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Please identify this vehicle for a point.
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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2019, 05:53:00 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2019, 01:37:54 AM »
Voisin?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2019, 02:01:04 AM »

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2019, 06:32:12 PM »
....by a disciple of Monsieur Leyat? :huh:

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2019, 06:41:46 PM »
....by a disciple of Monsieur Leyat? :huh:
No connection that I am aware of.

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2020, 04:00:11 PM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2020, 04:47:33 PM »
French?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2020, 04:54:10 PM »
French?
French chassis with non-French coachwork

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2020, 06:55:03 AM »
chassis was produced from 1910 to 1919

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2020, 07:09:59 AM »
Belgian coachwork?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2020, 07:57:55 AM »
chassis was produced from 1910 to 1919
I will have to check my notes, but I believe this chassis was produced after 1919.

Belgian coachwork?
No

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2020, 01:24:18 PM »
chassis was produced from 1910 to 1919
I will have to check my notes, but I believe this chassis was produced after 1919.
The donor chassis was built sometime between 1920 and 1925.

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2020, 02:50:47 PM »
The coachbuild between 1930-35?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2020, 03:05:33 PM »
The coachbuild between 1930-35?
I don't have an exact date, but at least one source seems to imply the coachwork was performed on a fresh chassis (so 1920-25?)

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2020, 01:52:19 AM »
German coachwork?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2020, 03:26:57 AM »

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2020, 03:33:09 AM »
European?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2020, 05:27:52 AM »
Coachbuilder from a Mediterranean country ?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2020, 05:35:37 AM »
chassis of a famous manufacturer?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2020, 06:15:45 AM »

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2020, 06:40:07 AM »
Italian coachbuilder ?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2020, 06:55:48 AM »

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2020, 07:00:59 AM »
Spanish coachbuilder ?

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Re: GTE 244
« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2020, 07:05:36 AM »