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Solved: PN #576 -- Godiva, 1901
« on: December 14, 2013, 11:09:20 AM »
Please identify this car for a point
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2013, 01:47:38 AM »
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 01:07:03 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2013, 02:58:57 PM »
European marque?

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Re: PN #576
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2013, 03:15:24 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 01:25:42 AM »
A French marque from 1900-1905 (inclusive)?

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Re: PN #576
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2013, 02:32:55 AM »
not French and earlier
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2013, 09:52:17 PM »
A British marque from 1895-1899 (inclusive)?

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Re: PN #576
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2013, 11:56:55 PM »
yes, this assumption is mostly correct
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2013, 12:59:30 AM »
British Daimler of about 1897?  It was British manufactured using a licensed Panhard et Levassor chassis and a Daimler engine.

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Re: PN #576
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2013, 01:31:16 AM »
no
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2013, 03:58:39 AM »
Am I correct in assuming that this is a petrol powered car, and not an electric or steam car?

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Re: PN #576
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2013, 04:14:55 AM »
yes, this is was petrol powered
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2013, 05:41:36 AM »
1901 Godiva 9 hp Dos-à-dos, built by Payne & Bates Limited from Coventry
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Re: PN #576
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2013, 05:46:43 AM »
You are right
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