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  • Finally Toyota finsih second with their car race number 6 4 laps behind the Porsche
    Audi finish 3rd (14 laps behind the Porsche) and 4th (18 laps behind)

    Despite the fact that this year France organise the European soccer Championship from June 10th to July 10th which monopolise all the press attention the 84th edition of the Le Mans race attracted over 260.000 paying spectators
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    • For the Porsche team it was a divine surprise
      Second victory in a raw and 18th sucess
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      • Some more pics

        Brad Pitt gave the start
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        Ford USA was back this year 50 years after their first victory in 1966
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        They won the GT classification ahead of Ferrari Aston Martin and Porsche 911 RSR

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        • The 8th edition of the Le Mans Classic will be held on the same track in 4 weeks
          July 8th/9th and 10th
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          I am due to attend this exhibition with my 914 GT evocation and will make a complete report

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          • Starting from Michael D question : is this pic representing the Frencg actress Brigitte Bardot in a 550 ?
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            • with my answer to be found in the 550 topic I promise to post some more pics about Brigitte Bardot and her cars
              On the contrary of Brigitte first husband Roger Vadim who was mad about sport cars his 1959 white Lancia spyder B24S being soon replaced by a black or blue Ferrari 250 GT California
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              250 GT replaced soon after by a white one (at the same time Brigitte was out replaced by the Swedish starlett Anette Stroyberg)
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              • Before to became world famous actress Brigitte Bardot for living did a lot of photo shooting
                Many of these pics represent her with cars
                To start with a publicity campaign in 1959 for the French car builder Simca
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                • Sorry please correct my mistake, Brigitte and Simca was not 1959 but earlier say 1954/1955
                  1959 is the year where Renault rent Brigitte to promote their new pseudo sport car Floride
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                  • Some more pics of Brigitte B with cars

                    To start with the popular Citroen 2 CV
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                    and the more aristocratic Citroen DS 19
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                    • a step further high : BB with her Rolls Royce (when she started to be known as an actress
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                      • BB with a Renault 4CV
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                        BB with a Lancia Flaminia
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                        BB with an Autobianchi Eden Roc (good to go to the Saint Tropez beach)
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                        More exotic BB with a MG TF
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                        BB with a Morgan
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                        BB with a mini Austin
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                        • After her divorce from Roger Vadim BB had a large number of boy friends
                          She is seen here with the Singer Sacha Distel in an Austin Healey 100
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                          • Correction not a Renault 4CV but a Renault Dauphine
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                            • In 1968, when BB was already a world wide known actress, she had a love affair with the singer Serge Gainsbourg who write for her the "Harley Davidson" song who had a huge success
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                              www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIPKluHLTATg

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                              • Originally posted by Porschinelle" post=34262
                                Correction not a Renault 4CV but a Renault Dauphine
                                The look on that guys face says it all doesn't it?
                                ~Vance
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