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Whaddyacallit #459 - 1951 Tractavant
« on: March 03, 2010, 03:34:03 PM »


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Re: Whaddyacallit #459
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2010, 05:58:53 AM »
It is the Lannoy microcar, the "Supertractavant". Henri Lannoy was an aeronautical engineer, and he made this prototype in 1952, with a 125cc engine.

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Re: Whaddyacallit #459
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2010, 08:47:58 AM »
You've got the point, notwithstanding a few mistakes. René Bellu, an autorised source, dates it from the summer of 1951. He writes Lanoy with a single n. And the car, according to him,  was just named Tractavant
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Re: Whaddyacallit #459 - 1951 Tractavant
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2014, 10:20:56 AM »
Time to see her face too!

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Re: Whaddyacallit #459 - 1951 Tractavant
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2014, 11:11:04 AM »
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