That's a custom street rod that uses a '65 Pontiac 2+2 body shell and interior components but not much else. LS7 power, custom frame and suspension, wheels, brakes, etc. It's a beautiful custom but it's not a Pontiac. Really doesn't belong on here.
That brief flash of time when the Dauphine was big enough to warrant a custom sign like that.
I get a sense something is going on in the leftmost lane, car behind the apparent Ford panel van (which is behind the Dodge) appears to maybe have rear-ended it, and the Dodge maybe was hit too. I notice traffic is going around it, and people in the Chevy are looking.
In Paris there are a couple of interesting ones - especially some of the taxis
Bottom left is a black & red Simca taxi - and this would inevitably have been the economy model if bought as a taxi - which would be the Ariane.
The Ariane was a base model Simca Versailles - a development of the French Ford Vedette model - but instead of the former Vedette engine - a Ford V8 - it had the 1300 engine of the SImca Aronde..
They weren't all taxis though - that blue car in the bottom left corner is another in normal colours so it may be an actual Versailles or an Ariane and there was even an Ariane 8 which was the equivalent of say a Vauxhall Cresta
There is also an ancient taxi just next to the coach. Renault and Citroen both made old models for the taxi trade before the war and kept on selling them well into the 50s - in much the same way that the pre war Austins in Britain evolved into the old familiar London Taxi in the same period, I suppose.
That lane discipline is only an illusion - there was probably a cacophony of horns as an accompaniment
First time I was in Paris we tried to cross a side road near the exit from a roundabout off the Place de Concorde just as the lights changed and about seven lanes of traffic raced each other to funnel into the bottleneck of the street we were in...
I've found this picture of a Citroen 7UA but they also had an 11UA which was a six window version though I can't find a picture of it. the pictured car might be an 11UA
They were rear wheel drive based on light commercial chassis but used the engines similar to the Traction Avante (fwd) models
Production ended in 1939 but they were apparently common until the end of the fifties and also had a diesel engine option from 1937
Amazingly the engine for that old girl was therefore the same one as that used in the first series of Citroen DS which was powered by the Traction Avant unit...
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Interesting that there's only a single Dauphine in that Paris photo. The Dauphine may have been the most popular French car ever sold in the USA.
Aren’t there two? Cream one middle left, white with black top middle bottom?
I remain unconvinced that the "Paris" photo is real. Not only do the vehicles look like Dinkys or other miniature models, but look at the number of identical models painted in exactly the same color scheme.
That's the Pininfarina Battista, a $2 million hypercar with 1800 electric horses, based upon a Rimac, who seem to have jumped into bed with many of the Euroland supercar manufacturers.
In the B&W photo, the newest cars I see are a Gen 1 Mustang poking its' nose out halfway up on the left and to the right of the soldier, a mid 60's Chrysler.
That's the Pininfarina Battista, a $2 million hypercar with 1800 electric horses, based upon a Rimac, who seem to have jumped into bed with many of the Euroland supercar manufacturers.
Not sure naming it after the deposed Cuban dictator was the best idea though.
It was named after Pininfarina Design's founder, Giovanni Battista Farina. "Pinin" was a nickname and Giovanni Battista is Is Italian for "John the Baptist". Fulgencio Batista, the ex-Cuban dictator spelled his name with three Ts. You probably knew that and were just joking
Back to something we know is real, this mid-60s photo from an unnamed location (someone said it might be Houston) has a lot to see. Expands some.
Not sure why a soldier in combat fatigues and a helmet is in the middle of that traffic snarl. Maybe it gets so bad in Houston they have to call out the Guard(?)
To the right of the Fiat 600 is a Hillman Minx. Behind the Fiat gives me a 58 GM product vibe. Something obscure to the right of the GMC truck in the front row, too.
With so many imports, has to be California, right?
re: Paris pic, I think it's real, I am unaware of any scale models of the era with such accurate sliding roofs.
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If I’m being honest, I thought they already had discontinued it.
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Car on the left of the first row next to sign is the Dauphine's predecessor the Renault 4CV
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I get a sense something is going on in the leftmost lane, car behind the apparent Ford panel van (which is behind the Dodge) appears to maybe have rear-ended it, and the Dodge maybe was hit too. I notice traffic is going around it, and people in the Chevy are looking.
To the left in the Dauphine lot what is that car above the rear of the Renault 750?
I thought a DeSoto but can't make it out
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Looks like good traffic discipline considering no painted lanes!
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Bottom left is a black & red Simca taxi - and this would inevitably have been the economy model if bought as a taxi - which would be the Ariane.
The Ariane was a base model Simca Versailles - a development of the French Ford Vedette model - but instead of the former Vedette engine - a Ford V8 - it had the 1300 engine of the SImca Aronde..
They weren't all taxis though - that blue car in the bottom left corner is another in normal colours so it may be an actual Versailles or an Ariane and there was even an Ariane 8 which was the equivalent of say a Vauxhall Cresta
There is also an ancient taxi just next to the coach.
Renault and Citroen both made old models for the taxi trade before the war and kept on selling them well into the 50s - in much the same way that the pre war Austins in Britain evolved into the old familiar London Taxi in the same period, I suppose.
That lane discipline is only an illusion - there was probably a cacophony of horns as an accompaniment
First time I was in Paris we tried to cross a side road near the exit from a roundabout off the Place de Concorde just as the lights changed and about seven lanes of traffic raced each other to funnel into the bottleneck of the street we were in...
You rarely see an un-dented car in Paris
They were rear wheel drive based on light commercial chassis but used the engines similar to the Traction Avante (fwd) models
Production ended in 1939 but they were apparently common until the end of the fifties and also had a diesel engine option from 1937
Details supplied from Citroenet.org.uk
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Aren’t there two? Cream one middle left, white with black top middle bottom?
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Not sure naming it after the deposed Cuban dictator was the best idea though.
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and Giovanni Battista is Is Italian for "John the Baptist". Fulgencio Batista, the ex-Cuban dictator spelled his name with three Ts. You probably knew that and were just joking
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i'll call the little Fiat 500/600 but what's that to its right?
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Jeep (or Willys) woody wagon next to it.
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With so many imports, has to be California, right?
re: Paris pic, I think it's real, I am unaware of any scale models of the era with such accurate sliding roofs.
To the right of the pick up is a bathtub style Rambler
To the left of the Fiat the wagon on the edge is one of those circa 51 Chevrolet or Pontiac wagons