The only recollections for me of the old pits was in 1990 when we went over with the brother in law to their gite in the October half term, and he took me to the circuit to see the museum and as usual being typically french it was closed, but we did see the construction going on of the new pits. It was quite bizarre seeing half the old pit still standing, dwarfed by what we see today and then 8 years later I finally made it to my first race and the rest is history......only missed the race once since then
It must have been fantastic being there and having no fencing along the pit straight to obscure the view.
Andy