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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2018, 04:42:43 PM »
Presumably then the engine is French ..... Peugeot?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2018, 04:49:39 PM »
Presumably then the engine is French ..... Peugeot?
The engine is French, but not Peugeot.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2018, 06:36:55 PM »
Simca?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2018, 08:03:55 PM »

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #29 on: October 28, 2018, 10:16:31 PM »
Renault?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #30 on: October 28, 2018, 10:58:24 PM »

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #31 on: October 29, 2018, 09:39:34 AM »
So is the chassis from Italy and the body from UK? O

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2018, 10:03:41 AM »
So is the chassis from Italy and the body from UK? O
Chassis and body were custom-built (in France, I assume).

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2018, 12:33:14 PM »
Is the Renault engine from a Fregate or something smaller?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #34 on: October 29, 2018, 01:22:10 PM »
Is the Renault engine from a Fregate or something smaller?
I know nothing more about the engine; only that it is Renault.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #35 on: October 29, 2018, 07:26:31 PM »
Are the British and Italian bits likely to help identify it - or are they reletively small parts.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #36 on: October 29, 2018, 07:49:29 PM »
Are the British and Italian bits likely to help identify it - or are they reletively small parts.
Trans and differential. Not sure they are going to help much.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #37 on: November 12, 2018, 09:09:36 AM »
Pros?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #38 on: November 12, 2018, 09:41:03 AM »
Built between 1952 and 1957 ?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #39 on: November 12, 2018, 11:59:44 AM »
Built between 1952 and 1957 ?
Later than that

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #40 on: November 12, 2018, 12:10:53 PM »
Built between 1958 and 1963 ?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #41 on: November 12, 2018, 12:15:49 PM »

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #42 on: November 12, 2018, 02:44:27 PM »
Built in 1959 ?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #43 on: November 12, 2018, 02:59:38 PM »
Built in 1959 ?
It was built in 1963.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #44 on: August 15, 2019, 11:59:31 AM »
Was Jacques Durand involved?

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #45 on: August 15, 2019, 03:12:25 PM »
Unfortunately, I do not know the names of anyone involved in the design or construction.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #46 on: August 23, 2019, 06:41:13 AM »
Monteverdi

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #47 on: August 23, 2019, 06:45:21 AM »
Monteverdi

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #48 on: August 23, 2019, 11:16:59 AM »
Monteverdi
No. As far as I know, this is a one-off vehicle not created under an established brand.

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Re: gte4289 4
« Reply #49 on: August 24, 2019, 01:07:08 PM »
was it photographed in a museum?
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