Matra Djet V Luxe

René-bernard Bouchet’s Matra Djet was another newcomer to the event. ‘I bought it in the South of France in 2011 – It was rolling but needed some restoration,’ he says. ‘That didn’t worry me because I worked in Matra’s engineering department from 1976 to 1986. While this was post-djet – mainly I was involved in testing the Murena – it enabled me to achieve a factory condition rebuild. This became my passion. Nothing was left untouched. I rebuilt the motor and gearbox completely. The steel chassis was sandblasted back to bare metal, zinc coated and painted, and a vast amount of time was expended on perfecting the glassfibre bodyshell.’