Is anyone from the board from southern France? I am going to be in dept 40 for the month of july and would like to know if there are any cool yards there. Thanks
ive been to europe before....most parking lots looked like junk to me. lots of scooters not much vintage tin. good luck finding one. i'd be interested to see photos. what classic cars did france make? the citroen? the le car?
Most junkyards were cleaned out of their pre-war cars in the 1970 and 1980s. You certainly won,t find any Delahaye , Hotchkiss or Voisin anymore. Maybe an old Renault , Citroen, Peugeot, Simca or Panhard.
If you're looking for a nice 80's european wreck for tuning you gonna be so happy !! Pre GM Opel's are my favorites ... All the oldest junks (nothing really hot .. ) are in old farm barn, watch by nice dogs (mostly est-german sheep keeper) and friendly shotgun equiped white trash inbred farmer.. Don't worry, food and wine is great where you're going .. enjoy your trip
Depanoto deals in pre-1961 parts for french cars. I've heard they are just west of Paris. http://www.depanoto.fr/english/voitures_par_marque.htm
I was stationed in Germany in the 60's and all the military junk yards had mostly American cars and trucks. I drove Plymouths, Dodges, tons of Fords and Chevys both cars and trucks plus all the GI cars that were shipped over. They probably buried them like they did in Texas! I drove a 1935 Frence built Ford 35 passenger bus that was powered by a Flathead V8, around the depot where I was stationed.
I will find something over there. If not a friend of my wifes family knows of a john deere junkyard I will check out. I guess there are alot of 30s and 40s tractors there.
If you are in the area of Peregieux, SW part of the country, look up the local M-Benz and Alfa dealer, Andre Pillette, a father and son operation. They had a huge super auto salvage yard many years ago when I was in the area...US Army (before DeGaulle threw us and NATO out). Last time I was there was 1978. May, or may not be there still, it's worth a try.
I think he may be looking for those brackets that hold surrender flags...I think they still have them on all their cars.
Never could understand why the french, who are world renound for being "sexy" people, have never been able to build a sexy car. I mean, jeeeeez.... for all the fancy advertising with Grace Jones, I cant really tell if it's a car she's trying to sell, or a toaster..... Tho I'm thinking it really is a toaster, cuz that's what it looks like, a toaster on wheels, and she does eat it at the end of the commercial. And since we are on the subject... Why did they put 140 mph / 220 kph speedos in Citroens? I mean, it's like a hampster with a 9 inch pecker... It might look impressive, but it'll never get used.
While I am always willing to pick on those surrender monkies you do realize this board is a direct result of some hot rod inspiration in France many years ago!?
If nothing else, Citroen's are a good source of neat alternators, a Paris Rone unit like this still puts out the same power as one twice the size; Full sized Citroen's have lots of intresting hydrualic parts, thanks to the intergrated syspension/steering/braking system. Renault 25 turbo gearboxes are worth picking up, five gears and plenty strong enough to take even fairly wild V8's. I kind of think Tman has a point, I still figure the low slung running boardless look which is 'Hot Rod' owes it's birth to things like the 30's Traction Avant
Is this "Sexy" enough for you??? No it's not HAMB friendly,but talk about Hot Rodding! <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fEDwfk8EYR0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fEDwfk8EYR0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Wee Wee man , Little shopping car is a bit to fast for the missus. Makes a bit to much noise as well.
Un "minivan" avec le motor de F-1? Sexi? Non... Drole? Oui! Corvette @ 25 mph = sexy! Laborghini parked in front of a vegas casino = sexy! Ferrari sitting at a red light = sexy!!! A 900 h.p. minivan @ 500 mph = redneck!!!!! Like something Uncle Jessie would drive in a race against Boss Hogg.
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