Voitures Anciennes

[RobertArthur]

LIz, nice! And welcome back again. When walking to a rather remote camping site somewhere in the UK, a long time ago, a very friendly farmer stopped in exactly the twin brother or sister of your car and asked us: where are you two going? And offered us a ride. Twenty minutes later we were checking in......

[Liz]

Nice!

[RobertArthur]

I still miss my Rover, here enjoying summer holidays, only summer tyres, not down south as Cliff Richard's bus, but in Norway. A little bit cooler, even in July, mId seventies. Probably warmer now.

[RobertArthur]

The Volkwagen Group about the making of the"German People's Car' from 1934 to 1937. The start, a NSU prototype of the Porsche Type 32.

And then, in the late forties finally on the streets in Germany. More glamour around 1970, the introduction of the Super Beetle.

[curtis]

Is that 6 cyl, your Rover?

[RobertArthur]

@ Curtis, no, a second/third/fourth hand 2000TC, four-cylinder. I would have pereferred the 3500 with the V8 engine. Or another example of British engineering. The P5 came with a 3-litre version of Rover's six-cylinder and also with a 3.5 litre V8 model from Buick Motor Division. Both far above my budget in the mid-seventies.

[ajm]

I had an MGBGT with the 3.5 V8 engine in 1976

[RobertArthur]

The V8 – the MG with effortless performance: buying and maintenance.

[ajm]

A problem with mine was a cracked manifold. The garage were having problems removing it so asked me if it was OK to take the engine out. A few days later they said they couldn't get the engine out so rang MG who said that if you want to take the engine out you have to remove the manifolds first.. They got a young lad with very thin flexible ams who managed to undo the manifold bolts. Problem solved.

[RobertArthur]

The old Reault 4CV (1946) compared with 'the' Renault 4. Because of its yellowish colour when introduced to the public, not black, the nickname was Motte de Beurre (cube of butter). Why yellow paint? When the Germans left Paris in August 1944 there were still large amounts of yellow paint available. Not: paint it black, but paint it desert yellow, the (armoured) vehicles of the Afrika Korps. A striking appearance thus among all those dreary almost pre-war cars. There is a sunny, bright new future, please have a closer look at this affordable car that will bring motoring to the masses. One of the highlights of this 1946 car expo event in Paris. Looking back to the first prototype around 1941, with inspiration from outre Rhin, the KdF Vokswagen. Designed in Paris and les Parisiennes fell in love with this cute small car.

View from the inside and a rear-engine design.