Following in the kilometres of VWP - Holiday Spots Pg19

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lets start with some spots

 

poor capri

 

 

tidy XR3i

 

 

tidy fest, i'd like a deisel one of these

 

 

 

Beige 5, you know you want it

 

 

slowly starting to twindle out here, unseen on british shores anymore

 

 

phase 1 309, or Talbot Arizona for the purests

 

 

could hear this rumbling from miles away

 

 

name it???

 

 

Early 205 another slowly disappearing

 

 

Phase 1 21 Nevada.. hated our old one, did 1200kms on a tank, but was also similar to driving a tank..

 

 

for you 4x4 fans... Nissan Patrol

 

 

blimey another XR3i

 

 

now i f*****g hate pikeys

 

 

Old Renault Laid up to rest, least its dry

 

 

also ventured over to the l'isle jourdain in the vienne department for the yearly ferrari drive..

 

court afew cars in town and thanks to clive afew at the circuit, but enjoyed the circuit car park more lol

 

a preview of my favourites of the day

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0929.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0928.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0933.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0934.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0937.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0941.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0942.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0972.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0967.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0974.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0975.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Meets%20and%20Events%20%28F%29/2010%2006%20Sport%20et%20Collection/GEDC0976.JPG

 

more pics here

 

and went to see this Chateau around the corner from us the other day, it said that the last owner (a count) died without leaving a heir (the family dated by to the 13th Century) has now been purchased by a Parisian and is now being restored would be nice to nosey around and learn more about its history..

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/Chateau%20de%20Repaire%20-%20Videix/GEDC0747.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/Chateau%20de%20Repaire%20-%20Videix/GEDC0748.JPG

 

spooky church has tombs under it

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/Chateau%20de%20Repaire%20-%20Videix/GEDC0749.JPG

 

more pics here

 

and afew from L'isle Jourdain

 

awesome house with only a tiny roadway surrounded by water, well i liked it

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0893.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0896.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0898.JPG

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0908.JPG

 

i took this one from the abandoned holiday park whilst at the circuit

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0979.JPG

 

bungy

 

http://www.franco-oldtimers.com/gallery/albums/Places/L-Isle-Jourdain/GEDC0894.JPG

 

afew more pics here

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Bleedin' hell

Alot of pics there !

 

"NAME IT" - Dodge / Chrysler Neon

 

And is that Mk2 Fiesta doing a drift ?

 

Thanks for sharing your pics John

[barrett]

name it???

Chrysler Neon (in the UK, may have been sold as a Dodge in France?)

 

The rust on tha Capri is epic!

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And is that Mk2 Fiesta doing a drift ?

no he was reversing and i was trying to get a pic on the sly

 

i thought it may have been a neon... honest

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full of lovelyness

 

 

2 panda's (they seem to be croppin up everywhere what happened to near extinction )

 

 

err yeah

 

 

Tidy Fiorino

 

 

as was this Mercedes-Benz T2

 

 

J7

 

 

BRG Mini

 

 

slowly disappearing but maybe not this one was very tidy (remember Mk3's started in 89 so afew are knockin on 20 years old already)

 

 

nutha Panda

 

 

Early E30

 

 

GME Rascal

 

 

someones first car is this lovely Mk2 Uno in lovely pink.. lucky lucky

 

 

Big Tank 740

 

 

nice big 300SE Merc

 

 

some pics from the Vide-Grenier at Garat

 

 

lots more pics here

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Bonus points on the Capri for having a spiky weed growing through it, and something metallic/wood resting on it.

[michiel]

Belle Aronde & Panhards... yum.

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you know how it is you go out not planning to see any cars and their were loads out ;D

 

spotted these lot out at Cussac

 

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these were parked up in St Junien

 

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random spots in St Junien

 

 

Spotted in Lessac

 

 

Dont see many of these

 

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F-O Resident Mike in the house, well out of it at that time...

 

 

These are in Brissac?

 

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last couple of spots..ta fer lookin ;D

 

[j-j]

Great pics as usual!

 

Obviously I'm feeling the love for the Cits but also the R5, Panhards and the little Simca - triple WANT.

 

XR3 and Fiesta seem to be surprisingly good nick. See quite a lot of 80s Fords well kept in France. Wonder why that is.

 

The blue Renault van J7 is dreaminess. Not to mention the good condition liteace

 

As for the Mercs - wow - I love the 300SE but the Black oldie with the OMG mirror-mounted indicators! Lovely.

 

Feeling the love for the X1/9 too - love the look of those with all the sharp edges (like ma wedges!)

 

Also want the ex-private ambulance CX hi roof .

 

I want to live there....

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Digging the Darmont, and the 24CT:

 

 

If I win the Lottery I will start up a business building 24CT replicas.

[barrett]

Love the M350 and the Panhards, and...well, everything (bar the MGs)

Thanks for chucking these up dude, always good to see a bit of French tat

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another update..

 

LT like mine but newer..

 

 

yummy ascona

 

 

pontiac

 

 

GSA

 

 

unusual pinky metallic golf 1

 

 

Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

 

 

Unknown Import Honda

 

 

globtastic Fiesta, slightly chav edition but was a ghia..

 

 

stickers = BHP

 

 

Tidy 5

 

 

2CV

 

 

finally a stunner of a fuego

 

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Your Pontiac is a Chevy.

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oh yeah a camaro... knew i remembered it somewhere

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Surprise finds...

 

ERF Trucks

 

 

Old and New (well newer) Visa's

 

 

and a Spitfire

 

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and so we move into july, a good month and we are only just into it..

 

first thing we flew over to Roumazieres-Loubert for the Vide Grenier and spotted these whilst there..

 

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then onwards to Brigeuil for the Vide-Grenier there

 

 

Golf/Scirocco Mk1 Steering Wheel and Talbot Clocks

 

 

Found dumped on route

 

 

as we were on our way to a, yes another vide-grenier just outside limoges (those who regular the model posts will see my latest purchases lol)

 

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oops abit leaky this one, quick get a tena pad for it...

 

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Oldie Worldie Pump spotted near the Renault Trucks Factory (i learnt of this place today too) a picture of the tower at the factory

 

 

tower

 

 

all parked in one garden. greedy sods lol

 

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those who know my posts know i love cars but also have a love for ruins and abandoned buildings, imagine one's delight when i saw what looked like a art deco garage empty, and off i went to explore.. site was defo a fair size,

 

 

now this is where it got intresting in my research after, this site belongs to a company called Solic, something i saw said about PCB and electrics, another says about refinerys... this falls into refinerys as was a petrol station/garage

 

 

so as we crossed over the tarmac we are now in another site owned by Total, i was baffled by all the no smoking signs, and now we know why

 

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i like the way this walls been repainted just so they can graffiti it again

 

 

and now a little history, as always i come home to try and discover a little at my little treasures, as i said the 2nd factory as seen here on google earth was owned by total and i found a map of the floorpan...

 

maybe you techy types could throw a little light on it

 

 

which after looking for that on google earth not 2 minutes away i found this hoard of abandonment, well thats next weekend covered then

 

enjoy

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as i said before, today we headed off to see what we thought was afew empty barns but was in fact a huge site by far the biggest ruin i've walked around, long since used, its roads now overgrown paths (the roads are clearly marked on TomTom but apart from afew gates you'd never beleive they were there, the factorys themselves were of epic proportions (would make a great classic car museum) and judging by things i've seen on the net the company is still in business making similar products (from speedhumps to blow up dolls i presume) but no longer in the limouzin, the site was near impossible to get into so overgrown, i'll take a strimmer next time

 

the google link and why not have some pics....

 

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