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
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)
This is the 1923 C&W
(http://idata.over-blog.com/0/23/15/62/Photos-2011-2012/File1483c.gif)
What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923
First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans
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)
(http://www.lemans-history.com/imagens/1928/lm_928_009_00.jpg)
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
What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923
First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans
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
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.
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
What: Chenard & Walcker Sport 3-Litre
Who: André Lagache & René Léonard
When: May 26-27 1923
First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans
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
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.
