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French fancies

  • 23-01-2014 9:05pm
    #1
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭


    I'd like 1 R4 Gordini and 1 505 Dangel please :rolleyes:


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  • #2
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    oh, and 1 Rancho for dessert


  • #3
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    That 505 dangel is way cool! Or sick as they say.


  • #4
    w124man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭✭w124man


    I didnt have a 505 dangle but I did have a 505 turbo diesel estate which was full of character and soul. Went for ages and ages but wasnt quick in any sense but gave you the feeling that it would go for ever.


  • #5
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    w124man wrote: »
    I didnt have a 505 dangle but I did have a 505 turbo diesel estate which was full of character and soul. Went for ages and ages but wasnt quick in any sense but gave you the feeling that it would go for ever.


    I had one of them as well, back in 1998, fabulous car, way bigger than the S124 I had up till then. One of a handful of cars I seriously regret selling, ended up as a Bush Taxi in the Ivory Coast.


  • #6
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    Them , and the Citroen estates, 7 seaters before the 'people carrier' came alone ( have to mention Volvos as well ).

    Read a book, My Mercedes is Not for Sale, http://www.amazon.com/Mercedes-Not-Sale-Ouagadougou-Auto-Misadventure/dp/0767928695 about those people who'd drive stuff to Africa, sell it and fly home. Still a bit of it going on :cool: http://www.city-data.com/forum/africa/541661-europeans-driving-cars-sell-africa.html


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  • #7
    Red Kev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,793 ✭✭✭Red Kev


    I lived in West Africa for 8 years, I drove down through the Sahara about 35 times in total, including time when I lived there and when I just did it for a holiday. It used to be a good laugh, an "adventure", and yes you could sell cars at a decent profit but that's all over now. Still worth a road trip and a good way of getting some expenses back. More exciting than flying down anyway.

    I got to know a few lads (mostly German) who used to drive to the Middle East, Afghanistan and Nepal in the 70's and 80's, but that's finished as well as a trip.

    tried to go to Afghanistan about 4 years ago but parts of it were too unstable, though I understand it's possible to sell a car relatively hassle free in some of the Central Asian republics.


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Matra-Simca Bagheera for me, thanks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matra_Bagheera

    There used to one of those in Galway in the late 70's, in yellow.

    And 2x of those Ranchos. Wtf are they now, that's the question........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    pryantcc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭pryantcc


    Check out these guys:
    https://www.facebook.com/vhcoppola
    friends of a friend driving two Alpine A110 cars at the moment in the Montecarlo Historique. Very French, and quite fancy! :)


  • #10
    11wingnut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 471 ✭✭11wingnut


    yard feb 014.jpg

    yard feb 015.jpg
    two of my frenchfancies cars 197016ts and 1961 Floride with 10k orignal miles ,wheels removed becaus one of my 1964 merc 190's (the one used for the John Creedon roadshow on rte) and a g wagon went missing. Gards wont take report because i am a man . They take reports from my wife.


  • #11
    Capri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Capri


    11wingnut wrote: »
    yard feb 014.jpg

    yard feb 015.jpg
    two of my frenchfancies cars 197016ts and 1961 Floride with 10k orignal miles ,wheels removed becaus one of my 1964 merc 190's (the one used for the John Creedon roadshow on rte) and a g wagon went missing. Gards wont take report because i am a man . They take reports from my wife.

    But would a 16 and Floride wheels be interchangable, take them all off and store in a secure remote location I say :mad:


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