SAC#875 : DB n°1 with a Citroen engine ,1938

[SACO]

What's this  , for 1 point ?  :)

[SACO]

Experts !

[richard cuyler]

French?

[qwaszx]

DB 1?

[SACO]

Yes ! DB n°1 with a Citroen engine ,1938
1 point for qwaszx !  :)

[DHoffmann]

An easy point up for grabs here! Whazzis?

[DHoffmann]

I dunno, experts maybe?

[frederick59]

Simca 8?

[DHoffmann]

Simca 8?

No it's not.

[BERTRAND]

Peugeot?

[DHoffmann]

Peugeot?

Not them either.

[frederick59]

Is it a French car?

[DHoffmann]

Is it a French car?

Yes, that it is.

[frederick59]

Delage?

[DHoffmann]

Delage?

That, however, it is not!

[qwaszx]

DB 1

[DHoffmann]

DB 1

That is the one, this is the very first Deutsch-Bonnet, the DB1. I believe my source quoted that this image was from its debut at the Paris 1938 GP, but the computer that it's on is temporarily dead so I will correct that if I'm wrong there.

Well done!

[qwaszx]

a beautiful Andreau inspired design, including the back wheel arches. DB2 was a closed version AKA bat mobile for Charles Deutsch. aft rte the war that car lost its roof and is now in a swiss collection.

[nicanary]

www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=29546.msg347826#msg347826

One and the same car?

[Carnut]

www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=29546.msg347826#msg347826

One and the same car?

I think it must be, although the front grille looks different.
However, since there was only one built it can't be any other!
Will be merged.

[DHoffmann]

Ah and I thought it hadn't been posted! Of course I'd only searched DB1 and Deutsch-Bonnet related, not only DB.

My understanding is that - like most race cars of the time - something like a grill may have been changed due to accidents/visual preferences and so the one shown in my puzzle might be a very early prototype version of it prior to the finished design seen in the earlier puzzle.

I may also have edited the image slightly to remove identifiers (not a central grill divider of course) so that might have something to with it also. I'll check once I get access to the original images again.

[Carnut]

I often remove something like the central grille divider from my puzzles.
If it's something which easily identifies a car (like a BMW grille for instance) I think it's quite legitimate in order to throw puzzlers off the scent, but they're such a clever bunch on AP it rarely works as intended!

[Wendax]

Of course I'd only searched DB1 and Deutsch-Bonnet related, not only DB.

Unfortunately you can't search for two-letter words.  :(

[Carnut]

Of course I'd only searched DB1 and Deutsch-Bonnet related, not only DB.

Unfortunately you can't search for two-letter words.  :(

I don't agree!
2 letters are OK; it's single letters that don't work on the Search facility...

[Wendax]

 :bag:
You are right, i mixed it up with the search facility on another forum where you have to have at least three connected letters.