125 ème Commémoration du Paris-Rouen en 1894

1910 4.1 litre Panhard-Levassor 18CV Type XI Double Phaéton leaving for the second leg to Rouen after lunch in Evreux.

Normally this weekend I spend 24 hours at Le Mans but feeling a bit jaded and with the WEC field not very interesting, I decided to spend the weekend around Rouen instead  It was the weekend of the 125th anniversary of the World's first ever motor sport competition, the Paris - Rouen organised by Le Petit Journal in 1894.   It was also the weekend of L'Armada in Rouen with the tall ships and many other boats on the Seine    These two events met up in Rouen   Thus on Saturday I saw the pre-1918 cars pass through Evreux and then on Sunday saw the Armada sail past at La Mailleraye-sur -Seine.   The old car event was organised by the Club desTeuf-Teuf which specialises in veteran cars.

One of the tall ship passes by the crowd at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine. It was built in Poland in 1987 and is call the Mir which means Peace in Russian.

Lots of sign language as some English participants converse with some interested French enthusiasts.

Always lots of interesting detail on these veteran cars. 

Veteran Renault.

An old Alcyon heads off to lead the others towards Rouen

It is not just the cars who are the stars!

Cadillac.

The Dutch barque Atlantis making its passage down the Seine.  It was originally built in 1905.

Delaunay-Belleville.

Ford

Berliet

You have to spend time admiring these cars to see all the detail!

Renault

Thalassa, a ship from the Netherlands built in 1980.

Clemont-Bayard.

Brasier.

1913 Gregoire..

Renault detail from an AX.

Europa under sail.  It is from the Netherlands, is a barque and was built in 1911.

Vinot et Deguingand.

Chenard-Walcker.

...and more amazing detail, and that bear again!

Delage.

Clement

The 1922 French schooner, Belle Poule.

Zèbre and Zèbre mascot.

Renault Frères.

1912 Renault

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Evoking the era

A traditional picnic basket on the back of the car.

USCGS Eagle, another Barque.  It was originally built in Germany in 1936.

Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019 - Plateau B - Cyclecars

1921 GN-Salmson, GP de Boulogne

Cyclecars were the stars of Plateau B at the 2019 Vintage Revival Montlhéry, whether originals or recreations.   An intriguing mix of light small capacity sports and racing cars from the twenties and thirties.  Difficult not to full in love with so many of them!

1922 Sénéchal SS

The 1921 GN-Salmson reminded us of the time these cars took the first three places in the 1921 GP de Boulogne powered by 1,100c V2 engines.  Salmson produced the car under licence from the British Company GN (Godfrey & Nash).

The Jappic was a JAP engined cyclecar designed by H.M.Walters.  The beautiful body was orginally made in Wimbledon by Jarvis & Co.  The car held the 350cc record at Brooklands at over 70mph.  It later had a 500cc engine.  A lovely recreation.

Robert Sénéchal was a French WW1 fighter pilot, racing driver and industrialist.  He produced cars from 1921 until he sold the company to Chenard et Walcker in 1925.  The Sénéchal marque remained until 1929.   Sénéchal won the 1922 GP de UMF and the Bol d'Or in 1924 and 1926 in his own cars.

1925 Jappic Brooklands 500cc racing car recreation

1922 Sénéchal SS on the Montlhéry banking.

SIMA-Violet was a French manufacturer of cyclecars in the twenties.  It was a torpedo type two seater powered by a two stroke 2 cylinder 500cc motor.

1924 SIMA-Violet Sport 500cc

1922 Salmson following a Darmont Three Wheeler.

1924 Alcyon RR 500cc cyclecar

1929 Schasche 500cc cyclecar

1934 Darmont V Junior

1924 Senechal TS2 Sport

1937 Georges Irat MDU roadster

1923 Darmont STR Sport

1937 Darmont Etoile de France

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1914 GN Cyclecar in the wet paddock.

Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019 - Plateau A - BNCs and others

Unusual 1934 BNC 527 Sirejol on the banking.

Plateau A of the Vintage Revival Montlhéry contained many BNCs as well as other marques such as Salmson, Amilcar and GN.  BNC is not a marque known well outside of vintage car aficionados in France.  It was normally known by its acronym but in full was called Bollack, Netter et Cie after its founders.   Established in 1923 in Paris it lasted until 1931, although afterwards André Sirejol continued producing BNC cars for a number of years.    BNC produced mainly light racing cars competing in events mainly in France and Belgium.  Victories included the 1925 GP de Picardie with the Russian Boris Ivanowski, and the 1927 Bol'Or with the infamous Violette Morris.  Class wins were achieved in the great 24 Hour races at Le Mans in 1928 and at Spa Francorchamps in 1930.

The BNC 527 model was the best known.  The ones called Monza had Ruby engines.

1929 BNC 527 racing car

1927 Amilcar CGSS dwarfed by the banking.

A wet paddock for the BNC brigade.

1928 BNC 527 Monza.

1922 GN OHC 1500cc

1928 Amilcar CGSS

1929 BNC with Saint Hubert bodywok.

1921 Salmson GS

Salmson in the paddock.

1929 BNC 527 Monza

1927 Salmson GS 8

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1929 Chenard et Walcker Tank Y8