My Barquette Hommell

My Barquette Hommell

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XAV88

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4 posts

212 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Hello,
I'm French but I'm the owner of a French car that could be an English one, because it was built for people who really love cars. It's called a Barquette Hommell.
Hommell cars were built by Michel Hommell, the founder of sports cars newspapers and owner of a beautiful car museum in Loheac, a village of the west of France.
25O Hommell were built between 1994 and 2003, including 50 "Barquette", the roof less model. Mine is the first Barquette, the chassis number 001, and I realy enjoy driving it.
It has a Peugeot 306 S16 engine and a specific Gearbox.
Pictures of my car :



dougc

8,240 posts

272 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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Welcome to PH! Very interesting looking car. Saw one in the flesh on a visit to Loheac last summer. Will be back again this year for another look around.

XAV88

Original Poster:

4 posts

212 months

Tuesday 3rd April 2007
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I'm happy to read that you already know Hommell because even in France, very few people know those cars.
Hommell are very rare cars but you can be sure to meet some of them when you go to Loheac. I don't live very far from Loheac and I often go there to drive my car on the track. And the factory is still open so to is possible to meet people who conceived the car !

XAV88

Original Poster:

4 posts

212 months

Saturday 12th May 2007
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I just had a track day in Lohéac, the village where my Hommell was built, with a group of Lotus, Chaterham, Speedster...
Some pics :









XAV88

Original Poster:

4 posts

212 months

Wednesday 13th June 2007
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I'm ready to go to le Mans 24 h with the Barquette.
With some french friends, we will be at Arnage Corner Friday morning as a lot of PistonHeads members.

FRANSYL

10 posts

204 months

Thursday 8th November 2007
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XAV88......YOU, HERE ??!!!