Retromobile 2005
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Hi All
The 30th classic car Retromobile Show is on in Paris from 11 to 20 February 2005. It's located in the exhibition halls by the Porte de Versailles exit
of the Peripherique.
If you don't want to drive, Neil Engert Special Tours is again offering a ferry and coach deal from Dover on Friday 11 February for £39.75 if you book now. There is ample parking in the multi-storey by the ferry terminal.
Join him at the County Hotel for a drink at 20:30 or meet in the terminal at 23:15.
Due to the vagaries of P&O's Portsmouth-Le Havre availability and pricing- I'm going on the coach this time.
Neil is a charming old gentleman whose tours to Retromobile I have used in the past. If you're interested in this trip, call and leave a message on
01923 821342. He is also interested in anyone with a 7 seater in coordinating "feeder" arrangements from elsewhere in the country to Dover.
He is also arranging a trip to the Techno Classica Essen show on Thursday 7 April. 5days/4 nights "from" £139.
I have no commercial connection whatever with N.E.S.T. - I am on their mailing list as a previous customer.
Cheers
Ian
The 30th classic car Retromobile Show is on in Paris from 11 to 20 February 2005. It's located in the exhibition halls by the Porte de Versailles exit
of the Peripherique.
If you don't want to drive, Neil Engert Special Tours is again offering a ferry and coach deal from Dover on Friday 11 February for £39.75 if you book now. There is ample parking in the multi-storey by the ferry terminal.
Join him at the County Hotel for a drink at 20:30 or meet in the terminal at 23:15.
Due to the vagaries of P&O's Portsmouth-Le Havre availability and pricing- I'm going on the coach this time.
Neil is a charming old gentleman whose tours to Retromobile I have used in the past. If you're interested in this trip, call and leave a message on
01923 821342. He is also interested in anyone with a 7 seater in coordinating "feeder" arrangements from elsewhere in the country to Dover.
He is also arranging a trip to the Techno Classica Essen show on Thursday 7 April. 5days/4 nights "from" £139.
I have no commercial connection whatever with N.E.S.T. - I am on their mailing list as a previous customer.
Cheers
Ian
Hi All
Due to rationalisation by P&O resulting in cancellation of some of their overnight channel crossings- the Neil Engert Special Tour to Retromobile 2005 in Paris is NOW ON SATURDAY 12 February for £43.75 if you book now. (Late booking available within 2 weeks of the date for £46.75). There is ample parking in the multi-storey by the ferry terminal. Join him at the County Hotel for a drink at 20:30 or meet in the terminal at 23:15.
Cheers
Ian
Due to rationalisation by P&O resulting in cancellation of some of their overnight channel crossings- the Neil Engert Special Tour to Retromobile 2005 in Paris is NOW ON SATURDAY 12 February for £43.75 if you book now. (Late booking available within 2 weeks of the date for £46.75). There is ample parking in the multi-storey by the ferry terminal. Join him at the County Hotel for a drink at 20:30 or meet in the terminal at 23:15.
Cheers
Ian
Now this would have made it even more interesting...
Maybe we'll try it next February.
"On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB
and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red
lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch
was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago."
And here's the link. It's absolutely mad, how he didn't crash/kill
someone/kill himself is incredible.
http://aoctavio.castpost.com/rendezvous20_04.mov (34Mb)
It is great but...
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on Rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser
(later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P, probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
>> Edited by IanA on Tuesday 15th November 22:04
Maybe we'll try it next February.
"On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB
and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red
lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch
was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago."
And here's the link. It's absolutely mad, how he didn't crash/kill
someone/kill himself is incredible.
http://aoctavio.castpost.com/rendezvous20_04.mov (34Mb)
It is great but...
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on Rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser
(later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P, probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
>> Edited by IanA on Tuesday 15th November 22:04
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