Month June 2013

Purchasing classics there
mont ST Michel

Nice Normandy

Normandy. Think of an English landscape and the Dutch climate. A perfect combination. The result is that there is little tourism. Also fine. And for us classic enthusiasts, the distance is easily manageable in two leisurely travel days. Tourist highlights include Mont St. Michel and the local drink, calvados. That beautiful product can often be obtained from the distiller. In its pure form it is 65%. Please take that into account. 40% is safer. Mont St. Michel is legendary
FN SIDECAR, WWII

A lost Belgian

WWII was what people today call a 'Major Event'. The logistical activities of the Germans at that time were and still are highly impressive. We see this particularly well in the British Channel Islands, the only British soil in…

Borzoi

Marcadier is dead

And you don't know who Monsieur Marcadier was? André Marcadier was one of the small French sports car builders. He became somewhat of a local celebrity with his Borzois. In the early 80s he also made Lotus 7 and Ford GT40 replicas. Between 1963 and 1983 he made about 600 cars