Author Topic: Solved NIC#406 - 1949 Serval-HRD by Jean-Gilbert Fourny  (Read 806 times)

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Re: NIC #406
« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2015, 05:34:18 AM »
Sorry D-type, but oko94 gets the point. He has found the full original image, complete with enough to answer the question.

It was built in 1949 by Fourny (I have seen this spelled as Foury) and I can find only two race entries for the car - on 27.8.49  at the II Prix du Leman at Lausanne, raced by Pierre Nessi, where it did not start, and on 7.5.50 at  the GP de Cinquantenaire at Roubaix, driven by Max Foury (that spelling again) where it lasted just 3 laps.

Both races were run to Formula 2 regulations, so it was a sort of French equivalent of the Cooper-JAP 1100 cars run by the British in these events. The engine strictly speaking was an HRD because the Vincent name wasn't adopted until 1950.

I am not sure when the car was restored, but parts of what looks very much like this car were on sale at an Autojumble, and the vendor thought they were from the Hardy Special,(not the UK car) run by Camille Hardy in French F3 events, but the dates don't fit, Hardy drving his car earlier in 1950. If I can find the relative photos, I will post them.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Solved NIC#406 - 1949 Serval-HRD by Jean-Gilbert Fourny
« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2015, 06:06:12 AM »
These are the photos of the car pre-restoration - the Autojumble was in 2010. The Hardy Special was based on a Simca 5 chassis, front-engined and powered by Zundapp. The vendor of these parts obviously didn't know what he was selling - it looks very much like the Serval to me.
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Re: Solved NIC#406 - 1949 Serval-HRD by Jean-Gilbert Fourny
« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2015, 06:08:53 AM »
Some more photos.
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Re: Solved NIC#406 - 1949 Serval-HRD by Jean-Gilbert Fourny
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2015, 06:18:26 AM »
I feel sorry for D-Type : if he were French, a simple "monoplace moteur HRD" search would have been enough to solve the puzzle and score his first pro point !