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Solved - MJW #285 - Vernon-Derby 1927
« on: February 13, 2011, 03:14:20 PM »
All I need for a point is the make of this car

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 03:20:06 PM »
No response from the rookies so up to the next level

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 03:48:57 PM »
Response then: French? (Why would I say that...)

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 04:09:48 PM »
French yes but this particular car was sold in a different European country under a different name.

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 04:27:02 PM »
Amilcar Italiana?

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 04:35:44 PM »
Not that

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2011, 11:23:13 AM »
French yes but this particular car was sold in a different European country under a different name.
A Talbot, sold in Britain as a Darracq?
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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 03:21:50 PM »
Not that one.
This French car was sold in Britain in the 1920s.
It's name is a hyphenated word representing the first name of the importer and the name of the French make.

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2011, 03:25:19 AM »
It is a 1927 Vernon-Derby. British race driver Vernon Balls marketed the French Derby from 1927 to 1930 in the UK as the Vernon-Derby.

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Re: MJW #285
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2011, 04:49:55 AM »
It is a 1927 Vernon-Derby. British race driver Vernon Balls marketed the French Derby from 1927 to 1930 in the UK as the Vernon-Derby.
Correct - it's the Vernon-Derby of 1927.
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Re: Solved - MJW #285 - Vernon-Derby 1927
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2015, 12:06:30 PM »
A 1928 Vernon-Derby UK ad and three magazine photo scans:
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Re: Solved - MJW #285 - Vernon-Derby 1927
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2015, 02:47:54 PM »
And a 1929 ad: