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Rust in Peace Les Francaises | Drive-by Snapshots by Sebastian Motsch (2010)

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Rust in Peace | Les Françaises

A field with fading beauties from various countries in southern France. So far, vehicles from Germany, Italy and the UK have been featured here on Drive-by Snapshots. But this little series of posts couldn’t be complete without the French, or could it? Non monsieur! Pas du tout! OK then, we’ll start this post with the […]

La Bretagne est magnifique.

Discovering the Bretagne region in France is always a stunning experience: the wild coast, the important landmarks, unique rock formations and then so[...]

Renault Alpine A110 à Andelot-Blancheville

On our way to a wedding in France we opted to take the more scenic Routes Nationales. Driving two days instead of one and taking pictures of interesti[...]

Mini Mk1 | A Mini with a mini-me trailer

When you least think of it, something out of the ordinary happens. One day in March 2010 we went across the Rhine River to do some shopping in France.[...]

Transports Rougier

A late afternoon in September 2009. The low sun provided a special light to the French landscape and the sky was filled with heavy clouds. We were dri[...]

Modern’ Garage Chalus

September 2009. Late afternoon, somewhere in rural France. Running low on fuel, we were looking for a service station to fill up the trusty Mercedes. [...]

Renault 11 Turbo | Replica of a rallye legend

Renault 11 Turbo | Replica of a rallye legend Driving through central France. Cloudy skies with the odd rain shower now and then. An uninspiring town [...]

Volkswagen T2b | This is not an abandoned vehicle

This was one of those ‘by chance’ finds. While trying to find a good vantage point to take a few pictures of Biarritz, I turned into one o[...]

Lost places | Biarritz, Château d’Ilbarritz

Biarritz, France. A beautiful sunny and warm day in spring. I was driving around randomly, looking for interesting things to take pictures of. Finding[...]

Mercedes-Benz C123 | A Comet coupled to a Coupé

Mercedes-Benz C123 | A Comet coupled to a Coupé Surfing makes hungry and supplies don’t last forever. Coming back from shopping groceries at th[...]

Ford Transit Mk1 | Forwards ever – backwards never!

There are a number of songs with that or very similar titles that instantly came to my mind while sorting pictures from a 2009 trip to the French Atla[...]

Renault R5 A5 Turbo | Up the hip!

Finding this little gem in Hossegor was a treat. The silver of the Renault 5 A5 Turbo matched the orange in the background perfectly. Looking at the p[...]

Volkswagen T3 Syncro | The perfect travel companion

The perfect travel companion? Should be able to go anywhere while carrying all the things you might need there. Oh… and providing ample sleeping[...]

Lost Places | Station Service abandonné in St. Priest-de-Gimel

Driving past this abandoned service station in 2007 sparked a memory. A long time ago, when I was a young boy, we used to take the same route between [...]

Lost places | Station du Haut-Limousin

In 2009 we found an abandoned service station, somewhere in the Haut-Limousin region of France. I quite like the old fashioned architectural approach [...]

Toyota Tercel 4WD | Pick-up Conversion

… we couldn’t go surfing due to a massive beach break. We drove down the coast instead, heading to Biarritz for a Café au Lait. Walking o[...]

Toyota LandCruiser 80 | Leader of the pack

Some people drive a Citroën 2CV for fun. Some people want to have more fun with their 2CV and take them on a trip to the Sahara desert in Morocco. A [...]

Citroën 2CV | Deux Deuches Custom

Deux Deuches Custom: A pair of Citroën 2CV at the beach in Cap de l’Homy – modified beautifully in the typical and tasteful French custom[...]

Citroën Dyane | The ugly sister of the 2CV

Worldwide the Citroën 2CV unites many enthusiasts. There are plenty of clubs and interest groups. They even organize huge meetings each year, one of [...]

Burton Roadster | Yes, it’s based on a 2CV!

At first glance this might be a vintage something-or-another. And even at the second and third glance most people will still be fooled. If you look cl[...]

Dinosaur scares Willem Lambretta

Whoa! Watch out! There’s a dino on the roundabout! My girlfriend tried to scare me while pointing out the obvious. Oh well I thought and pretend[...]

Borgward B611 | Long extinct – but not forgotten

Borgward produced quite a few technically interesting vehicles in the 1950’s but was forced into bankruptcy in 1961. The Borgward B 611 I found [...]

Toyota Hiace Siyaya Taxi | Rainbow nation transportation

Taxis in South Africa. They may not always adhere to the street code of conduct and find make their own way around traffic jams. They may not always y[...]

Jeep Wrangler | Playtime at Kallie’s Quarry

Kallies Quarry. A four wheel drive playground that features very steep tracks in some places, with deep ruts and a pond that requires wading through. [...]

Ford Cortina Bakkie 4×4

Frequent readers might remember the Ford Cortina Bakkie based tow truck featured here at Drive-by Snapshots earlier this year. There is more variety t[...]

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