Post by Lee on Dec 3, 2019 9:00:50 GMT
Sad to hear of the death of Marc Nicolosi who has died in Paris at the age of 84.
He was one of the founding fathers of the hugely successful Retromobile exhibition, held each year in Paris and shared his passion for pre-war cars at every opportunity.
He forged his reputation during the 60s restoring historic cars, thanks to his great reputation he was asked to organise a temporary exhibition called Alpha Auto whose aim was to promote the launch of the Big encyclopedia of the Motor Car. His first venture was a resounding success. It took place in the former Vincennes train station on place de la Bastille in Paris and inspired him to launch Retromobile, which he organised for the first time two years later. Together with François Melcion, he held the reins of the exhibition until 2003 when he stepped down to devote himself to the Club Bugatti France of which he was the president.
He was also a regular figure at historic competitions in which he sometimes took part, mainly at the wheel of a Type 35 Bugatti. In the early noughties he helped Sylviane and Patrick Peter to create Le Mans Classic by dividing the cars up into grids – another great idea!
He was one of the founding fathers of the hugely successful Retromobile exhibition, held each year in Paris and shared his passion for pre-war cars at every opportunity.
He forged his reputation during the 60s restoring historic cars, thanks to his great reputation he was asked to organise a temporary exhibition called Alpha Auto whose aim was to promote the launch of the Big encyclopedia of the Motor Car. His first venture was a resounding success. It took place in the former Vincennes train station on place de la Bastille in Paris and inspired him to launch Retromobile, which he organised for the first time two years later. Together with François Melcion, he held the reins of the exhibition until 2003 when he stepped down to devote himself to the Club Bugatti France of which he was the president.
He was also a regular figure at historic competitions in which he sometimes took part, mainly at the wheel of a Type 35 Bugatti. In the early noughties he helped Sylviane and Patrick Peter to create Le Mans Classic by dividing the cars up into grids – another great idea!
