2023-06-23 12:10:58
They will live their passion. Between 250 and 300 crews will cross Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) this Sunday, June 25. At a senator’s train, the procession, made up of vehicles from before 1985, will leave the But car park to reach the Place des Épars by taking the outer boulevards, before heading to the Leclerc center car park, in Barjouville. James Lefièvre, president of the Vintage Cars Club of Beauce (VAB), is looking forward to it. The organizer of the event, which each year brings together thousands of nostalgic onlookers, will be driving his Citroën C4 from the 1920s.
“The rise in fuel prices has almost no impact for collectors, assures this passionate bearded man. There is not really a crisis regarding the market for old cars and their use. We just want to go out with our cars and other machines, quietly, and live our passion. “Right now, he agrees, we only hear that: pollution, restrictions, insulation… It’s true, but car collectors still have a small window in front of them. Look, the race Le Mans Classic will break records again this year…”
“Like the lord who renovates his thermal sieve”
On Sunday, this real rolling exhibition, a great annual parade that takes you back in time, will cover 12 kilometres. “We don’t have time to pollute, assures James Lefièvre And, casually, it is thanks to us that this rolling heritage continues to live, despite autophobia and galloping inflation. “Some crews will come from afar to recreate the famous plugs as they did back in the day. Recently, the former teacher, driver in the historic Tour de Corse, carried out the technical inspection on one of his Traction from 1953. “Old vehicles are not subject to the anti-pollution test. I wanted to do it anyway, out of curiosity. It polluted little. I was in the current standards. »
Always smiling, the one who touches his ball mechanically, recalls that “these cars are works that we make roll. It’s like the castellan who renovates a castle, whereas it’s a thermal sieve”. A symbol of encounters, travel and communion, the automobile has not finished making people dream. Thanks in particular to the Old Pistons of Nogent-le-Roi, the public will be able to admire on Sunday around twenty post-war tractors, which have contributed to the agricultural development of the region, such as the single-cylinder Company tractor from Vierzon.
Also on the road were pre-war cars, such as this Torpedo, a convertible car, “the square bodies”, as James called them. In the procession, the military vehicles of the Old Pistons of Gallardon will also be present, like these Jeeps and Dodges, without forgetting the old motorized two-wheelers, motorcycles, Mob’ and Solex and even bicycles! And we also expect the crowd of popular cars before 1985, from the Porsche to the 2 CV.
7th crossing of Chartres (Eure-et-Loir). See you this Sunday, June 25 at 9 a.m., But parking lot, Carrefour commercial area. Departure at 10 a.m. Stop at Place des Epars and arrival at the parking lot of the Leclerc center in Barjouville.
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