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Who knows this race car?
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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2014, 12:28:58 PM »
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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2014, 07:40:35 AM »
US car?

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2014, 12:16:56 PM »
No - itīs european.

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2014, 02:04:17 PM »
French ?

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2014, 04:05:52 PM »
Not french, but from the continent.

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2014, 04:21:56 AM »
From Germany, Opel maybe?

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2014, 01:28:16 PM »
Not German. :D

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2014, 01:54:09 PM »
Italian?
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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2014, 02:27:14 PM »
YES!

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2014, 04:35:40 PM »
Fiat or less known ?

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2014, 04:54:28 PM »
Not Fiat and less known.

But not really obscure. ;)

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2014, 05:57:57 PM »
Chiribiri?
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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2014, 06:22:42 PM »
No, better known.

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2014, 03:39:11 AM »
OM ?

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2014, 12:02:58 PM »
Chiribiri
Fiat
OM

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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2014, 02:15:15 PM »
It looks pre-WW1 so could it be an Itala?
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Re: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05)
« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2014, 03:21:24 PM »
BAM!

LOCKED for you!

Any more details?

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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2014, 04:31:13 PM »
1908 GP Itala?
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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2014, 05:19:23 PM »
No.

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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2014, 06:28:02 PM »
The car is pre-WW1 isn't it?  If so, is it the 1913 GP car?
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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2014, 12:22:03 PM »
Exactly!

But who converted it to this look and used it in 1914 at several racing events?

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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2014, 05:55:10 PM »
Was it Malcolm Campbell?
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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2014, 06:18:08 PM »
Not him.

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Re: LOCKED for D-type: grob race car special 2014.07.09 (05) ITALA ....
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2014, 06:36:59 PM »
I've run out of ideas to follow up.  Please unlock it so others can have a go.
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