It is an incredible discovery made by a group of friends, while exploring a property, located near Angers. As relates West France, these adepts of urbex, the exploration of abandoned places, came across a Clénet series 3, hidden under a canvas, in the middle of branches. “When we lifted it, we discovered a luxury car. On closer inspection, it still had an American license plate. It was written ‘Santa Barbara, Clénet series 3, number 42’. Then to side, two other cars “, tell the explorers in the columns of the regional daily.
A discovery that actually hides a dark story. While investigating this find, Rodrigue, Wilfried, Jordan and Vincent came across an article in the Western Mail concerning the battle over the legacy of the Clénet family. At the heart of the conflict? The disappearance of several luxury cars including the Clénet series 3 discovered by the group of friends. The young men then decided to contact the family. “We had Philippe Clénet’s son on the phone. We were really moved by his immense joy. We are now in regular contact with him”, they explain.
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This car, manufactured by Alain Clénet, brother of Philippe, now deceased, would have been hidden by the second wife of Philippe Clénet. “A will left by the father of my clients said that everything had to go to his last wife. Everything, even the cars. But in reality, she has no title or rights. When we told her about this, she sold some furniture, cashed the money and hidden these cars “, explains to Ouest-France Me Alexandre Beaumier, the lawyer of Eric and Richard, the sons of Philippe Clénet.
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From now on, the Clénet sons wish to quickly recover the cars found by the urban explorers. But the owner of the estate where the vehicles were hidden denounces a trespass. Once recovered, the emblematic Clénet serie 3, “eaten away by humidity and vegetation” will need major work to regain its splendor. “According to the photos, it is now a wreck. Its restoration will be expensive,” lamented in the columns of the Courrier de l’Ouest one of the Clénet sons.
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