Retromobile, a classic car show in Paris

[yo_spc]

I just came back from Paris and the fantastic Retromobile show. This carshow is especially made for collectibles cars and oldies legends.
This year, the best of show is a part of the Nick Mason collection. Some clubs and classic dealers exposed well known models too. A must see.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/250LM.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/33stradale.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/57-Gangloff.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/206S.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/pregunta.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/2000GT.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/breadvan.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/F1GTR.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/GTO.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/MCA.jpg
To be continued!

[TopGearNL]

/\/\ Amazing and rare cars! :shock:

Great capturing pics!

I believe the 250 GTO is of Nick Mason, I have a book in which all his cars are featured and reviewed, Love that book, he's got an awesome collection!

[novass]

Great pics! I have always wanted to go to that show.

[dutchmasterflex]

Awesome show.. any more pics of the 2000GT?

[TT]

Much cooler than your regular motorshow with modern cars :good:

[AlfaGTV]

The 250 GTO and MCLaren are Nick Mason's cars. He has a massive collection of sports and race cars. He's written 2 books about his car collection. (At the limit and Into the red) I have both of them, the 2 books are almost the same, but In to the red comes with a cd with all the car sounds on.
Cars covered in Into the red: Panhard B1, Bugatti T35B, Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, Aston Martin Ulster, ERA B-type, Fraze Nash Le Mans rep, BRM V16 Mk2, Jaguar D-type, Maserati 250F, Maserati T61, Lotus 18, Ferrari 250 GTO, Ferrari 512S, Ferrari 365GTB/4 Daytona comp., Porsche 935 K3, Ferrari 312T3, Ferrari 512BBLM, Lola T297, Tyrell 011, Ferrari F40, Porsche 962.
The book is from 1999, he's bought a MCLaren and Enzo since then. Years ago I had the honour of standing next to Nick Mason and his 250GTO at the Ferrari days in Spa. I got his autograph and gave it to my father for his birthday, he's a big Pink Floyd fan. He's a very friendly guy.

[deuces]

great pics thanks!

[silentm]

Much cooler than your regular motorshow with modern cars :good:

Amen to that! excellent exhibition, i owuld have loved to see those irl :) thx for the photos

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

What a superb motorshow held there; it could be perhaps even more interesting than the popular Paris Motorshow held in autumn once within two years although Ive been in the event through a weekend and actually I enjoyed it

However, what a shame that it doesnt have the rallying cars or the touring car in the exhibition as far as I know; I actually am more interested in rallying history rather than the racetrack one

[yo_spc]

Awesome show.. any more pics of the 2000GT?
I'm editing now some pics, I can post you these ones. :wink:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/2000GT_3.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/2000GT_2.jpg

[TopGearNL]

/\/\ Beautiful car, can see they looked at the E-type very good! :D

[yo_spc]

More pics...
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/300SL.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/400SA.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/3500GT.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Bora.jpg
and Christies' stand... where access were unauthorized. I hate them... for this reason:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/500SF.jpg

[Schwalbe]

Thanks yo_spc for those great vintage cars pictures. :D

It's sad the Christie's Auto Union Typ D was missing from this exposure at the last minute. :(

[yo_spc]

No, no! the Auto Union was there. I'll make a new post this evening. :P

[LEXION]

WWOW! you lucky guy! Great cars, great pics, Many thanks for them mate! :D

[silentm]

do i spot an F40 there? and do you have more pictures of the 300SL Gullwing?

[sameerrao]

Yo_spec ... you made my day! Awesome collection of cars. Fantastic picture quality given the shooting conditions.

Cars like the 300SL, Bugatti 57, Ferrari 250 LM and other old beauties have character and design features that modern cars lack sorely. A real treat to the eyes.

Also to a racing fan like me, it is so cool to see a 250 GTO, SWB, SLR and think that many years ago a great like Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Stirling Moss, Fangio had piloted these wonderful machines. I was in tears when I saw my first GTO.

[sentra_dude]

Awesome cars, my favorites are the 2000GT & the GTO! The breadvan is really cool as well, I've actually seen that one in person. :D Awesome pictures, you made the best of what I'm sure were difficult lighting conditions. 8)

[TopGearNL]

OMG the new pics are great!

Love that show, got to be there next time!

Thanks for the pics!

[yo_spc]

that's nice, there's a lot of classic car lovers here. :D
I've got a lot of things to show you, I keep them coming.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/57_Atalante.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/275GTBC.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Alfa_P3.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/F40.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Grifo.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/autounion.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/SWB.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/DB3S.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/XKSS.jpg
and that's not finished yet! :wink:

[TopGearNL]

OMG there all beautiful!

Love the F40, it looks like new! :shock:

The Auto Union, what a car!

What car is the light blue one?

[sameerrao]

I am almost tempted to go back to my old 2005 threads on the Concorso Italiano, Pebble, Monterey Historics to post some of the other cars that I saw that day but didnt post at that time. :)

[yo_spc]

What car is the light blue one?
the first light blue car is an Iso grifo and the second one is an Aston Martin DB3S.

[Schwalbe]

No, no! the Auto Union was there. I'll make a new post this evening. :P

Cool !!! Thanks for the picture ! :D

[TopGearNL]

What car is the light blue one?
the first light blue car is an Iso grifo and the second one is an Aston Martin DB3S.

Yeah I meant the first one but nevermind..

Nice car! I think Ive seen it in The Italian Job, I think its the car the Mob drove or is that a fiat?

[Mers]

XKSS!!!! WOW

But i'm a sucker for ferrari 250's...any ones...the LM is beautiful, the SWB too

[yo_spc]

I think Ive seen it in The Italian Job, I think its the car the Mob drove or is that a fiat?
If you are interested in Iso and the Grifo, I think you can read this very detailed article :
:arrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_Grifo
On the base of the Grifo, Iso had set up with Bizarrini a race version: the Grifo A3C. This model will become some years later the well known Bizzarini 5300 GT Strada. :)

[yo_spc]

some new pics! :wink:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/250Monza.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/917.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/300SL_cab1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/TypeD_1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/250TDF.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/512S_1.jpg

[TopGearNL]

WOW!

OMG at the Porsche and Ferrari :shock: :D !

[sameerrao]

Where is the DeLorean time machine when you need one? Go back in time and visit the show - freaking awesome cars. Keep the pics coming.

[Schwalbe]

I love the beautiful 917 long-tail. :love:

[yo_spc]

A little bit more:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/962C.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Ferrari-F1-F2003.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Peugeot905.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Ferrari_365GTB4.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/BMW30CSL.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/Ferrari-250GT-Lusso.jpg
and the second 512 S of the show! :shock:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/512S_2.jpg

[TopGearNL]

I think Ive seen it in The Italian Job, I think its the car the Mob drove or is that a fiat?
If you are interested in Iso and the Grifo, I think you can read this very detailed article :
:arrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_Grifo
On the base of the Grifo, Iso had set up with Bizarrini a race version: the Grifo A3C. This model will become some years later the well known Bizzarini 5300 GT Strada. :)

Thanks very much mate! :D

[TopGearNL]

Nice update once again!

Wow the Peugeot 908 and BMW CSL are great! :D

And a 2nd 512 S !! :shock:

[Mers]

250 Lusso :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Alain.]

Alfa 33 Stradale!! The most beautiful car ever made. Thanks for the pics!

[MC12]

Holy SH*T YO! :shock: :shock: :shock:

I saw an advert for this event in Classic & Sportscar and it looked crap in there but damn.. there was SO much more than i though possible :shock: .

To mention a few

The Iso Grifo is just awesome full stop. The Auto Union D-Type is Spectacular and it's meant to sell off for like 10 million is it not :?: :twisted:

Don't even get me started on the Pregunta from the autodrome, im sure it's a one off :D . The breadvan was from the event TT went to right or is it a different one?8) . I cannot stop drooling over that 250gto and the blue monte carlo looks the part :D . I could go on forever describing more and more :mrgreen:

Thanks so much for the pics, this has made my day :P :wink:

[TopGearNL]

Im definately going next show!

What about you Dani? :mrgreen:

[yo_spc]

Is it as overcrowded as the Paris Salon-Auto?? :?
Hmmm, for me, all carshows are always overcrowed! :x
In Paris, I never go on this type of show on the week end, that's clear because it's really awful. So, I 've taken one day holiday and I decided to go on a monday because I was thinking it would be clearer.
Two problems :
- it wasn't so clear, there were quite a lot of people...less than in "The Mondial of Paris" for sure but the location for Retromobile is very smaller. So less people in less space, you've got almost the same concentration of persons.
- the second problem was that the Christies auction was finished... and public wasn't allowed anymore to enter the stand. My brother had gone before the auction and he has said me it was impossible to take any pics because more than one hundred visitors were on the stand. :?
I have edited all my pics this week end, I'll make a special page on my web site soon. :)

[yo_spc]

Some pics...
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/35_Ligier-JS1.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/39_Mercedes-300-SL.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/48_Lamborghini-Miura-P400S.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/44_Bugatti-T57-Ventoux.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/41_Bizzarini-5300-GT-Strada.jpg

A big update, what must have be seen in the 2007 Retromobile edition is here:
:arrow: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p112/yo_spc/logo_retromobile_177.jpg (http://yo.spc.free.fr/2007_02_retromobile.htm)

[TopGearNL]

/\/\ Nice update!

Love that MB Gullwing and the Miura!

What car is the Dark Blue one? :shock:

Thanks for the ''what must be seen'' :D !

[yo_spc]

If you are interested in Iso and the Grifo, I think you can read this very detailed article :
:arrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iso_Grifo
On the base of the Grifo, Iso had set up with Bizarrini a race version: the Grifo A3C. This model will become some years later the well known Bizzarini 5300 GT Strada. :)
Remember this. :wink:
The blue one is Bizzarini 5300 GT Strada. :D

[TopGearNL]

^^ Ahh, thanks for that, great looking cars! :D