French Barn - no classics, but ....

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Wed 31 Jan 2007 16:32
French Barn - no classics, but .... - Dulwich Estate
They do appear from time to time - I'll keep looking.

www.charente-immobilier.com/rm/listings/l0539.html
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 17:28
French Barn - no classics, but .... - mike hannon
I never pass an open barn door without peering in - only ancient tractors and Citroen Amis to report so far though. One day there'll be an Hispano-Suiza or a D8 Delage by Henri Chapron...
Incidentally, there's an absolutely first-class small family-run restaurant at St Meme Les Carrieres and the village is often on the route of the old-car rally touristique that forms part of the weekend of motor racing at nearby Angouleme.
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 17:41
French Barn - no classics, but .... - PhilW
"the old-car rally touristique that forms part of the weekend of motor racing at nearby Angouleme"

Mike,
When is that? We stayed near Angouleme last year on summer hols and will probably call there again this year. We had a fantastic (and cheap!!) lunch there and visited the excellent "Cartoon museum"
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Phil
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 18:41
French Barn - no classics, but .... - Westpig
what are the cars are in the picture?

my guess from L to R is....

mini?... don't know......... Peugeot 604......... some kind of Renault........Merc 200
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 19:22
French Barn - no classics, but .... - Clanger
I never pass an open barn door without peering in -
only ancient tractors and Citroen Amis to report so far though.


The Ami was the most civilised of the 2CV genre.

Hawkeye
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ex Ami 8 owner
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 19:42
French Barn - no classics, but .... - Xileno {P}
Renault 8.
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Wed 31 Jan 2007 20:52
French Barn - no classics, but .... - Brian Tryzers
I think the white one in the left foreground is a first-generation Renault 5, but this is based purely on the flattish roof and the position of the radio aerial.

Incidentally, white Renault 5s were the reason I stopped using a magnetic GB plate on trips to France - whenever I looked in the mirror, the plate seemed to have attracted one to within a gnat's crotchet of the bumper.
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