We had a beautiful day in Paris yesterday, so on the way back from a lunch in the 17th arrondissement, I decided to drive down the Champs Elysées then suddenly I saw this car my mirror... I drove as fast as I could, stopped on the lower part of the avenue and waited for it... Luckily the traffic vanished when I pressed the trigger! Et voila... Again I have no idea what this car is, but I have no doubt that, like a couple of days ago, with the Aston Martin, many of my readers will enlighten us!
I don't know what the car is (except probably old) but I love the photo. The red car and the red chairs, the red awning all against the pale colored buildings really makes a nice scene.
ReplyDeleteI'll be curious to see what the car is if anyone knows.
No idea! What I love is that you were able to align the car with the red behind it! Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteYou caught a Cartier Bresson decisive moment.
ReplyDeleteYou might not believe how awesome this is, but you actually got a picture of an Alfa Romeo 158, the FORMULA 1 car in which Juan Manuel Fangio won the championship in 1951!!!
ReplyDelete(I knew it was an F1 Alfa, thank wikipedia for the details :p)
I can't help you either...all I can say is that I love the red!
ReplyDeleteI love this Eric. I think he was trying to get his car in my Paris Rouge series! LOL
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This is sooooo Paris.
ReplyDeleteSpecial announcement everyone: today is Petrea's birthday, we surely don't want to miss it do we?!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM PARIS PETREA!
Wauu Eric..***.fantastic shot ...and the coulors..sunny,warm and red...amaizing that no other car was in front, while you taking the photo...perfect...
ReplyDeleteMerci....Kara
******Happy Birthday Petrea*******.nice photo for you from Eric!!~
That is so cool! Why are you always in the right place at the right time? LOL
ReplyDeleteI must admit that I just love those old racing cars, they look great!
ReplyDeleteIts an Alfa Romeo. I've owned many of these cars...but none as nice, or rare, as this one.
ReplyDeleteIf its red, it must be an Alpha! Lovely photo.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely, but the photo is lovelier! I would love to ride in this though, it looks like so much fun. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Petrea from Northern Michigan via Paris!
We have to picture Petrea parading in the A. Romeo down the Champs!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you in CA from MIA via CDG.
Happy birthday, Petrea! One of these years we will all get together and celebrate in Paris.
ReplyDeleteBonne Anniversaire Petrea! Remember that she was a co-organizer (with Carrie) of two PDP fan meetings in the Los Angeles area. And PHX joined us once.
ReplyDeletegosh Eric you always show a great picture. It looks like the area is wide open for that car alone. I am not a "car person" but it does look might inviting to put a scarf on aka Audrey Hepburn and hop in for a ride! The blue sky is such a dramatic color. Counting down the days until I come visit again
ReplyDeleteSorry guys, but I reckon that's a replica kit car. I don't think you'd ever see a car as rare as that on public roads it'd be worth millions of euros.
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ReplyDeleteHAVE A LOVELY BIRTHDAY PETREA!
The Mystery Car!
This car intrigued me. It cannot be street legal
Evidently it's been spotted several times driving on the streets of Paris including at night. It has headlights hidden behind the front grille for night driving and appears to have what look like little direction indicators on the front.
It has been reported that the unidentified driver claims that it is not a replica but a genuine 158. My guess is that it is a replica, several details don't look quite right, it would be a pig to drive on the streets and extremely noisy if it were original.
I think most of these are owned by museums or Alfa Romeo (Fangio's) and would be worth huge sums of money.
Genuine or not, a really nice car.
Your timing was impeccable—comme toujours, Eric.
ReplyDeleteBonne anniversaire, Petrea (you'd look great in this car)!
oh!!!!!WOW!!!WOW!!!it's an "alfetta" the 1st world formula 1 car champion by ALFA ROMEO in 1950,naturally built in milan.
ReplyDeleteEric and everyone,
ReplyDeleteYou may know this already, if you happen to be around on the 1st Sunday of every month. just take the metro line 1 to Vincennes in the morning to see a parade of many classic cars, some going back a 100 years even. Really amazing. Here's their Web site:
http://www.vincennesenanciennes.com/
@Anne " I am not a "car person" but it does look might inviting to put a scarf on aka Audrey Hepburn and hop in for a ride! " LOL! I can picture you ;-)
ReplyDelete@Rich Painter (and all the others who think the same) "Sorry guys, but I reckon that's a replica kit car." really?! What you're saying makes sense, but this is really a surprise to me.
Thanks to Drummond, we know that "it's been spotted several times driving on the streets of Paris including at night" - I did not find anything on the web about this though.
If only the driver could read PDP, he could tell us!
One last tiny thing. Don't misunderstand me, I don't want to sound too picky, but the correct spelling of "Happy birthday" in French is "Bon anniversaire" and not "Bonne anniversaire" as anniversaire is masculin (don't ask me why?!) which means Bon only has one "n".
Again, I'm only telling you this because I'm sure you all want to speak - and write! - the best French possible ;-)
Why, it's *my* car, of course! ;)
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