Mikeinlagardette's photos with the keyword: vintagecars

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.

At the same car show, the radiator badge was Maxwell, not Chrysler. This was the first model built by Chrysler, and was very advanced for it's time, having four wheel hydraulic brakes, a Ricardo designed cylinder head, and the comparatively high compression ratio of 5:1, gave it a top speed of 70mph. I think that this is the only example of these cars in Europe, and I imagine they are rare even in the US. Olympus AF10, f2.8/35mm Olymus lens. Polypan F in Thornton's Two bath, 5+5 mins @21C. Scanned@2400dpi on Epson V500

Seen a t a classic car show a couple of years ago, this Renault tourer still has the radiator mounted behind the engine, giving the classic smooth front, so I suppose it's from before 1928. I could not find out anything about this car, but I think it is an 18HP model. Olympus AF10, f2.8/35mm Olymus lens. Polypan F in Thornton's Two bath, 5+5 mins @21C. Scanned@2400dpi on Epson V500