70s Parisienne Chod

[EyesWeldedShut]

I was trying to explain the plot of the BBC 'Clochmerle' series that featured a Pissoir - she didn't think that was a thing - the camera never lies

[HMC]

whats the dark car on the far left?

[EyesWeldedShut]

10 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Citroen chassis - the sole survivor (of not very many, unsurprisingly!) is being restored by Normandy Classics in Granville-sur-Mer.

Yummy - https://www.normandy-classics.com/properties

[lesapandre]

21 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Citroen chassis - the sole survivor (of not very many, unsurprisingly!) is being restored by Normandy Classics in Granville-sur-Mer.

Story:

https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/news-articles/last-citroen-u55-cityrama-parisian-tour-bus-will-finally-be-restored/

[EyesWeldedShut]

I went slumming over to the 12th Arrondissement looking for a place I once visited. Couldn't find it but found Les Flics outside their cop shop in Rue de Bercy.
it's not *changed much.

Whole area reminds me of the Isle of Dogs 1980 > present. Changed days.
There's a tabac in the background of Les Flics that the photographer has also captured.

 

 

[lesapandre]

24 minutes ago, HMC said:

whats the dark car on the far left?

Mid-60's Studebaker Lark?

[andrew e]

30 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

I was trying to explain the plot of the BBC 'Clochmerle' series that featured a Pissoir - she didn't think that was a thing - the camera never lies

Maybe a Bedford TK and random Frenchman will illustrate it better…

[lesapandre]

1 minute ago, andrew e said:

Maybe a Bedford TK and random Frenchman will illustrate it better…

Pissing in public is a French national pastime.

[andrew e]

This looks like the plot of a terrible film…..

[HMC]

@andrew e great- loving the miura!

[EyesWeldedShut]

[djim]

 

Seriously, check out the strides on this cool guy:

 

 

[andrew e]

 

[HMC]

Absolutely loving these! That orange  bizarrini (spelling?) has got to be a top spot, but then i juat as much like seeing a dilapidated 2cv and random american stuff as well, and the Parisian Cafe culture.

These are the sort of period photos where a shot of the eiffel tower hasnt changed a lot, but everything living around it has.

[HMC]

10 hours ago, andrew e said:

 

I guess its probably limited appeal (depending editorial direction?) but all this would be amazing in a large format coffee table book (edited and with captions by @andrew e ) hows your french? 😂

[HMC]

 

[andrew e]

Honda S600 anyone? Any clues to the prewar beast?

[andrew e]

https://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/ye9409.php#null

https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/481.html

[andrew e]

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, andrew e said:

Honda S600 anyone? Any clues to the prewar beast?

It's a circa 1932 Panhard X72  7-passenger limousine missing it's headlights.

[lesapandre]

45 minutes ago, andrew e said:

https://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/ye9409.php#null

https://paris1970.jeantho.eu/carres/481.html

Surprisingly Bentley YE9409 is not on the DVLA database. Possibly permanently exported.

[andrew e]

https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/FRCGMNOV-751045102-LAC/A1458161/v0014.simple.selectedTab=record

A bit of detective work here… First off I think its a Salmson S4-E but someone better versed will be more accurate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmson_S4

https://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/salmson/s4-61/s4-61-berline/1950.html

However I have the location - turns out its always been a bar or restaurant or a club, though its very elegant and sanitised now!

[mk2_craig]

I’m absolutely loving this, it’s the next best thing to 1970 Streetview, there’s 30,000 photos to trawl through!!

Nice to see the odd bit of British tin in some of the images. This one cropped from https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/FRCGMNOV-751045102-LAA/A1455475/v0016.simple.selectedTab=record.hidesidebar

and this (not British) on what looks like Belgian plates? 

https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/FRCGMNOV-751045102-LAA/A1455475/v0043.simple.selectedTab=record.hidesidebar

[HMC]

We’re only 10 days in but this is my thread of the year. Amazing.

[martc]

3 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

and this (not British) on what looks like Belgian plates? 

https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/FRCGMNOV-751045102-LAA/A1455475/v0043.simple.selectedTab=record.hidesidebar

Yup, Belgian plates. 

[martc]

18 hours ago, djim said:

 

Seriously, check out the strides on this cool guy:

 

 

Those started off as velvet maroon loon pants. The black 'detailing' is in fact Castrol GTX liberally and automatically applied by the Triumph.

[martc]

Some Roast Beef chod -

Two here -

[martc]

Bouf

[martc]

[Richard_FM]

It's always interesting to see British chod abroad, while I know Minis were popular in France & I guess ADO16s would also have some appeal, cars like Anglias & other Fords are a little harder to understand.   At least the Anglia had some individual looks hiding the conventional mechanical parts, but paying a 25% premium for something that didn't have much to offer over French produced cars in interesting, especially as non-dealer mechanics wouldn't have liked working on them with their non-metric fittings, not to mention parts supplies!