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Renaissance with the Renault Dauphine

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Created in 2015

Reading time 13min

Written by:

Andreas Lehmann

Photos:

Andreas & Beat Lehmann

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Andreas & Beat Lehmann

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Fotoshooting am Hafen - Renault Dauphine Gordini und R1090

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Die zwei Kleinen auf dem grossen Pass des Col de la Croix

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Fotoshooting am Hafen in Südfrankreich

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(Fast) alleine mit maximal 80 km/h unterwegs auf der Autobahn

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Wenn der Anlasser defekt ist, ist Muskelkraft gefragt

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Andreas und Beat Lehmann mit ihren Dauphine auf dem Campingplatz

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Ankuft mit unseren zwei Dauphine beim Campingplatz Camp du Domaine

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Lavendel soweit das Auge reicht in Südfrankreich

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Neu neben alt, natürlich beide Male mit sportlichen Rennstreifen - Renault Clio neben Dauphine Gordini

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Wunderschöne Landschaften begrüssen das Dauphine-Team

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Restaurant Terrasse Bormes Les Mimosas

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Steil und tief - das ist die Garage des Hotel Du Cours in Sisteron

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Zu Besuch am Oldtimertreffen in Laragne-Montéglin

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Uralte Traktoren bei der "Arbeit" als Demonstration an einem Oldtimertreffen - erstaunlich was diese noch leisten

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Rte Napoleon - wo ist de rote Dauphine

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Gute Stimmung auf der Hinfahrt - Zwischenstop vor Genf

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Summary

50 years ago, two brothers and their parents drove a Renault Dauphine from Switzerland to France to go camping by the sea for the first time. This summer, the two brothers made the same trip again, this time in two Renault Dauphines. In this travelogue, Andreas and Beat Lehmann talk about their Dauphine travel adventure and reminisce about the very first time they went on vacation to France with their parents.

This article contains the following chapters

The first time; lots of luggage and little space
A long-planned renaissance
Tunnel horns honking with joy
Visit to the Marché
Passport photo and nature picnic
Good preparation is the be-all and end-all
Déjà vu in Sisteron
The women can also take the wheel
Finally at our destination
Cool rosé, hot night
Enjoying to the full
Oppressive heat on the return journey too
In the footsteps of Napoleon
Last breakdowns before home
The cars

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was 50 years ago now that my family and I first drove a Renault Dauphine from the quiet Emmental valley in Switzerland to France to go camping by the sea. This summer, my brother and I got the urge and so we drove to the Côte d'Azur again with two Renault Dauphines, to the same place and the same route, only the car was not the original one, of course, because the history of the Daupine of that time has long been lost, probably in a scrapyard. Fifty years ago, my older sister, my younger brother and I sat cross-legged in the back seat, as almost the entire interior was packed with sleeping bags, bathing gear and camping equipment and there was hardly any room to sit down. A trailer with one (!) wheel was permanently attached to the rear of the Dauphine, which landed crosswise to the ground at every bump like a serving boy's wheel and almost took us off course several times (unfortunately there is not a single photo of this car left).

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