News from France

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Next day was open
The ones leaving around stayed at the hotel to enjoy the swimming pool, my friend Franck and myself awake early to drive back home with some fresh air
Everything was going smooth until the clutch cable broke at the entrance of Rodez a small city in the center of France
Impossible to find a garage open a Sunday and I had no choice than to call my insurance company to send me a lorry


















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To day my car is back in my garage and repair ready for new adventures

Now some comments :

Since the first edition in 2011, 550 replicas have always been in number as in France replicas owners are not welcome in official Porsche meetings and this meeting give them an occasion to meet and to compare their cars
According to R

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According to Renaud it exist around 50 off 550 replicas in France, which is not bad taking into consideration that according to the French law it is impossible to obtain a VIN plate for a replica
There is two way to by pass this interdiction :
Register your car in a foreign country (Italy, England, USA) with less contraignant laws than France but you need to have an adress in the foreign country

The other way is to buy on the black market a VW buggy VIN stating your car is a modified VW 2 seats no roof
This will work as long as you did not have an accident

Anyway despite all the above difficulties 550 replicas are more and more research
At least 3 off the 550 replicas present had their cockpit plated with aluminbium thin plates to hide plastic as per example

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Another consideration is that less and less real 356 owners take their cars out in such meeting
In 2012 and 2013 some very nice 356 including the oldest 356 PRE A known in France were their

and as the 356 carrera speedster of Vincent Tourneur specially equipped to be driven with the hands only

This year except 3 or 4 replica speedster their was no 356
Most of the 50 cars present were 911 outlaws

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Some more pics

My 914 star of a profe"ssionnal photograph site



The official poster


pale blue 911 Targa



911 at Magnus sauce




Even a bright new 911 GT3 was part of the game

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another video just issued on the net

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQuHvLhmuXQ

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Exactly 2 years ago I attended a Porsche and old VW meeting organised by the French Porsche 912 Club in the Montalivet les Bains sea resort on the Atlantic Ocean coast, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 912

The weather was nice and sunny

and we had all opportunities to enjoy bathing, surf and paddle un the waves

As I did not had the chance to owe a 911 or even a 912, I came with my Brasiian Puma, thincking she was a good link in between VW's and Porsches

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All the attendants were very pleased with their week-end and the organisers were sollicited to renew the experience
The Porsche 912 Club members decided to renew the experience every 2 years
Last week-end, September 16th/17th ythis meeting was organised for the second time
Due to the success of the first meeting, nearly 180 cars send their reservation
Unfortunately the warm and nice weather expected turn into a cold rainy and windy week end and finally only 115 courageous took the chance to show their cars in the rain

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We Porsche guys had the chance to have their cars parked on the tarmac so we only had to face rain
The VW guys were less lucky having to display their cars in a large sandy field right along the sea who had problem to absorb the heavy rain

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The bad weather did not prevent several 356 to be part of the feast

A nice C outlaw presented by the Machine Revival team, a group of young French mecanists of the Lyon area, specialized up to now in the 911 type G backdating





Not a true A but an US JPS Replica just bought in Holland by a French VW journalist

Slate grey harmony

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A nice BT 6 Outlaw who made all the way from Le Mans to Montalivet on a trolley towed by a VW T2 Bus




Amongst the curiosity a nicely restaured T1 VW bus powered by a real 356 engine

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We had an heavy rain from Friday night until Saturday 2PM but luckily the rain stop and we had some sun glances
Rain or not surfers are always happy providing there is big waves

[Pat]

Love your Puma--tell us more about her,