Provencal Spottings

[Mat.T]

I've just got back after a nice week in Provence, its still quite warm down there!

Really nice time to go as there are no tourists cluttering up the place. Stayied in my grandfathers house which is in a tiny village on the top of a hill, very rural and great for spotting tat.

 

Firstly hire car brand new Renualt megan, there were so many gadgets on this thing its was unbelivable. Auto every thing - great until it starts going wrong.

 

first spot an nice mk1 5

 

4 with roof cut off, garage contain 2 more 4's in bits

 

Peugout 104 very tidy bar the dent

 

Visited Cannes lots of posh bling stuff which i'm sure no one here is interested in

So have a 2cv instead

 

beetle

 

dude in shades driving a funky millitary thing

 

another 104 this time with some very posh boats in the background

 

Peugout 203 convertable cruises by

 

G-wagon

 

Renult 5 GT Turbo i havent seen a standard one in so long this gets 2 pics. I'd forgotten what a nice looking car they acctualy are

 

triumph on Cannes high street

 

scruffy 5

[outlaw118]

The topless R4 could be a factory "plein-aire" version.....or just some nutters with a paddy's bicycle.....

[dollywobbler]

Nice pics - just reminded me that we saw a genuine Mk1 Renault Alpine (Gordini to us) on an autoroute in France. Generally, slim pickings for classic spotters though, so you've done well!

[Mat.T]

I havent finished yet, photobucket is ultra slow!

 

back to the normality away from Cannes

 

4 van was being put away in the garage

 

Mercedes Benz Toyota Diesel

 

big arch Suzuki sj

 

another 4

 

panda and niva

 

mazda e2000

 

nice van

 

diesel cx on a mountain road

 

same road very pretty alfa

 

landy in the village i was staying

 

nearby a renualt 16 hiding behind audi 80

 

 

awesome Landcruiser camper at the beach

[michiel]

@ the Renault Goelette (?) army thing, the 203 cabrio and the Alfa Giuli(ett)a spider... che bella!

[Mat.T]

LNA at the beach, 2cv powered one?

 

Niva

 

4 van, rubbish pic because I had climbed a cliff to investigate a ruined church and found it to be part of someones garden and they had big dogs. So I was hanging on to a rock with one hand

 

i think this was a puegout 404 pick up peeping out

 

wasnt expecting to see one of these

 

jeep

 

i think i;ve spotted these 2 before

 

2cv next to the wine shop

 

505

[dollywobbler]

Think the LN is a 652 one - can't say I really know how you spot one but I think the plainer rear is the clue.Amazed your saw an actual CX on the road! Didn't see one in 3000 miles. Unlike Lada Nivas. Saw thousands of the bloomin' things!

[Mat.T]

now St Tropez, so much nicer than Cannes!

 

renault 18 TURBO!!!

 

mini moke

 

golf with 80's body kit and zender wheels

 

renult 4 based?

 

jeep with funny horns

 

mehari

 

100% shite Iveco massif or massif iveco

 

another pretty alfa

[mouseflakes]

nearby a renualt 16 hiding behind audi 80

Ooh-mama!

 

 

 

That Iveco Massif thing looks a laugh! Is it made from heavy gauge plastic - like a gaint Action Man vehicle?

[Split_Pin]

Blimey its nice to see that theres a place with so much good quality shite still avaiailable.I havent seen some of those spots for a very long time, even when on holiday in the Med, like the Mehari and MK1 5's.R4 still my favourite though!

[barrett]

now St Tropez, so much nicer than Cannes!

 

 

 

renult 4 based?

 

Thats a Renault Rodeo, i think that one might be a later one based on a 5 though.

[Mr Lobster]

Yeh, thats an R5 based Rodeo. I really really want either a Rodeo or a Cit Mehari. Don't know why as they're not exactly ideal for Northern England and are surprisingly expensive.Great photos, thanks for sharing. I went to the same area in summer, was very very hot there in June, beer helped keep me cool though

[Gompo]

Fantastic pics, I cant wait to finally go abroad and get some shite spotted.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

 

 

100% shite Iveco massif or massif iveco

 

Based on a 50 year old Land Rover design and made in spain with an italian diesel engine.

Is it the same as a Santana then? Looks spectacularly shitey.

[FredTransit]

Does look like the landy it's derived from, but not enough. Are there copyright issues or sommat?

[Mat.T]

winter time is definatly the best time for shite spotting in the south of france, I have been many times in the summer and not seen half the stuff i saw on this trip. Other spots of worthy mention but no photos, traction avant, 2 DSs, 203 saloon, renault Estafette and a handfull of Pug 504 pick ups. The trip has left me yerning for something french small 60's/70's That Iveco was really odd, seemed plastic and metal, looked like a lwb Defender but much taller/wider/longer I did like the brown steelies!

[Milford Cubicle]

Does look like the landy it's derived from, but not enough. Are there copyright issues or sommat?

Santana built 'Series' Land Rovers under license. I think these modern Santana/Iveco Massif efforts are inspired by LRs rather than straight copies.I like them! They seem like more honest workhorses than the latest Defenders.

[FredTransit]

Well to be fair that's not hard. Who's brilliant idea was it to put an auto in a supposed proper off roader?

[Milford Cubicle]

An automatic in an off roader isn't such a daft idea, you lose a lot of momentum rowing through a manual gearbox.

[FredTransit]

I heard the LR autos burn out if they get too bogged down, not exactly good if you find yourself up to the axles in mud, like my mate did.