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Re: What's this?

#11 Post by arceye »

A Paramount I believe ?
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#12 Post by suffolkpete »

Spot on! Try this then, a European manufacturer, Successful in Le Mans in the 1920s.
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#13 Post by JPB »

Now that's the sort of thing we ought to see more often at car shows. :drool:

No idea what it is though ;) , but I wouldn't be too disappointed to look out one day and see one on my drive.
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#14 Post by suffolkpete »

You'll be lucky, it's the only one known to exist in the UK!
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#15 Post by TerryG »

Am I the only one who when seeing a car of that style thinks of themselves wearing a black suit and holding a tommy gun, standing on the running boards while the car is being driven very quickly?


no? just me then.
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#16 Post by suffolkpete »

It's not Italian
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#17 Post by JPB »

suffolkpete wrote:You'll be lucky...
There's a first time for everything! :)

Google image search, may eternal damnation be visited upon you for your liberal interpretation of the term "European classic cars unique in the UK", which I hadn't imagined would yield a Datsun Leaf, three Morris Marinas and countless MK2 Cortinas. :?
TerryG wrote:Am I the only one who when seeing a car of that style thinks of themselves wearing a black suit and holding a tommy gun, standing on the running boards while the car is being driven very quickly?
No? just me then.
:lol: If it helps, I'll try to imagine you doing all of that, but I'll need to assume that you look like Reg Hollis out of The Bill, otherwise the whole idea just doesn't work for me. :|
suffolkpete wrote:It's not Italian
Might it be French?
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#18 Post by suffolkpete »

JPB wrote:Might it be French?
Indeed it is. At one time they were the fourth largest manufacturer in France. They went out of business in 1946.
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#19 Post by Hawk »

suffolkpete wrote:Spot on! Try this then, a European manufacturer, Successful in Le Mans in the 1920s.
I have absolutely no idea what the car is but if memory serves Bentley dominated le mans in teh 20s but the first proper 24hr was won by (something like) a Canard Walker (sp?). That was French so is it one of them?
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#20 Post by suffolkpete »

Well done that man! It is actually a Chenard-Walcker but you're right about Le Mans. I shall have to trawl my photo archives for something a little more difficult. :)
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