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Title: Solved NIC#304 - 1930 Rolland-Pilain "Grand Prix" with Continental engine
Post by: nicanary on September 29, 2014, 07:18:23 AM
What is this car? Tell me what you know - the marque and the engine.
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on October 27, 2014, 07:58:10 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: Joao Gois on October 31, 2014, 01:26:34 PM
Rear lights look like a Ford. Going anywhere with this idea?
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on October 31, 2014, 07:54:34 PM
Quote from: Joao Gois on October 31, 2014, 01:26:34 PM
Rear lights look like a Ford. Going anywhere with this idea?

It's possible. The car was made from various parts in a country where the Ford would be readily available.
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: exekiel on October 31, 2014, 10:22:33 PM
southamerican?
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on November 01, 2014, 06:05:45 AM
Quote from: exekiel on October 31, 2014, 10:22:33 PM
southamerican?

Yes and no. The original car is not from there, but the car was recreated in South America.
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: exekiel on November 01, 2014, 10:42:25 PM
Benjamin? :o
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on November 02, 2014, 05:58:34 AM
Quote from: exekiel on November 01, 2014, 10:42:25 PM
Benjamin? :o

Not that.
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on November 30, 2014, 12:58:39 PM
Pros?
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: 4popoid on November 30, 2014, 02:14:18 PM
The car is a 1930 Rolland-Pilain Grand Prix car which was up for auction last year.  According to the auction information, it has an all aluminum body, and is powered by a Continental Red Seal straight eight.
Title: Re: NIC #304
Post by: nicanary on November 30, 2014, 02:27:41 PM
Quote from: 4popoid on November 30, 2014, 02:14:18 PM
The car is a 1930 Rolland-Pilain Grand Prix car which was up for auction last year.  According to the auction information, it has an all aluminum body, and is powered by a Continental Red Seal straight eight.

Another one solved by the experience of the Pros. The point is yours.

There was no Rolland-Pilain GP car of that year. I have no information about what the chassis really consists of, but the marque did install  Continental/Lycoming engines in that period. The car was for sale in Argentina, and I guess that that's where this speedster body originated. These American engines were first fitted from 1930, so that tallies, but the last GP cars from R-P were built in 1923, and this chassis looks bigger than those.
Title: Re: Solved NIC#304 - 1930 Rolland-Pilain "Grand Prix" with Continental engine
Post by: nicanary on November 30, 2014, 02:31:03 PM
A frontal view.