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Solved - MJW #555 - M.B. No. 501 by Maurice Badaroux
« on: August 06, 2011, 05:10:52 AM »
This is a mystery for me.
I only have a name and nationality.
So if you can give me these two details a point can be yours.
Any additional information/photos are most welcome.
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2011, 03:16:53 AM »
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 06:44:38 PM »
B.N.C. 527 GS from1926 ?

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 08:53:33 PM »
B.N.C. 527 GS from1926 ?
Not that but it is French.
I only have a name for this car.

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2011, 10:50:43 AM »
Perhaps a Pro knows?

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2011, 11:59:54 AM »
Bugatti?!  (just kidding...)
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2011, 01:12:28 PM »
Bugatti?!  (just kidding...)
It does look like it but not that!
However the name starts with a 'B'

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 08:48:54 PM »
Well, not finding anything I can put my finger on, and knowing the link to Bugatti, I will ask if it is a Ballot?

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2011, 02:55:03 AM »
Well, not finding anything I can put my finger on, and knowing the link to Bugatti, I will ask if it is a Ballot?
Sadly not a Ballot.....

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2011, 02:29:33 PM »
Buc?

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2011, 03:16:08 AM »
Not a Buc....
Unfortunately I have nothing more than a name and can't provide any further clues except that the name is more than five letters in length

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2011, 03:59:26 AM »
Becquet?
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2011, 04:04:02 AM »
Could it be a Bucciali Type 16?
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2011, 09:39:33 AM »
Not Becquet or Bucciali....
A further hint - it's eight letters long

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2011, 09:42:45 AM »
Benjamin?
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2011, 11:49:04 AM »
Boissier?
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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2011, 12:47:38 PM »
Not Benjamin or Boissier.
I'd be surprised if anyone else knows of this car that my source informs me was the only one built.
Another hint - the first three letters are the opposite of 'good' (in English)

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2011, 02:52:56 PM »
The name is made up of the following three elements -

1. the opposite of 'good' in English
2. the first letter of the alphabet
3. the equivalent of 'russet-red' in French

Who will be the first?

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2011, 02:56:44 PM »
Badaroux

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Re: MJW #555
« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2011, 11:56:01 AM »
Badaroux
Badaroux it is.
I have never heard of this name before.
I believe only one car was built.
If anyone has more information please post it here.....

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Re: Solved - MJW #555 - Badaroux
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2023, 04:03:25 AM »
The car, christened M.B. No. 501 was built in 1927 by Maurice Badaroux and is part of the Mahy collection.