Topic: Solved ropat#65:1910 Delauney-Belleville 12CV used by Jules Bonnot

[ropat53]

What car is this, what was it used for and by whom, for one point and for another point who did it originally belong to, what colour was it and what finally happened to it?

[ropat53]

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[4popoid]

A green & black 1910 Delauney-Belleville 12CV, of a Mr. Normand, stolen by Jules Bonnot  for use, along with Octave Garnier and Raymond Callemin (the Bonnot Gang), in a robbery of messengers for the Societe Generale, in Paris, on December 21, 1911, and abandoned in Dieppe. It was claimed to be the first robbery using a motor vehicle.

[ropat53]

Yes that was quick. One point for you, but I' d still like to know what happened to the car, at least according to my source?
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[4popoid]

I'm not sure what you are looking for exactly, and I haven't been able to locate anything on this particular car subsequent to its discovery at Dieppe.  However I did discover a bit more detail regarding its discovery, which may be what you are looking for when you say "what finally happened to it".  My source says that the car was “found the next day at Dieppe, mired near the beach, not far from the cliffs”.

[ropat53]

I won't torture you any more, as my source may not be very reliable after all, what I had was that the car was found burnt.
The amazing thing about this story is how actual it is, a luxury car stolen to commit a robbery and it is later abandoned and set on fire. One more point for you