

 

[Junkman]

Carantec is a drab shithole because it's actually closer to London than to Paris.

 

[Junkman]

Absolutely no idea where this is and why it became a postcard, but it's delightfully shite.