Matra-Simca MS670 n°14

Henri Pescarolo is a French driver of Formula 1 and endurance races from the 1960's. He becomes a business man by creating his own racing team and car later in 2000 named Pescarolo Sport that becomes in 2010 Pescarolo Team and disappears in 2012. Henri Pescarolo holds the record of the number of participations in LeMans 24 Hours (33 times) and wins this mythical race with Matra Sport team three consecutive times in 1972-1973 and 1974 then with Porsche in 1984.

He is represented here in these beautiful years with Matra. Old then of around thirty years he still had all his hair; his green helmet was already his trademark. 

On Le Mans track, the refueller on the left  carries the can of the full of gas excess. The refueller on the right, on the side of pits, is responsible of filling the gas tank thanks to the pipe. The synchronization both refuellers is essential to avoid any fire risks.

Maurice is the right refueller of the team of 6 people around the car. He wears the official Matra Sport Team suit of 1972 & 1973 under Shell colours too : half yellow and half red but he wears an additional orange hat. The oil wire ends with a plug manufactured by Zenith Aviation specilaist of secured plugs for refueling airplanes and that are also used in car-racing. 

The number of people occurring on the car during a refueling or during a repair is strictly regulated and every mechanic has a precise role to be the fastest possible. Rules have a little evolved in time for ever more security. 

The wheels carrier is not the airjack man. The physical capacities of the wheels carrier are obvious. For more efficiency, the one who carries wheels is not subjected to screw nuts, he already has to remove then put back the wheel in the wheelarche and pass in the second then in the third then in the fourth...

This set includes a toolbox, an one air jack and a set of 44 tools in photoetched parts to fill the toolbox, such as small accessories such as crowbars, open end spanners, brace to make live a diorama and decorate the track.

Hand painted figurine in scale 1:32 of a French policeman.

We find Marcel in his uniform of patrolman, traffic policeman of the company of car, in force between 1947 and 1965. He organizes the traffic by indicating the direction to be followed. He holds his whistle by his mouth ready to use it.

The French national police insured for a long time the security on LeMans 24 Hours track. We could see them on the track during all the race protecting the people (teams and public) but also cars. 

We find Marcel in his uniform of patrolman, traffic policeman of the company of car, in force between 1947 and 1965. He organizes the traffic by indicating the direction to be followed.