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SOLVED: WTH # 240 - 1934 Renault Nervasport - design by Marcel Riffard - at Montlhery
« on: May 18, 2013, 01:18:18 PM »
An easy Rookie weekend puzzle

What car is this, who designed it, and where was the picture taken?
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 03:25:30 PM »
Time for a quick Expert point.
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2013, 03:55:12 PM »
What car is this?  AEC Diesel record breaker,
Who designed it?  George Eyston
Where was the picture taken?  Montlhery
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2013, 03:59:50 PM »
D-type got the location correct.  Not AEC, not Eyston.
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2013, 04:13:02 PM »
Hotchkiss 411 record car
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2013, 04:17:34 PM »
Not Hotchkiss
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2013, 05:25:46 PM »
1933 Delahaye by Jean Francois and Amedee Varlet at Montlhery? :-\
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2013, 06:23:31 PM »
1934 Renault Nervasport record car at Montlhery
« Last Edit: May 22, 2013, 06:29:44 PM by ropat53 »
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2013, 09:15:53 PM »
LOCKED for ropat53, as he provided the correct year, make, model, and location.

Who was the designer?
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2013, 10:07:18 PM »
It was a standard 8 cylinder Nervasport chassis with a single-seater "carrosserie profilée" designed by Marcel Riffard, it was driven by Quatresous - Fromentin - Wagner and Bertholon
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Re: WTH # 240
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2013, 11:48:09 PM »
And the point goes to ropat53.

When I found the image and read about the records, I figured it had to have already been a puzzle.
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