16e Traversée de Paris Hivernale 2016

A Simca Ariane finishes the Traversée de Paris by returning to the Chateau at Vincennes.

A Penny Farthing finishing the Traversée

The Traversée de Paris again brightened up one of our winter Sundays today, the 10th January 2016.

We nearly missed it after missing the alarm and getting held up in a traffic jam, but luckily caught up in the end.

After initially going to Montmartre and seeing the tail end of the 700 vehicles taking part we headed to the finish at the Chateau of Vincennes.

One of the charms of the Traversée is the huge variety of vehicles that take part.  There is everything from bicycles to Solex to motor bikes to cars, tractors and trucks.

Organised by Vincennes en Anciennes, this annual event gets classic car owners out of their bed early one Sunday in January and in to their vehicles that normally spend their winter in the warmth of the garage.

As well as the 700 official participants many of the spectators come in their interesting cars and vehicles as well.

The start was at 7.30am from the Esplanade at the Chateau of Vincennes.  Then they traversed Paris via Place de la Bastille, Le Sacre Coeur, Montmartre, Place de la Concorde and Les Invalides.

For the 2016 edition, women were the theme.


Below are a few pictures that show the variety and quality of the vehicles in this year's Traversée.

Shame about the weather!

Track going 1973 Porsche 911 3.2 in Vincennes

Citroen Maserati SM in Montmartre

Solex in Montmartre

Citroen 2CV outside the Sacré Coeur.

Austin Healey 3000 in Montmartre.

Old sign in Montmartre.  Poulbots are the local street urchins.

Being a wine fan, I couldn't resist a quick detour to see the Montmartre vineyards.  This is a tour bike going by.

An immaculate Morgan outside the Chateau de Vincennes. 

1923 Ford Model T.

Renault 4L.

Deutz Tractor

Renault 4CV

Motor Tricycle

Harley-Davidson detail.

The cyclists dressed up nicely and pedalled all the way.  Well done!

Rover

Facel Vega  III

Opel GT and Citroen DS in front of the Chateau de Vincennes.

Citroen Ami

Renault Dauphine by the Chateau

Citroen 2CV

Volkswagen Hippy Van

Mustn't forget the Alfas!   A GTV6 and a Spider.

Nice green Triumph Spitfire and Porsche 911

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