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#141 Post by curtis »

curtis wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:05 pm A clue for the circuit coming later.
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#142 Post by Char »

Montlhéry?
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#143 Post by DominicBest »

More from family archives

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I love my father’s notes on the back.
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#144 Post by Nomoss »

Re-posted below :o)
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#145 Post by Nomoss »

RobertArthur wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:53 am Family archives, from the depths of a shoebox, somewhere on the isle of Java around 1929:

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Chevrolet coupé?
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#146 Post by curtis »

Char wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:23 pmMontlhéry?
Correct. Your prize is in the post !
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#147 Post by Char »

curtis wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 3:32 pm
Char wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:23 pmMontlhéry?
Correct. Your prize is in the post !
Yay - that looks like great fun you lucky lucky person you.
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#148 Post by RobertArthur »

After a try-out of several sharpen tools - free downloads from the internet - I gave up. Probably I'll have to buy a professional program as Lightroom (Adobe). So without sharpening another one:


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#149 Post by Nomoss »

RobertArthur wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 3:51 pm After a try-out of several sharpen tools - free downloads from the internet - I gave up. Probably I'll have to buy a professional program as Lightroom (Adobe). So without sharpening another one:


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This car has a different licence plate, radiator, bumper, and several other differences from the previous one. Maybe it is a later model of the same make.
On the radiator badge on the first one I can just about make out the shape of the Chevy symbol on the badge, which I think is an early one.

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Old Chevy badge, around 1920 - 1930. See https://americanhistory.si.edu/collecti ... mah_840323

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#150 Post by curtis »

DominicBest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:58 pm More from family archives

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I love my father’s notes on the back.
Agreed. Some interesting information. Do you know if it is still in existance ?
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