It's been a long time... So this time, it's not one, but two postcards from Juan-les-Pins!
Yeah, yeah, I know, I turn mono-maniacal ; just another of my obsessive compulsive disorders!

Those are two pictures of center Juan-les-Pins' main crossroad : the "Carrefour de la Joie" ("Crossroad of Joy" : WTF?!) ; but, moreover, the two photos were taken merely under the same angle, one at daylight, the other at night! That's how I could make the above banner, overlaying both pictures... Giving this unreal result, where daylight shadows and kids in swimsuits meet night's men in suits and neon glowing lights... The right picture above (at night) is dated from 1958 on its back ; unfortunately no date for the left one (by day).
But looking at it closely, I found a poster announcing a concert on Saturday September 1st ; and September 1st was a Saturday in 1951, '56, and '62 only. Based on the vehicles we can see (lots of american cars, Renault 4 CV, Vespa and Lambretta scooters, Fiat 500), I believe the picture was taken in 1956...
Note, on the night picture, a Rumi Formicchino parked along the sidewalk on the right... Quite rare!

Identical angle and two years difference for these two pictures, one of which travelled to Belgium, to end up on my desk half-a-century later... And finally be scanned and posted to the Internet. Wow...

Hey, there's a sign announcing the Crazy Horse's Strip-Tease Girls at the Casino... Damn, 52 years late!

Here is the UFO I met a few days ago, 2 streets from my place...

That was the very first time I saw a real one, I even made a sharp U-turn to park my car and shoot a few pictures of this beauty! Sorry for the poor quality of the pics, I only had my mobile phone...

Come on, I'm sure you recognized it...



A DMC12 DeLorean!

You may think it's gray; but actually, it's unpainted, uncoated brushed stainless stell!
I looked for more information on this model (have a look at its history on Wikipedia, it's really worth reading!), I learnt it's only been built from 1981 to 1983, in Ireland ; 7.000 models or so still exist today. Designed by Giugiaro, fitted with airbags, shock-absorbing bumpers, it was designed to be environment friendly and security oriented... Sounds very 2007, right?

Looking for info, I found on the Net Stainless Wings, the French DeLorean Association. With a very active forum on which even found the owner of the DeLorean I shot!

Aaaah, it must be great to cruise with it... On the highway... at 88 miles an hour.

Continuing over the "Fifties Deco" theme, here is one of my favorite objects ever, found on eBay (as usual...), for around 20 euros, and which is now my master piece on my bookshelf...

This is a Calor fan, probably built late 50's, early 60's. The propeller is chrome plated, without the mere rust spot : things were built to last by that time... The leg is made of marbled Bakelite...
So, more or less, here is a pure incarnation of what I love in the production of this era!

If you like it, do a search on eBay, I see pretty often this kind of items, at very affordable prices...

And guess what, the icing on the cake? It works perfectly under 220VAC, and it's absolutely silent... So, despite its highly respectable age, I use it every summer!

Click on the picture to see full sized...

Edit 15/03/2016 : Romain, who's a ShamWerks reader, indicated that this fan date probably from the 30's, most probably before 1937 as Calor started to date its devices from then on. By that time the whole network was running 110V (with few exceptions). By the end of the 60's one could give his devices to EDF (that which from Electricité De France) to get them converted to 220V (they would then received a small sticker showing the conversion).
Thanks a lot Romain for these informations!

Yet another vintage Albatross picture, found on VintageSkiBoats.com...



But not the least, not less than 2 Albies towed by a VW Split pickup, painted with the name of the company - Albatross Marine Ltd.! Isn't it a pure collector??