Even though we have released other D-Jet matras like this one, we have to admit that this is probably the best one, or at least the one that has the right color. Blue is to France as red is to Italy or silver to Germany (or yellow to Belgium, and so on): these were the… Read More Pure France: 1967 Matra Djet V
We haven’t published many of these cars, but when we do we always have doubts as this car has been (and still is) always called differently, using more or less the same words. René Bonnet Djet, Matra Bonnet Djet, Matra Sports Djet, Matra Sports Jet are the variants with which this model is called: we,… Read More Many names: 1964 Matra Djet 5
It is very rare to see this car in the USA, also because it is quite unusual to see it in Europe. Whoever imported it must have been a great fan of it. The seller says in fact that this Djet was imported in the late sixties and early seventies, so when this car was… Read More Black challenger: 1968 Matra Djet
There are replicas of all kinds, badly made, ridiculous, so-so, done well: this Simca 8 certainly belongs to the last category. It is a Simca Gordini barchetta rebuilt based on the chassis, engine and suspension of a Simca 8 (already quite rare in itself). Now, someone will turn up their nose seeing a Simca 8… Read More Red copy: 1953 Simca Gordini Barchetta replica
Spider not because it’s open, of course, but because the nose of this car always reminded us of the four eyes of the well known arachnid. This is not the first R8 Gordini we have spotted for sale in France where, of course, these cars were built by Renault which gave their engine to Henry Frétet and Amedeo Gordini, the… Read More Spider face: 1970 Renault R8 Gordini
“Type R1134” was the designation given to this particular model, built by Renault and tuned by italian master tuner Amedeo Gordini. The basis was obviously the Renault R8 but the engine, after Gordini’s treatment, reached the remarkable power output of 95 h.p. (SAE spec.): not bad for a 1100 c.c. engine, moreover for a car… Read More Type R1134: 1965 Renault R8 Gordini
