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Solved - MJW #1014 - Delettrez diesel at Le Mans 1951
« on: October 25, 2012, 02:07:36 AM »
This shouldn't be too difficult either....
Make, year and what event was it built for?

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 04:22:45 PM »
Expertise required on this one I think.....

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2012, 11:06:07 AM »
Delage?

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2012, 12:40:58 PM »

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2012, 02:19:24 PM »
French though ?

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2012, 04:05:41 PM »

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2012, 07:01:49 PM »
Peugeot underneath?
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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2012, 05:49:06 AM »
Looked as a Le Mans racer to me, so finally stumbled into this car on the internet on a Le Mans-page, It is a Delettrez Diesel from 1951

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Re: MJW #1014
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 05:13:15 PM »
Looked as a Le Mans racer to me, so finally stumbled into this car on the internet on a Le Mans-page, It is a Delettrez Diesel from 1951
That's the car - the Delettrez diesel that competed at Le Mans 1951
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