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Ooooh La La; A growing love affair with French cars.(Revs)
Byline: BOB TOMAINE
Jim and Pam Schlick have nine Peugeots and estimate that they've owned 30, which helps to explain the annual gathering of French cars at their Langhorne, Pennsylvania, home. The infatuation began in 1960s Iowa, when the then-16-year-old Pam's driver's license meant she could drive the 1960 Peugeot 403 sedan that her grandfather from New York City had given to her younger brother.
"Reclining seats, the four-speed on the column, the big steering wheel, the sunroof," she recalled. "It was such a different car at that place and time, and it was easy to drive." A few years later, she was married and found a 403 in a gully somewhere. "The guy said, 'If you want it, take it.' That was Peugeot No. 1. Shortly after that, we got a '71 504, a used one. Just the way they drive and their reliability, that's why we got started."
Until several years ago, when the unstructured group of mostly Peugeot owners got to know their Citroen counterparts, the Schlicks' event was Peugeot-specific. It now welcomes Citroens, Simcas, Renaults and any other French makes, none of which is now sold in the United States. For the drivers of the approximately 30 cars there this year, it was a good reason to get out on the road.
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