Originally Posted by strelnik

I went on a nine-day vacation to attend the 80th anniversary of the Citroen Traction Avant launch in 1934. Held at Ferte Vidame, on the chateau grounds of one of King Louis XIV's ministers. castle is in the background

Convoy of 400 cars from city of Chartres 60 miles away to the grounds. I was in car # 352.

871 cars showed up, all roadworthy! Dating from 1934-1957.

Some specialty cars too. Huge swap meet, fireworks, dinner for 1000! I had chicken.

The photo of the kids is significant: They pushed for the county school system to create auto shop courses so they could restore the car of a Resistance fighter killed by the Nazis - Jean Moulin, a former state governor (equiv) who was the head of the French Resistance until just before D-Day when he was caught and tortured to death.

Enjoy the photos.

I have three cars like this. One is complete and running, the others are on the project list