Author Topic: Solved: PN #703 -- La Perle, 1921  (Read 618 times)

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Solved: PN #703 -- La Perle, 1921
« on: October 26, 2014, 12:24:53 PM »
Please identify this car for a point
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2014, 01:49:27 PM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2014, 04:06:03 PM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2014, 04:44:24 PM »
Amilcar?

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Re: PN #703
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2014, 11:39:23 PM »
no
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2014, 04:54:26 AM »
From a country located behind the Iron Curtain later on?

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Re: PN #703
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 05:07:16 AM »
French marque?

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Re: PN #703
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 06:17:41 AM »
Is it a Derby K4?

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Re: PN #703
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2014, 11:33:23 AM »
French, not a Derby
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2014, 11:57:25 AM »
Salmson ?
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 01:38:03 PM »
Rally from about 1923?

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Re: PN #703
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2014, 01:46:57 PM »
1921 La Perle pre-production car at the Meeting du Boulogne-sur-Mer, Louis Lefèvre at the wheel
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2014, 01:53:21 PM »
1921 La Perle pre-production car at the Meeting du Boulogne-sur-Mer, Louis Lefèvre at the wheel

He finished second in the Grand Prix de Boulogne for voiturettes, 38 minutes behind the winner.  Another one I didn't get - I thought the car was from later in the decade.
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Re: PN #703
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2014, 04:51:28 AM »
A perfect answer
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