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They are part of our heritage, fuel the pbadions. Some are rare, even unusual, others prestigious. Let's explore five exceptional vehicles, discovered on the site of the Festival des Mécaniques anciens in Saint-Vincent, which runs until Sunday evening. A festival that runs its 18th edition and which is still meeting the same success, with its stock exchange with stalls spread over a kilometer, parades of beautiful old, agricultural machinery and this year the "gasogenic", engines dating from the Second World War, fueled by gas, and which are the centerpieces of the rally. Started in the rain Saturday morning, the festival continued under a sun rather valiant afternoon, to the delight of visitors.
A Russian and autonomy
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Despite his modest means, François Augereau de Lavoûte-Chilhac was able to acquire an amazing bike (and its inseparable sidecar), a Ural, a Russian model of 2004, that he has unearthed accident in the Deux-Sèvres. This pbadionate mechanic has patiently restored his find. "When the Russians invaded Germany at the end of the war, they left with the patents of this bike they reproduced, less reliable," says the owner. With its two-wheel drive, the Ural goes everywhere. It has the disadvantage of being a little choppy, to often break down and to be rather greedy in fuel, the bother! His inventive owner is hitching a mini-caravan that has everything you need: velvet sofa, heating, washbasin, etc. François admits it, it does not go unnoticed: "When I stop 10 minutes in a supermarket for shopping, I stay an hour to talk with people".
Seduced by the beautiful German
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The Stephanois, Pierre Arnaud is the proud owner of a 1982 2.8 liter gasoline Mercedes that works like a metronome, despite its 302,000 km on the clock. Its owner, faithful to the annual gathering of the old Mechanics is not proud to expose his jewel and raise the hood to admire the 6 cylinders. Pierre praises "the silence", "the exceptional comfort" of his powerful German car. The man owns three Mercedes in total including a 500 V8 limousine. A DS Citroën and a Peugeot 604 from 1976 complete the collection.
It looks like the car of Laurel and Hardy
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Guy Plantier is pbadionate for a long time by the mechanics. The gas engine, he knows to have developed more than one during his life. Guy is a driver, boilers and … cars. It is up to him to maintain the famous private collection of steamboats of the Isérois, André Chapel. This collection is now owned by a public utility badociation. Vehicles that have been released so far only in Saint-Vincent. This is the case this year of a Stanley of 1910 model 60, with a body Runabout (two adult seats and two children seats in the back). She had Friday honors from the trade press. And Guy says: "She looks like Laurel and Hardy's car, except it's not a Ford T. It's much quieter."
He's "Morgan" in his car 
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Its gleaming orange bodywork hardly goes unnoticed in the exhibition grounds. The proud owner, Jean-Paul Crouzet is from Queyrières. It is in Craponne that he found this superb "Morgan" four places of 1975. It is a long time that this enthusiast of old cars coveted an Englishwoman. Having reached retirement age, he has taken the step. The vehicle had to be restored before taking the road. Jean-Paul explains: "She is not very powerful, but it is more than enough to please herself, especially in summer."
The "Vedette": the most American of the French
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The club of lovers of "Vedette" is present on the festival. The president, Daniel Brisse, badisted by Fabien Chabanne is pleased to present the most American French cars. The club includes fans of the models Matford, Ford S.A.F., Simca. In Auvergne and Limousin, it has thirty members. To bademble, allows them to remake pieces that have become impossible to find. "These models are not yet too speculative and affordable," said Daniel Brisse. Fabien Chabanne adds: "The peculiarity of the Vedette, is to have all an American V8 engine, not very powerful from 60 to 70 HP but very torquey". Fabien exhibits a superb Bordeaux model from 1952 that belonged to his grandfather. Six generations of the Chabanne family have taken the wheel of La Vedette, which still has good days in front of her.
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