Retromoteur Ciney
26 mei 2012
Ciney (Waals: Cînè) is een stad en gemeente in de provincie
Namen in België. De stad telt ruim 15.000 inwoners.
Ciney ligt op een hoogte van 286 meter.
Oeps...
Ciney geniet vooral bekendheid door het gelijknamige bier,
dat er voor het eerst gebrouwen werd.
Nu gebeurt dat in de brouwerij van Alken-Maes.
(Bron: Wikipedia)
VICTRACE RETRO MEDIA Guestreporter
was er bij en maakte een volgend Fotoverslag...
AFDELING RENAULT:
Renault CV4 "perfect" / "Barnfind"
R8 / R10 1968
Renault 8 Gordini ^
Borgward Isabella /Renault Floride
R17 / R16
Parts...
Een Renault Goelette (1953) aan onderdelen en nog veel meer...
Body: Messerschmidt 8000 Euri !
BERKELEY T60 1961
History
The company produced novel sportscar designs by Lawrence "Lawrie" Bond
in the Berkeley Coachworks factory owned by Charles Panter, which at the
time was one of the largest manufacturers of caravans in Europe .
It was an ideal project for Berkeley, who had developed considerable skills in
the use of Glass-reinforced plastic), and were looking for something to fill
the gaps in the very seasonal caravan market.
What Panter and Bond wanted to achieve was "something good enough
to win World 750cc races... but cheap, safe, easily repairable and pretty."
Bond's design capitalised on Berkeley's GRP experience, and consisted of
three large mouldings (floor or 'punt', nose, tail) with no conventional chassis.
Production began with 3 prototypes, which were seen being tested with
enthusiasm around the neighborhood of Biggleswade in the late summer of
Berkeley en masse at the 1956 London Motor Show - one year ahead of the
Lotus Elite which was also to be of fibreglass monocoque construction.
Unfortunately the caravan market collapsed towards the end of 1960,
and Berkeley's slumping sales forced the company into liquidation on 12
December 1960, taking its car manufacturing activities with it.
After having produced about 4100 cars of various types, the workforce was laid
off shortly before Christmas that year. An attempted sale of the company to
Sharp's Commercials Ltd (manufacturer of the Bond Minicar) came
to nothing, and the last cars were sold in 1961.
The factory was later used by Kayser Bondor Ltd to make women's underwear,
but it has now been demolished and the site turned over to housing.
A road named 'Berkeley Close' in the housing estate provides
the only obvious link to the car factory.
Today there is an active owner's club (the Berkeley Enthusiasts' Club),
which provides a range of parts and services aimed at preserving
the remaining few hundred cars known to survive worldwide.
(Bron:Wikipedia)
DKWF12 Roadster 1963-1966
Fiat 500 Nuova / Fiat 1100
OPEL REKORD P2 '60-'62 / 1957
Zie ik daar een Opel Manta GT/E...
Chevrolet Nova Stationwagon
Peugeot 202 1946
Peugeot 403 varianten
Ford Escorts "works-rallye cars" GB
Ford Anglia GB
Ford Taunus 127 M DLD 1957-1960
Ford Comete Monte Carlo 1952-1954 (F) :
The Ford Comète (later known as the Simca Comète) is a car that was built between 1951 and 1954 in France by Ford SAF. Intended as the luxury model in the range, the Comète's bodywork was built by FACEL, who later produced the better-known Facel Vega luxury cars under their own name. The original engine was a 2.2 L V8 produced by Ford SAF of French design, also used in the Ford Vedette, with a Pont-à-Mousson 4-speed manual transmission fitted.
Panhard Dyna Junior 1951-1956
Vanguard Standard 50-tiger jaren
Riley 2,5 ltr Rmc Roadster 1948-1950
MG MG B "Pretty in Pink"
Opening Garage Jan Jacob Opening in 1952
door mij vaderzaliger aan de
bergerstraat te Ambij inmiddels verhuisd naar
Guestreporter: Jan Miltenburg.
26 mei 2012
Ciney (Waals: Cînè) is een stad en gemeente in de provincie
Namen in België. De stad telt ruim 15.000 inwoners.
Ciney ligt op een hoogte van 286 meter.
Oeps...
Ciney geniet vooral bekendheid door het gelijknamige bier,
dat er voor het eerst gebrouwen werd.
Nu gebeurt dat in de brouwerij van Alken-Maes.
(Bron: Wikipedia)
was er bij en maakte een volgend Fotoverslag...
AFDELING RENAULT:
Renault CV4 "perfect" / "Barnfind"
R8 / R10 1968
Renault 8 Gordini ^
Borgward Isabella /Renault Floride
R17 / R16
Parts...
Een Renault Goelette (1953) aan onderdelen en nog veel meer...
Body: Messerschmidt 8000 Euri !
BERKELEY T60 1961
History
The company produced novel sportscar designs by Lawrence "Lawrie" Bond
in the Berkeley Coachworks factory owned by Charles Panter, which at the
time was one of the largest manufacturers of caravans in Europe .
It was an ideal project for Berkeley, who had developed considerable skills in
the use of Glass-reinforced plastic), and were looking for something to fill
the gaps in the very seasonal caravan market.
What Panter and Bond wanted to achieve was "something good enough
to win World 750cc races... but cheap, safe, easily repairable and pretty."
Bond's design capitalised on Berkeley's GRP experience, and consisted of
three large mouldings (floor or 'punt', nose, tail) with no conventional chassis.
Production began with 3 prototypes, which were seen being tested with
enthusiasm around the neighborhood of Biggleswade in the late summer of
1956.
Stirling Moss drove one at Goodwood in September, and the public saw the new Berkeley en masse at the 1956 London Motor Show - one year ahead of the
Lotus Elite which was also to be of fibreglass monocoque construction.
Unfortunately the caravan market collapsed towards the end of 1960,
and Berkeley's slumping sales forced the company into liquidation on 12
December 1960, taking its car manufacturing activities with it.
After having produced about 4100 cars of various types, the workforce was laid
off shortly before Christmas that year. An attempted sale of the company to
Sharp's Commercials Ltd (manufacturer of the Bond Minicar) came
to nothing, and the last cars were sold in 1961.
The factory was later used by Kayser Bondor Ltd to make women's underwear,
but it has now been demolished and the site turned over to housing.
A road named 'Berkeley Close' in the housing estate provides
the only obvious link to the car factory.
Today there is an active owner's club (the Berkeley Enthusiasts' Club),
which provides a range of parts and services aimed at preserving
the remaining few hundred cars known to survive worldwide.
(Bron:Wikipedia)
Fiat 500 Nuova / Fiat 1100
OPEL REKORD P2 '60-'62 / 1957
Zie ik daar een Opel Manta GT/E...
Chevrolet Nova Stationwagon
Peugeot 202 1946
Monsieur Roelofski Haze-Armee et
son copain Monsieur Pierre-Henri Copijn
participants au Rallye Bilthoven Classic 2010
avec son Peugeot 202 1946.
Peugeot 403 varianten
Ford Escorts "works-rallye cars" GB
Ford Anglia GB
Ford Taunus 127 M DLD 1957-1960
Ford Comete Monte Carlo 1952-1954 (F) :
The Ford Comète (later known as the Simca Comète) is a car that was built between 1951 and 1954 in France by Ford SAF. Intended as the luxury model in the range, the Comète's bodywork was built by FACEL, who later produced the better-known Facel Vega luxury cars under their own name. The original engine was a 2.2 L V8 produced by Ford SAF of French design, also used in the Ford Vedette, with a Pont-à-Mousson 4-speed manual transmission fitted.
Panhard Dyna Junior 1951-1956
Vanguard Standard 50-tiger jaren
Riley 2,5 ltr Rmc Roadster 1948-1950
Riley Kestrel 1300 / Mercedes Unimog
MG MG B "Pretty in Pink"
MG MG B "workshop"
DAF 55 Coupe
Chevrolet paneltruck
door mij vaderzaliger aan de
bergerstraat te Ambij inmiddels verhuisd naar
Garage Jan Jacob Maastricht
Foto- & Tekst bewerking:
Monsieur Georges Robert Spauwen
