Renault with underfloor engine in a mill.Later they were badged Saviem
michel:
Renault with underfloor engine in a mill.Later they were badged Saviem
At least the one in the foreground seems brand new!
Froggy55:
michel:
Renault with underfloor engine in a mill.Later they were badged Saviem
At least the one in the foreground seems brand new!
It never fails to amaze me that drivers accepted driving with one tiny rear-view mirror! I wonder how many accidents were the result…
Dipster:
Froggy55:
michel:
Renault with underfloor engine in a mill.Later they were badged Saviem
At least the one in the foreground seems brand new!
It never fails to amaze me that drivers accepted driving with one tiny rear-view mirror! I wonder how many accidents were the result…
Traffic was light, and speeds were much lower for commercials than today. Even so, little mirrors were still pretty useless; not least because they wobbled about, especially the ones mounted on the wings!
Only in France … Preamble to Le Tour in Royan 1966 . Photo credit . florend .
Typically French, indeed!
Eddie Heaton:
Only in France … Preamble to Le Tour in Royan 1966 . Photo credit . florend .
Several of the spectators are wearing…? Hats?
Like a white forage cap/bonnet de police, with a yellow ?thing? on top.
Some sort of advertising? Team favour?
Yes indeed. At that time, the advertisers’ teams just trew them from their vans to the crowd on the roadside. Caps, T-shirts, etc…
Froggy55:
Yes indeed. At that time, the advertisers’ teams just trew them from their vans to the crowd on the roadside. Caps, T-shirts, etc…
Thats what I was guessing. Looks like theyve a paper serviette and a hot-dog stuck on their heads! Hope the seagulls didn`t think the same.
I wonder who it was advertising?
Franglais:
Froggy55:
Yes indeed. At that time, the advertisers’ teams just trew them from their vans to the crowd on the roadside. Caps, T-shirts, etc…That
s what I was guessing. Looks like theyve a paper serviette and a hot-dog stuck on their heads! Hope the seagulls didn`t think the same.
I wonder who it was advertising?
Butagaz? This was a brand of Butane gas sold in bottles.
Willeme with Cottard cab with Butagaz bottles.
Dipster:
Franglais:
Froggy55:
Yes indeed. At that time, the advertisers’ teams just trew them from their vans to the crowd on the roadside. Caps, T-shirts, etc…That
s what I was guessing. Looks like theyve a paper serviette and a hot-dog stuck on their heads! Hope the seagulls didn`t think the same.
I wonder who it was advertising?Butagaz? This was a brand of Butane gas sold in bottles.
A yellow flame ? Could be.
Found some other hats from Tour about same era including
Bananas… leboncoin.fr/collection/1793622103.htm
Chocolate… leboncoin.fr/collection/1982105558.htm
and although wouldn`t be allowed now
Beer… ebay.fr/itm/402461189765?mk … 476-19255-
Pernod… 0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050https://www.leboncoin.fr/collection/2138122508.htm
None are the ones in the pic though.
Another famous advertiser on the Tour de France was Cochonou, an industrial dry sausage manufacturer. Here’s a video of the 2022 Tour departure in Belgium with the Cochonou 2CVs:
dhnet.be/sports/cyclisme/to … ZUB4H73JY/
In truth , I never actually knew this until now .
Photo credit … florend .
The Saviem “Fainéant” (lazy) was such called because of its flatbed engine (like the Unterflur Büssings and some Albions). This one, certainly operated by a fun-fair owner, seems to date from the early '60s and the hexagonal discs behind the windscreen are for a yearly tax which was due by all 4-wheel and over vehicle from 1956 until 2001, unless one paid the “axle tax” for commercially-used trucks.
With regard to the hexagonal tax discs ; is there any particular reason as to why half a dozen or more of them were often displayed Paul ?
I realise that it was common practice in France , as I’ve often seen French vehicles sporting multiple tax stickers in the pare-brise :
But would this have been a legal requirement ?…or was it merely a fashion statement ?… Just curious .
And unless I’m mistaken , I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen windscreen stickers denoting that the vehicle was also insured .
Could quite possibly be wrong about that though .
And isn’t it a pity that they saw fit to abolish a system whereby every French motor vehicle was obliged to display its department number on the registration plate ?
I think it is anyway .
Eddie Heaton:
With regard to the hexagonal tax discs ; is there any particular reason as to why half a dozen or more of them were often displayed Paul ?
I realise that it was common practice in France , as I’ve often seen French vehicles sporting multiple tax stickers in the pare-brise :But would this have been a legal requirement ?…or was it merely a fashion statement ?… Just curious .
And unless I’m mistaken , I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen windscreen stickers denoting that the vehicle was also insured .
Could quite possibly be wrong about that though .And isn’t it a pity that they saw fit to abolish a system whereby every French motor vehicle was obliged to display its department number on the registration plate ?
I think it is anyway .
People did keep there vignetes lined up. I do not recall that it was a legal requirement, just a fad.
Insurance stickers and MOT equivalent are both often required to be displayed on the screen in many European countries,
Now you can choose which region/departement you show on your plate. One of my sons lives in Paris but shows the Aveyron departement on the plate to please his missus, who originates from there. Odd system I reckon…
Further to the picture postcard taken in Royan which appears farther up this page , these images , for some inexplicable reason , have appeared on my tablet this evening and give a much clearer picture of one of the strange looking Butagaz promotional vehicles in the 1966 parade .
It would appear that this particular vehicle was sold at auction in 2012 .
As my extremely limited computer operating talents prohibit me from posting links , I’m posting a couple of screenshots for anyone who may , or may not be remotely interested .
