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Solved - NEH 2618: Amilcar Pegase Le Mans racer - 1936
« on: April 18, 2013, 07:35:24 AM »
Identify this car and from when it dates correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2013, 08:04:18 AM »
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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2013, 08:42:40 AM »
The woven wattle fencing suggests that it's Le Mans, but the car is indeed a puzzle. It looks an awful lot like a Delahaye 135CS, but the photo is a bit fuzzy, and the car looks too high and heavy.

Is it a Delahaye ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2013, 09:47:09 AM »
The woven wattle fencing suggests that it's Le Mans, but the car is indeed a puzzle. It looks an awful lot like a Delahaye 135CS, but the photo is a bit fuzzy, and the car looks too high and heavy.

Is it a Delahaye ?

No, it's not a Delahaye.
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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2013, 10:03:25 AM »
Amilcar Pegase G36 pictured at the 1938 Vingt-Quatre heures du Mans.

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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2013, 10:11:36 AM »
Amilcar Pegase G36 pictured at the 1938 Vingt-Quatre heures du Mans.

(I should have done my homework before posting. Doh!)

That's the right car, yes.
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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2013, 10:24:56 AM »
It appears to have been built in 1936.
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Re: NEH 2618
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2013, 10:26:39 AM »
It appears to have been built in 1936.

Yes; apparently it's the only one to have survived out of the 3 or 4 built.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2618: Amilcar Pegase Le Mans racer - 1936
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2017, 05:06:00 PM »
Here´s one of the other Pegase Sport models: