Mikeinlagardette's photos with the keyword: digital

Similar treatment to the previous photo, this is a "Windsor" pattern gas light made by William Sugg & Co, London. This one has been converted to electricity, but the iconic design was once common throughout the UK until the latter part of the 20th century. Canon Ixus 960is. Photofinished in Silver Efex Pro

Citroën bought the Maserati company in 1968, hoping to use Maserati's experience of high performance engines, to produce a sports version of the Citroën DS. Two years later the Citroën SM was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, and went on sale in France near the end of 1970. Despite it's modern styling and innovative features, and a top speed of 220km/h (140mph), it was not a commercial success, perhaps because the comparatively large engine (for Europe) options of 2.7 or 3.0l V6, meant that they were heavily taxed in France.(They were also extremely complex, and so quickly became very expensive to maintain !!) Maserati later used the same basic engine design in the Merak and Bi-Turbo, and Citroën used much of the technology in the more successful CX model. Production ended in 1975, when Peugeot SA took over the now bankrupt Citroën. 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.

Citroën were not the only large volume French car maker to develop new models and production techniques during the 1930's - Renault, often considered to have rather conservative designs, in fact made great strides - compare this car to this one, built only ten or twelve years before: Built for less than two years, when the outbreak of WW2 brought an end to production, there were two engine options, a 1.9 or 2.5L, both 4 cylinder sidevalve's. 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.

1935 Talbot T120 4 door Saloon, probably a 3.5L OHV straight six engine. Talbot- Darraq was formed by the merger of two very early Anglo-French car makers, and they had factories in both Suresnes, near Paris, and London. They took over the ailing Sunbeam Motors of Wolverhampton, England, in 1920, forming Sunbeam-Talbot-Darraq. The Darraq name was gradually dropped, and Sunbeam Talbot was eventually taken over by the Rootes Group of Coventry in 1935. Fond memories, because for a brief time in the early 1960's, I owned a 1936 3½ litre Talbot BG110, one of the last two ever built. It was assembled at the Rootes factory in Coventry, and fitted with a James Young aluminium drop-head coupe body, identical to that fitted to the 4¼ Litre MX Series Bentley. Those were the Days !! 2.1 mPX Canon Digital Ixus, photofinished in Gimp.