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Solved NIC#746 - 1966 Courtois-Simca F3
« on: February 06, 2017, 05:57:29 AM »
Year, marque and engine please.
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2017, 05:05:44 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2017, 08:29:00 AM »
looks like Matra - is it?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2017, 08:57:11 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on March 11, 2017, 08:29:00 AM
looks like Matra - is it?

Not a Matra.
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2017, 11:44:37 AM »
is it French?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2017, 11:58:33 AM »
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2017, 01:09:53 PM »
Alpine Renault F3, 1968 ?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2017, 01:43:44 PM »
MEP-NSU?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2017, 01:44:57 PM »
Not an Alpine, nor an MEP.

It is F3 and a bit earlier than 1968.
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2017, 02:10:42 PM »
Pygmee?
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2017, 03:10:11 PM »
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2017, 05:53:27 PM »
Courtois-Simca from 1966.
"Frenchman Hubert Courtois raced his Courtois-Simca only once at la Châtre in June 1966 where, unsurprisingly, he failed to qualify." (from the F3History website)
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Re: NIC#746
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2017, 06:32:34 AM »
Quote from: el_monty on March 11, 2017, 05:53:27 PM
Courtois-Simca from 1966.
"Frenchman Hubert Courtois raced his Courtois-Simca only once at la Châtre in June 1966 where, unsurprisingly, he failed to qualify." (from the F3History website)

Yes. Well solved. You have provided all the details I asked for, and the point is yoiurs.

M. Courtois seems to have been very optimistic - by 1966 state-of-the cars could be bought from Brabham or Lotus, and it is obvious this car would have been hopelessly uncompetitive. Even the transporter was sign-written. Maybe he used it in club racing or hillclimbs.
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