Last summer, one member of the crew went to the United States of America for a little discovery trip. As the passion for classics is permanently in our hearts, he was delighted to discover that amazing garage. The story is quite funny because while we were coming back from a tour in the outstanding town of Orlando, a little bit …
BEAUTIFUL SLEEPING BEAUTY – BAILLON COLLECTION STORY
We headed up to Paris for the Retromobile exhibition which for the 2015 edition welcomed the incredible Baillon collection that had been sitting in numerous hangars for over 50 years. The story goes that Monsieur Baillon, his first name Roger, kept these cars in a warehouse in Deux Sèvres to open a museum. His dream never came true, when his …
ICKX / MERCKX – BELGIAN PRIDE
What’s there to do on a sunday when the weather isn’t on our side for taking our classics out or to work on them? Go and see the exhibition about Eddy Merckx and Jacky Ickx !!! The two biggest Belgian sports heroes celebrating their 70th birthday this year. To celebrate this, an exhibition as impressive as it is interesting is …
BMW E21 Alpina C1 2.3 – NEAT IMPROVEMENT
It’s the 14th of December 2014, here we are at the Cinquantenaire, the day of the 130 Winter Meet, a beautiful day spent under the Brussels sun, pretty cars from all four corners of the country, a great atmosphere with little wrong apart from the cold winter weather, the general good mood of the public was up to scratch. An …
DATSUN 240Z – AUTUMN IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Everybody knows or has already heard of the Fairly Z, otherwise known as the 240Z here in Europe. This sportscar developed by the manufacturer Datsun in Japan from 1969 to 1973. We’d been wanting to spend an afternoon with this beauty for a little while, we had met John at our event about this time last year, at the cinquantenaire …
TALBOT LAGO RECORD – FRENCH CLASS
It was in 1935 that Talbot-Lago was born, a Franco-British manufacturer revolved around luxury cars. It’s thanks to Anthony Lago that the make was created, with the reputation that Lago made for himself on the track. His cars were right up there with the top names. After the war was not the best period for the automotive industry, even less …
FERRARI 308 GTS – RED PASSION
Why did you choose this model Xavier ? Before all, it’s a Ferrari ! Since I was a little boy I’ve been a huge fan of the Prancing Horse. An Italian car, whatever people may say, really is something special. But why a 308 ? Well, the 308, it’s a classic Ferrari line, straight from the mid 70s, with much …
RALLY DU SABLON 2014
The first edition of the Rallye du Sablon took place on the 20th and 21st of September, 2013. 35 cars turned up at the start at the “Place du Sablon” to take part in a 2 day rally on beautiful roads, through countryside and forests ending up in Paris, Place de la Concorde. Here we are at the second edition …