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Mystery car.. what, who and when?

Started by Grand_Fromage, May 24, 2013, 11:08:07 AM

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Grand_Fromage


Kpy

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

First winners of les 24 Heures du Mans

Grand_Fromage

#2
Really???

This is the 1923 C&W



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

Truck

If thats Le Mans, it must be a Ariés  I4 in 1928
Help, get me out of here.  Its Lorry

For and on behalf of the Kent Kronenberg Owners Club

Grand_Fromage

This is the Ariés that carried No9 in 1928.



Quote from: Truck on May 24, 2013, 09:28:40 PM
If thats Le Mans, it must be a Ariés  I4 in 1928

Kpy

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.

Grand_Fromage

#6
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.

Kpy

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.