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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: Grand_Fromage on May 24, 2013, 11:08:07 am

Title: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on May 24, 2013, 11:08:07 am

(http://orig.24h-lemans.oceanet.eu/wpphpFichiers/1/1/ressources/Image/actualites/2013/24-heures-du-mans/05/LVC1_P124c_1923_l.jpg)

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Kpy on May 24, 2013, 06:12:52 pm

What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923

First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on May 24, 2013, 07:20:12 pm

Really???

This is the 1923 C&W

(http://idata.over-blog.com/0/23/15/62/Photos-2011-2012/File1483c.gif)

Quote from: Kpy on May 24, 2013, 06:12:52 pm

What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923

First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Truck on May 24, 2013, 09:28:40 pm

If thats Le Mans, it must be a Ariés  I4 in 1928

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on May 24, 2013, 11:08:57 pm

This is the Ariés that carried No9 in 1928.

(http://www.lemans-history.com/imagens/1928/lm_928_009_00.jpg)

Quote from: Truck on May 24, 2013, 09:28:40 pm

If thats Le Mans, it must be a Ariés  I4 in 1928

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Kpy on May 25, 2013, 12:23:37 pm

Quote from: Kpy on May 24, 2013, 06:12:52 pm

What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923

First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans

Stupid answer!

It's:

What: Salmson VAL
Who: Robert Benoist
When: 16 September 1922 - Le Mans (IV Grand Prix de l'U.M.F. Cyclecars)


Benoist became an agent for SOE in WWII along with fellow GP drivers Jean-Pierre Wimille and William-Grover Williams. He was captured in Paris in June 1944 and shot by the Nazis at Buchenwald on 11 September 1944.

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on May 25, 2013, 02:29:02 pm

Well done!

The X on the radiator grille is the key to identification.

Winning car - at an average speed of 98.59 kph!

Thought I had you foxed for a while....

GF

Quote from: Kpy on May 25, 2013, 12:23:37 pm

Quote from: Kpy on May 24, 2013, 06:12:52 pm

What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923

First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans

Stupid answer!

It's:

What: Salmson VAL
Who: Robert Benoist
When: 16 September 1922 - Le Mans (IV Grand Prix de l'U.M.F. Cyclecars)


Benoist became an agent for SOE in WWII along with fellow GP drivers Jean-Pierre Wimille and William-Grover Williams. He was captured in Paris in June 1944 and shot by the Nazis at Buchenwald on 11 September 1944.

Title: Re: Mystery car.. what, who and when?
Post by: Kpy on May 28, 2013, 01:59:26 pm

Quote from: Grand_Fromage on May 25, 2013, 02:29:02 pm

Thought I had you foxed for a while....

GF

You certainly did, for a while. I'd forgotten about cyclecar and voiturette racing at LM.