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PaulGerard.bsky.social

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Anglo-German. Living on Italy/France border. Enviously snapping other people’s old cars Talk to me about movies; basketball; opera. I’m here for a break from talking about politics.

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for that… I had been thinking there was something a bit odd, but couldn’t put my finger on it.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, this is the Aston Martin that comes to mind😱

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 1d

Some Bauhaus loveliness: a Porsche 914 in front of a 1960’s apartment block.

#WeirdcarBS #CarBluesky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 2d

Are there many Imps racing in the States. I’m surprised you can get parts for them.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 4d

They’re spring colors really…. but even in autumn the Renault 8S and Austin-Healey Sprite look fabulous.

Bonus points for the hub caps (or nave plates) on the A-H.

#weirdcarBS #CarBluesky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 5d

Spotted these two lovely Alfa Romeos today. I managed to get a photo of the column gear change on the Sprint.

#weirdcarBS #CarBluesky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 8d

I drove an LN in the 1980’s. It was great on French routes nationales.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 8d

I thought the R25 that came after the R30 was super-stylish. I wonder how many other generation changes were so successful?

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 8d

From the dashboard it seems to be a late model with conventional round instruments instead of the earlier quirky speedometer.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 8d

Very pleasing to see a Méhari being used as a proper workhorse. Though the load seems big enough to test even #Citroën legendary suspension.

#weirdCarBS #CarBlueSky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 9d

Seems a great excuse to post this magazine cover. I don’t know much about cars, but I…..

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 12d

When it was new, a German magazine pointed out the similarity in the front and rear styling to the Renault 15/17.

IMHO it’s clearer if you compare the two-door Passat with the R15.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 12d

Not so many north European tourists bring their classic cars to the Mediterranean by the second half of October, so it was nice to see this Swiss-registered Mercedes 350SL in Italy.

#weirdcarBS #CarBlueSky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry to hear this.

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the new policy it seems illogical that they apply these rules to people who applied two years ago. Surely the new rule should apply to new applicants only.

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 14d

Self-parking 🙄

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 15d

I’m thinking more like Bleak House😢

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 18d

It would have been so much easier if they’d called the character “Sean the Sheep”….

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 20d

Lovely Toyota LiteAce street parked in Perpignan, France. Chrome and whitewalls!!

#weirdcarBS #CarBluesky

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PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 22d

TIL that while the Peugeot 202 has a front-mounted radiator, 1930’s Renaults had the cooling radiator mounted behind the engine, which doesn’t seem very logical.
Apparently they do overheat very quickly.

PaulGerard.bsky.social @paulgerard.bsky.social · 22d

Albert - owner of the Aiguës-Mortes Auto museum - proudly showed us each of his cars in turn, opening the doors, lifting the hoods.

A self-taught mechanic, he did all the restoration work himself. He also claimed to be 90.

Quite a character!

Mainly older cars, but some moderns too.

#weirdcarBS