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{"id":21690,"date":"2019-08-10T12:41:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubledeclutch.com\/?p=21690"},"modified":"2019-08-10T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T12:41:54","slug":"rare-and-interesting-at-techno-classica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doubledeclutch.com\/?p=21690","title":{"rendered":"Rare and Interesting at Techno Classica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It may be the dog days of summer but here at DDC Towers we are beavering away, playing catch up with material that has taken time to get posted. Here are the Special Correspondent’s reflections on the Techno Classica.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was Cl\u00e9ment Ader who made the first V8 engines and he entered three V8\u2013engined cars for the tragic Paris\u2013Madrid race in 1903. The race was stopped at Bordeaux because of the fatal accidents but all three of these cars successfully reached Bordeaux safely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However it was de Dion who gave us the first production V8 car which was introduced at the 1910 Paris Show. This de Dion V8 dates from 1913 and its engine is of 4.6-litres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1930 the\nMille Miglia organisers introduced a Touring (Turismo) class for four-seater\nsaloons to attract more entrants. In 1931 Alfa Romeo entered three 6C 1750 Gran\nTurismos with special \u201cAerodynamic\u201d coup\u00e9 bodies built by Touring \u2013 these can\nbe considered the true ancestors of the modern GT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1931\nGazzabini\/Guatta came 8th<\/sup> and 1st<\/sup> in class; in 1932\nTouring prepared new aerodynamic bodies and Minoia\/Balestrieri came 4th<\/sup>\nand 1st<\/sup> in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a Talbot Grand Sport, chassis 110105. It ran at Le Mans three times but was never a works car. In 1951 it finished 17th<\/sup>; in 1952 Andr\u00e9 Chambas and Andr\u00e9 Morel raced it with two Roots-type superchargers fitted and brought it home 9th<\/sup>, the only Talbot to finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1953 was the car\u2019s last race and Chambas had Charles de Cortanze (of Peugeot fame) as his co-driver \u2013 alas, Chambas spun after just 25 laps, damaging the gearbox and causing retirement; poor de Cortanze never got to drive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During 1951\nJohn Wyer, the Aston Martin racing manager, was hoping the new sports racing\nDB3 would be ready but , when  it became\nobvious that it would not be available until the end of the season, he decided\nto build two \u201clightweight\u201d DB2 cars, registered XMC 76  and XMC 77. They had extensively drilled\nchassis, bodies in lighter 18-gauge alloy, Perspex side and rear windows and a\npower output of 128 bhp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This car\nfirst appeared in the Production Sports Car Race at Silverstone in May and Parnell\nwon the 3-litre class with seventh overall. At Le Mans Parnell shared with\nHampshire to finish in 7th<\/sup> place and then Shawe-Taylor took another\n7th<\/sup> in the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1952 Mille Miglia Parnell and Serboli finished 13th<\/sup> overall and in Switzerland\u2019s Prix de Berne at Bremgarten in May Parnell came 5th<\/sup>, lacking the speed to challenge the Mercedes-Benz 300SL opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A little Rovin microcar, made after World War 2 in the former Delaunay-Belleville factory at St Denis, Paris. One of these splendid machines won its class in the 1950 Bol d\u2019Or at Montlh\u00e9ry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Blumlein, August 2019\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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