Author Topic: Monty207 - Solved: Porsche 356 single-seater by Michel Bayol (1968) (Read 713 times)

el_monty · « **on:** August 17, 2017, 10:14:24 AM »

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please identify this vehicle, who built it and the year.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids

el_monty · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2017, 06:01:48 AM »

Up to the Experts

Allan L · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2017, 07:58:00 AM »

It looks like a venue I should recognise, but as it's a Volkswagen-based car perhaps it's not in the UK but in Germany.

el_monty · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2017, 08:03:36 AM »

I don't know exactly where the photo was taken, but I'm pretty sure it was neither the UK nor Germany.

el_monty · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2017, 03:46:13 AM »

Up to the Pros.

oko94 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2017, 03:53:44 AM »

Made in Europe ?

el_monty · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2017, 03:54:31 AM »

Yes, it's European.

oko94 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2017, 04:09:33 AM »

Made in Scandinavia ?

el_monty · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2017, 04:10:52 AM »

Not from Scandinavia.

oko94 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2017, 04:31:07 AM »

Made in a Mediterranean country ?

el_monty · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2017, 04:36:24 AM »

Yes. But the base car was not.

oko94 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2017, 04:57:03 AM »

Made in Spain ?

el_monty · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2017, 05:35:17 AM »

Not from Spain.

oko94 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2017, 05:44:58 AM »

Made in France ?

el_monty · « **Reply #14 on:** September 15, 2017, 05:51:47 AM »

Yes, it's from France.

oko94 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 15, 2017, 05:52:20 AM »

Was it built before 1955 ?

el_monty · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2017, 05:59:29 AM »

No, it's from after that date.

nicanary · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2017, 06:10:18 AM »

It's a Formula Vee car, so it must date from after 1963/64.

That's an odd-looking hillclimb. It almost looks like a film set , which I assume is due to some sort of foreshortening. The road looks like it's rough dirt-track but maybe that's just an effect from the camerawork.

Is it a well-known French hillclimb venue?

el_monty · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2017, 06:17:05 AM »

As I said before, I don't know where the photograph was taken. I just know that the car took part in some regional races in the area around the city where it was built, and I assume that the picture is from one of those races, but I don't know exactly where.

oko94 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2017, 07:23:58 AM »

Porsche 356 single-seater by Michel Bayol, 1968.

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** September 15, 2017, 07:31:11 AM »

I was way out there! Michel was the son of former Gordini works driver Elie Bayol.

el_monty · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2017, 07:36:28 AM »

oko94 got it!
It was auctioned in July. This is what it looks like now.

oko94 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 15, 2017, 07:41:17 AM »

Thanks for my 806th point !

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Author Topic: Monty207 - Solved: Porsche 356 single-seater by Michel Bayol (1968) (Read 713 times)