Just an old Ford...........

[elansprint72]

....... well OK, special car, special place; maybe?

Who said the D2 was no good for sports shots?

[stuny]

Pete -

Still one of the most exciting autos ever built. Too bad Ford discontinued the recent road version -- We all have to drop in on Neil for a ride. Your image is technically spot-on, and the angle is perfect.

[neila]

It's lovely how B&W really makes Le Mans and Goodwood, for example, look so 'period'.

I have long wanted to go to the old circuit at Reims (not my picture below) with some of my cars.

Anyone of the regulars here would be most welcome to drop by for a ride in the summer!

[elansprint72]

Neil,
You'll have a bit of a shock if you are expecting it to look like that! The structures have been restored and there was a "Revival" in October.

This link takes you to the "club" but if you go into the French side of the site there are loads of photos from the event, including GT40.

Les amis du circuit de gueux

Might be worth a visit at the end of next year?

[andybarton]

Originally Posted by neila

I have long wanted to go to the old circuit at Reims (not my picture below) with some of my cars.

That's my first car there, right on the track. A Renault 4. Great little car.

[Doc Henry]

Anyone of the regulars here would be most welcome to drop by for a ride in the summer
Neila
Sorry for the pictures,as I said to Andy few weeks ago,I was absent at this time when we have the Reims race.
I just live at Reims!
but you can find some movies about this race here:
YouTube - Circuit Automobile de Gueux 22/09/07

[Doc Henry]

Pete,
Nice shot with the Dlux
Andy
that's the very good car you have
the wellknown Renault R4 or 4L ! and red like Ferr....color !

[neila]

Thanks for that link Pete - very interesting.

I'd be up for a hoon down there in the GT sometime - you take the pics, I'll do the driving!

There's a chateau down that way, Chateau de Fere, that I've stayed in before - I think it's relatively close by... We could swing by and say boo to Doc.

[Doc Henry]

....."There's a chateau down that way, Chateau de Fere, that I've stayed in before - I think it's relatively close by... We could swing by and say boo to Doc".
Neila
You are welcome and you can say boo to me ! with pleasure of course
I live at 30 minutes from the welknown "Chateau en Fère de Tardennois" as you said,with his hotel restaurant and with an excellent "french cuisine" Also nice and quiet place to spend some days inside the forest !
I recommend you an other excellent restaurant "Au Petit Comptoir" at Reims (less expensive and good table too):the cook come from "Boyer" .
Please send me a MP before you come !

[flatfour]

Henri - I had a good friend who lived in Rue Kellerman who took me round the circuit in his Peugeot in the 1950s when it was still a very fast racing circuit. This photograph does it justice because the circuit never had the gravitas of Le Mans but ir was a real racetrack for the brave.

[Doc Henry]

Anthony
You are welcome if you spent some days here
I know the "rue Kellerman". Please send me a MP if you come at Reims
Best regards