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Solved: 264. of All. - 1958 Dante Gabriella Coupé
« on: July 01, 2009, 07:22:25 PM »
One point to the one who tells me what this is:

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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2009, 09:39:39 AM »
moved!
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2009, 09:50:01 AM »
By the Michelin tires... is it French ?
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2009, 09:59:05 AM »
Not French.
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2009, 04:24:59 PM »
Marcos?
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2009, 07:06:56 PM »
not Marcos
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2009, 04:32:58 AM »
open for all!
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2009, 05:20:48 AM »
All the pics I've got:

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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2009, 08:35:13 AM »
Could it be a british Dante?
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2009, 08:39:55 AM »
Oh yes it could! You have 24h to bring me more than only this name! :)
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2009, 10:02:05 AM »
Since it's not a sprint, I'll go for a Clubman Coupe?
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2009, 11:05:30 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on August 24, 2009, 08:39:55 AM
Oh yes it could! You have 24h to bring me more than only this name! :)
I'd never seen this. I think Paul's got it anyway.
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2009, 11:50:06 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on September 17, 2009, 10:02:05 AM
Since it's not a sprint, I'll go for a Clubman Coupe?
Not that!
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2009, 09:22:33 AM »
What about Alan L on this? He seems to be a bit unchallenged!
It can't be so hard anymore as you already have the make.
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2009, 01:52:06 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on October 19, 2009, 09:22:33 AM
What about Alan L on this? He seems to be a bit unchallenged!
It can't be so hard anymore as you already have the make.
I missed this last month when I was away, but I don't remember anything looking like this from Robin Read's Dante Engineering Co. (in Luton, about 12 miles from me).
The sprint/hillclimb start looks familiar but I can't even place that at present.
There might be more to the Marcos guess than you think, as Jem Marsh (the "Mar" in Marcos) worked at Dante for a while before setting up Speedex
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2009, 01:56:03 PM »
it was recently for sale..

I do not have too much infos about that car, so I didn't know the Marcos connection.
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2009, 04:15:28 PM »
I'm still muse what's the man is doing with the vaccum cleaner on the upper left picture...
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2009, 04:18:10 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on October 19, 2009, 04:15:28 PM
I'm still muse what's the man is doing with the vaccum cleaner on the upper left picture...
;D

I presume you do know really?
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2009, 04:21:36 PM »
I suppose you do..
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2009, 04:58:14 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on October 19, 2009, 04:21:36 PM
I suppose you do..
Well, seeing that I've used the device illustrated, I should hope I did!
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2009, 09:06:37 AM »
Last chance before it enters the Black Hole!
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2009, 09:23:24 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on October 19, 2009, 01:52:06 PM
I don't remember anything looking like this from Robin Read's Dante Engineering Co. (in Luton, about 12 miles from me).
The sprint/hillclimb start looks familiar but I can't even place that at present.
I still don't remember either the vehicle or the hillclimb.
For the benefit of younger readers, the "vaccum cleaner" in the hillclimb start photo is normally called a "hockey stick" and was the device that generated a signal to start the timing. It had electrical contacts that were closed by running over the head of the device, which was positioned just in front of the competitor's front wheel. Deft stick-work was necessary to avoid it being destroyed by the spinning rear wheel that followed unbelievably shortly after the front wheel had cleared it.
Used on the back wheel in the (rare) case of front-wheel drive cars.
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2009, 09:37:02 AM »
I didn't dare to ask about the vacuum cleaner, but what else should it be? ;D

A BIG hint:
a meanwhile retired female tennis player wears the same (fore)name. She was on top three of women's professional ranking and was rather attractive
(as always: beauty is in the eyes of the beholder)
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2009, 11:05:28 AM »
correction: to make it even easier I made a mistake: the tennis lady is written with only one "L".
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Re: 264. of All.
« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2009, 12:03:52 PM »
Williams?
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