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Patrick Wheeler Travels to Paris Retromobile Expo Porte de Versailles Car Show



Patrick Wheeler Travels to Paris Retromobile Expo Porte de Versailles Car Show Photos and Stories.

Patrick Wheeler shares his experiences on his Travels to the 2015 Paris Retromobile

Paris. The first show of the season devoted to classic cars and a major international event. The fortieth anniversary. 2015-02-04 - 2015-02-08, Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre, Paris, France

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Patrick Wheeler Travels to Paris Retromobile



Patrick Wheeler shares his experiences on his Travels to the 2015 Paris Retromobile Car Show


...a few pictures for you (a lotta car content, some Paris, proceed at your own inclination ...)

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Following the snowplow/salt truck over the Ardennes ... on a very early morning with a fullish moon ... early start means you get into Paris before the traffic gets too bad, maybe if the snow had not fallen quite so heavily ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Once in the city, well, am here for a special reason, a 'lads' event of the highest order ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

All the rubber that can be trucked in ... to the Paris Retromobile (Classic car show to you and I) ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Damn! Had my eye on a 'new-to-me' Bugatti, so many are already sold, one is red is still available, but a Bugatti, well, it has to be blue ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Lady-photog getting the upskirt shots

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I like the pilot's view today for some reason, ok by me, I'll sit here a bit ... a bit 'tatty' might be used to describe, but I prefer 'pre-worn' ...

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Boys just being ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Ever notice, when the French wish to tell the world what NOT to do, they use English ...

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My traveling partner's old nemesis, once upon a time in California, we had a '68 Alpine, awful car, awfully cute, on a classic british car run she decided to go head to head with a Kaiser Psych doctor with his little green Elan ... we had no chance, with the sound of a sewing machine the doc and his elan left us at Pigeon Point lighthouse and was seemingly in Santa Cruz before we got out of the parking lot ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Boys with cameras, but why a Fuchs rim in a Bugatti 'junk heap' display?

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Too big to park in the city ... but such a sweet ride, check the curlicue in the bumper ..

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Oh my yes, all?, please?? ... even the one in not-blue, I'll take it ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Dino mania ... seeing lots and lots of Ferrari Dinos for some reason ... and a lot in yellow ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Yum yum yellow, after the sharks favorite colour on wetsuits ... or so we used to say in aeons past when I wore a wet suit now and again ... "...a number of shark species tend to be attracted to any high-contrast color, such as yellow, orange, or red, as these are easier for the shark to see, especially in murky water or up against a bright surface." Lesson here, not to take your Dino swimming in shark infested waters



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Paris Retromobile 2015

Chew on that glasses stem mister! Not a Dino, nice yellow bathtub instead ... no sharks ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Citroen DS getting a lotta love, finally! (good burgundy colour, reminds me of a former car it might be better forgetting ...)

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Faded glory yum yum yellow dino?

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Ok ... lotta pre-war love going on, and many marques hve never heard of before, you ever hear of a 'Tracta'?? me either ... but our buddy wiki has

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Love the old yellow tinted bulbs, and yes, this is one heck of a front differential on this front wheel drive pioneer ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

I think they are buying, she likes it!

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Is an interesting and eclectic mix of real old, interesting tidbits, a few real race machines like this very last Porsche 906 ever produced, ooch ... race ready, race proofed ... ready for the classics at Le Mans or any other track to be 'driven in anger' again ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

And many other are ... not. Cream puffery abounds ... as the two models enjoying the front seat of the gullwing can attest ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

A Skoda? The manufacturs have brought out a few nice tidbits and I like the spare and stripped down racer offered by Skoda many years ago, not a marque a California boy grew up knowing anything about

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Is that intentional?, the P becoming an F and the white oval now reads 'SUFER'? must be an old car fan ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

After 'dinner' from Gerard Mulot, a walk in the arts district between the seine and saint germain ... Paris Atmospherics Bureau never fails to delight ... just leaning against the rail, not even locked up, it would fit in the back of the german rolling refrigerator ... stop those bad thoughts ... what are the u2 lyrics 'every time she passes by wild thoughts escape' ?? ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Artsy partsy ... but something about the whimsy of the horse/donkey tangled in a ladder trying to reach the apple ...

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Heh, somehow apropos of the day and old car dashboards, and a counterpoint ... maybe this is why we like fiddling with old cars as well as ... stop that thought too...!

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Atmospherics again, nice dyane ... just parked ... Paris Atmospherics Bureau again, you really gonna to believe it is 'just parked' in this neighborhood?

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Paris Retromobile 2015

Well, yes actually ... a last 'pilots view', old car, old dog, old street, a quick chat with the owner as he pops out of a close by shop ... and so, to home and there to bed ..






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