News from France

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Not only new Cobra's but also new Ford GT 40

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On a broker stand one off the 55 Porsche RSR 3.0 built in 1974




This car delivered new in France has raced

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Le Mans Classic 1974

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The Scottish broker famous for his pretty hostesses in kilt




had as usual several exceptional cars
BRM formula 1 ex-Moss and Bentley le Mans



Ferrari's



Lister Jaguar


Bugatti and Rolls Royce

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For the truth I have to say that Fiskens are also this company who "proudly" displayed in 2016 the blue Abarth Carrera fake that was discussed recently in the Abarth Carrera topic


and in 2015 they also offered for sale a spyder 550 A whose origin were not too clear

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The tendancy was that the very high prices did not sale and the one sold were often at the bottom of the estimated price









Idem for this

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Next day Thursday February 8th Bonhams had their sale under the Grand Palais exactly opposite to the RM Sothebys was but on the right nbank of the Seine river

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A 1973 911 2.7 NRS light sold for 536.400 a bit desapointing for a car who was offered last year at around 1 Million


and 2 356 Carrera


and a 1959 1600 GS cab

were both a no sale

The 904 was exceptionnal with only 4 owners since new
I will post more about it on the 904 topic

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The 27th edition of the historical Tour Auto has started this morning from the Grand Palais in the center of Paris

this race attract more and more competitors
As the number of entries is limited to 250 it is more and more difficult to be accepted
This year pilots from 23 countries including China and Argentina will compete

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14 Porsches (356 speedster, Pre A, B and C and 911 2.0 2.7 RS, 3.0 RSR etc) are competing in the regularity race and 12 (356 and 911 as before, plus a 904 and 914/6) in the competition race
26 Porsche out of the 250 competitors ie 10 %
Amongst the 356

The 1953 PRE A of Xavier Douchez just back from the 2017 Carrera Panamericana

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Some of the 911




The 904 of Jean Marc Bussolini and his wife already seen last year in the competition race

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A general view of the Grand Palais during the technical verifications






The star of this 27edition will be undoubtly this Matra 650

A tribute car just prepared in the Matra Romorantin factory to compete in this race but still using the fabulous Matra V12 cylinders developped for the Matra formula 1 race car
The original Matra 650 won the 1970 and 1971 Tour Auto

and 3 times (1971/72 and 73) the Le Mans 24 hours

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATW-pAFFdXc

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