Pan American highway expedition by 4 French ladies in 2 R4s - info needed!

[Eccles60]

Hi folks, in the last few weeks I came across a website or PDF which detailed this amazing '60s expedition but have now mislaid it! It's a wonderful read and a real testimony to the cars and the ladies driving them. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

 

[Andy McGhee]

As you say, a great story - and a brilliant headline ('Les 4 Elles'):

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/lexperience/les-4-elles

https://jalopnik.com/the-four-60s-women-who-drove-french-cars-from-argentina-5757966

 

[JonathanT]

Hi folks, in the last few weeks I came across a website or PDF which detailed this amazing '60s expedition but have now mislaid it! It's a wonderful read and a real testimony to the cars and the ladies driving them. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

You might not fancy them by now ?

 

[Eccles60]

As you say, a great story - and a brilliant headline ('Les 4 Elles'):

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/lexperience/les-4-elles

https://jalopnik.com/the-four-60s-women-who-drove-french-cars-from-argentina-5757966

Cheers Andy, that's the sort of stuff. I think I found a PDF with a fair bit of detail but the video here is fabulous - looks like they had great fun along the way too! Thanks again, Mark

 

[jjad]

Google allows you to restrict your search to PDFs by adding
filetype:PDF
when searching.
This came up with https://en.renaultclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Renault-4-T2.pdf which has a page on Les 4 Elles, but I'm not sure if this was the PDF you were thinking of. It's got lots of other interesting information though; I'm off to read it!

There's also a first part at https://en.renaultclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Renault-4-T1.pdf

 

[Eccles60]

Google allows you to restrict your search to PDFs by adding
filetype:PDF
when searching.
This came up with https://en.renaultclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Renault-4-T2.pdf which has a page on Les 4 Elles, but I'm not sure if this was the PDF you were thinking of. It's got lots of other interesting information though; I'm off to read it!

There's also a first part at https://en.renaultclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Renault-4-T1.pdf

Many thanks, very interesting - not what I'd seen originally but nevertheless useful.

 

[John Edmonds]

Thanks for the background to the '4 Elles' expedition, this explains my Scalextric R4 story!

 

[Eccles60]

Thanks for the background to the '4 Elles' expedition, this explains my Scalextric R4 story!View attachment 25280

Ooh! That's nice - where can I get one?

 

[Stuart Delahoy]

Bought mine on ebay, dont think they are still current. Oh and there are 4 different ones!

 

[petak]

What amazing adventure.

I did not know for it.

 

[angel]

As you say, a great story - and a brilliant headline ('Les 4 Elles'):

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/lexperience/les-4-elles

It was only after reading this that I realized that Michele Ray, sort of leader at this expedition, is the wife of well-known Greek movie director Costas Gavras.

 

[Scoobyznack]

Thanks for all the links everyone - lots of interesting reading material, and especially appreciated now I have more spare time than usual
Best wishes, Simon.