246 Dino move over

[eustacetilley]

Fritz... you know your stuff. This has been as much fun as those long, interminable discussions on rec.autos.british a couple of decades back.
Maybe you, and I, and maybe davester, should start a discussion on just how Saoutchik is pronounced, and the significance of the De Dion Bouton; my old Rover had a De Dion rear end...

My best;

Eustace

[Fritz]

heh, heh, heh. Me likey cars.
I never hit the car discussions groups then, perhaps because I had already found other groups that drove me nuts. Or perhaps it was the 300 baud connect.

I'd bet in Spain Saoutchik is pronounced differently by many, just like in Italy.
A pastry eating friend of mine went to Sicily with his Italian speaking wife.
They had no idea what she was asking for.

Never heard of De Dion Bouton until now. Most of my interest in automobiles is the 20's thru the early 80's.

My wife and I threaten to make Concours in Ct or Amelia Island every year. Not so far.
Work gets in the way of fun.

[yeoman]

Fritz wrote:

Never heard of De Dion Bouton until now..

Here you go:

[eustacetilley]

After consultation with yoeman, and a bit of searching, I believe that this is a 1901 De Dion Bouton Vis-A-Vis, in fact, it is _this_ De Dion Bouton, from the 2005 London-Brighton.:



Other than the less incorrect number plate which barely covers where the older one was placed, the cars are identical, from an era where there were few identical cars. Since 2005, the plate has been repositioned:

http://www.scludo.com/wp-content/uploads...Button.jpg

(About the less incorrect bit: Britain didn't start issuing number plates until 1903. Old two letter plates can be, and often are, resold for large sums.)

Eustace