This year, the 11th Fête Americaine took place on the beach outside the small French village of Argelès-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean - close to the Spanish border. Every spring, friends of America gather for a show with music, dancing, good food, sales stalls, displays, American motorcycles and cars. All in an American spirit. We have been there and taken some photos among cowboy hats, Elvis's and Pin-ups in American 50's style.
A small curiosity for us Norwegians was when the whole square swayed in a line dance to the tunes of "Møkkamann" from the Norwegian group Plumbo. It was perfect for an American party and made us Norwegians feel at home.
Plymouth Special Deluxe Convertible
Stately donning for its time.
1950 Special Deluxe Convertible1950 Special Deluxe Convertible
Buick Sedanette
40s Buick Sedanette (photo: Jonny Bunæs).
1949 Buick Super1949 Buick Sedanette
Chevrolet Corvette mk6
Chevy Corvette Mk6 (2005-2013).
2005-2013 Chevrolet Corvette C62005-2013 Chevrolet Corvette C6
A beautiful 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 with a pair of extra bumper horns.
Volkswagen
Bad boy bubble.
1967 Volkswagen (Pyrénées-Orientales FR, 2016).Volkswagen T2 Transporter on the beach (Pyrénées-Orientales FR, 2016).
Renault 4CV
The show's most popular was this Renault 4 CV from approx. 1960. The forerunner of the Dauphine.
Renault 4 CV early with upholstered interiorThe engine was like a piece of jewelry. Here with red cylinder head cover, register cover and alternator wheel.
Matt Murena
Perhaps the show's rarest. 1980-1983 Matra Murena (Talbot/Simca).
I also include a mood picture of correctly dressed Civil War soldiers (photo: Jonny Bunæs).
See
America party in France
The boardwalk with country and rockabilly music and people line dancing like they've never done anything else. In between, the rumble of American vehicles is heard.
Terje Bjørnstad. Blog administrator, hobby photographer and car enthusiast.
Comments
I have changed the subtitle where I claimed that the Matra Murena rusted away. Here I had confused it with the Murena's predecessor Bagheera, where the frame under the fiberglass body almost disappeared in rust. While the Bagheera is almost completely off the road, the Murena is alive and well, thanks to a hot-dip galvanized steel frame, - to the delight of car enthusiasts across Europe. -Thanks to the Murena owner who brought this to my attention.
Just couldn't let you get away with this, you know :-) Bagheera had what you could almost call a "self-destructing" bodywork, but Murena is almost rust-proof! (the rear trailing arms are still somewhat prone to rust)
Would like to thank you for a great and interesting website and a quick update of errors!
I have changed the subtitle where I claimed that the Matra Murena rusted away. Here I had confused it with the Murena's predecessor Bagheera, where the frame under the fiberglass body almost disappeared in rust. While the Bagheera is almost completely off the road, the Murena is alive and well, thanks to a hot-dip galvanized steel frame, - to the delight of car enthusiasts across Europe. -Thanks to the Murena owner who brought this to my attention.
Just couldn't let you get away with this, you know :-) Bagheera had what you could almost call a "self-destructing" bodywork, but Murena is almost rust-proof! (the rear trailing arms are still somewhat prone to rust)
Would like to thank you for a great and interesting website and a quick update of errors!
Talbot Tagore. Not "Togara" 🙂
Thanks for the reminder! Found the same error in several places. Should of course be Tagora.