Very pleasant journey we had in Switzerland, magnificent landscapes with such a wonderful weather.
Aigle was one of our main destination, visiting Georges and Claude Gachnang home.
The first evening was a dinner at Le Sépey with Georges, his granddaughter Natacha and Jo Siffert's son Philippe.
From left, Georges Gachnang, Patrick Gruau (vice president ACO), Your Le Mans fan, Bertrand and Claude Gachnang.
Philippe Siffert:
The day after was a visit to the Gachnang's familiy business, garages VW and Toyota in Aigle and a reception at Yvorne village, famous for its vineyard. The Gachnangs drove from home, a few miles away, with their "everyday" cars...
AC, CEGGA Maserati and COOPER Monaco.
Georges was driving the CEGGA powered with a V12 Maserati, can you imagine the music and its echo in the quiet mountain village !
As you know, Georges is also Formula 1 driver grand father, Sébastien Buemi: here in between Bertrand and grand-dad.
I will post some more pictures of BEX 289 from Le Mans 1960. For now, that's the one we have seen at Aigle...
We did not have enough time to talk about that blue Ace you can see on the picture.
It is not a Cobra but an Ace powered with a V8 Ford, possibly BEX 480...Can you confirm ?