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Re: Put some effort in ...

Postby clee » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:12 am

wartime connection ?
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Postby The Saint » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:13 am

1954 French Solex motorized bicycle.???
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Postby JohnC » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:18 am

Velocette ?
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Postby mellowyellowa610 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:21 am

The Saint wrote:1954 French Solex motorized bicycle.???


Bonus point goes to Vince.

The solex has an engine and was probably the most popular thing when we took it to a Lotus Festival at Brands recently. It's also great to go and get the bacon butties and cups of tea in mega quick time! :super
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Postby The Saint » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:22 am

mmmmm just guessing now as Mr Google wont help LOL

did it do some kind of rally? maybe the paris dakar thning?? just guessing as it has that roof rack!
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Postby mellowyellowa610 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:24 am

clee wrote:wartime connection ?


Nothing to do with the Wars. The car is a 1929 and there is a really simple reason why it is RHD.
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Postby The Saint » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:28 am

this looks very close but its a bugatti

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Postby The Saint » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:31 am

Hispano-Suiza. had something to do with Roll Royce, but I cannot find anything connected with your car??
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Re: Put some effort in ...

Postby Miles » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:32 am

Post van?
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Postby mellowyellowa610 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:32 am

The Saint wrote:mmmmm just guessing now as Mr Google wont help LOL

did it do some kind of rally? maybe the paris dakar thning?? just guessing as it has that roof rack!


The roof rack was a later addition. There is a motorsport link although only where the thing lived for most of its life..


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Re: Put some effort in ...

Postby BIG_MVS » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:47 am

I seem to recall quite a few countries in Europe were RHD until the 50's? Spain was one I think. Don't know about France though.

Was this an early French road sweeper!?
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Postby BIG_MVS » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:58 am

Salmson?
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Re: Put some effort in ...

Postby mellowyellowa610 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:09 am

BIG_MVS wrote:I seem to recall quite a few countries in Europe were RHD until the 50's? Spain was one I think. Don't know about France though.

Was this an early French road sweeper!?


Well done. You get a Big MVS super prize for the correct answer. France only changed to LHD much later on. All French cars were RHD in 1929.

It's not a Salmson or a road sweeper though.
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Re: Put some effort in ...

Postby darrenbiggs » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:59 pm

Ok, well since no one is doing much at the moment and we're playing Top Trumps style trivia, ten points to anyone who recognises one of these and can tell me the original purpose for which it was designed.

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