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SAC#1781: Renault Special by Wright at Pebble Beach
« on: March 21, 2024, 03:26:24 PM »
Please , what is this car , and by whom ?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2024, 05:25:07 AM »
Experts !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2024, 11:21:11 AM »
From France?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2024, 02:30:59 AM »
Partially !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2024, 10:07:29 AM »
Pros !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2024, 04:10:32 PM »
Master !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2024, 04:44:09 PM »
Panhard mechanicals?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2024, 02:51:36 AM »
German race car on French mechanics?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2024, 03:06:24 AM »
Not Panhard mechanicals !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2024, 03:09:34 AM »
Not a German race car !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2024, 03:49:06 AM »
Simca underpinnings?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2024, 10:48:41 AM »
Renault 4CV based?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2024, 03:06:06 AM »
Yes ! Renault 4CV based

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2024, 03:42:06 AM »
One of the Moir-Renault 750?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2024, 02:44:16 AM »
Not the Moir-Renault !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2024, 02:59:38 AM »
One-off, made in USA?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2024, 02:35:15 AM »
Yes !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2024, 01:25:48 PM »
It looks like that the builder followed the same idea of the Dale Halliday/Dr. Paul Winters Special with identical front and rear clips for easy replacing or swapping.
Is there a connection to the Dale Halliday/Dr. Paul Winters Special, or is it that, also called 'Vines Special'?
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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2024, 01:42:43 AM »
Not that !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2024, 02:27:28 AM »
Caruthers?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2024, 02:55:48 AM »
Not Caruthers !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2024, 03:52:27 AM »
George Special?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2024, 05:10:50 AM »
Not George Special !

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2024, 12:34:21 PM »
James MacCabe's Renault Special, 1953?

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Re: SAC#1781
« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2024, 03:00:23 AM »
Not James MacCabe's Renault Special !