Another teaser !!

[LordBretSinclair]

OK, super sleuths, what's this beauty spotted recently on my travels ??

[Justayellowbadge]

Looks Panhardy.

[PGN]

1960 DB Panhard Le Mans Luxe?

[rswift]

RHD ?

Looks like a variation of a Daimler Dart/SP250...


Ok wrong, just googled the image of the Panhard, and obviously the above post is spot on....never heard of this model, I thought I knew my French classics !

I am still intrigued by the fact it's RHD, not many Panhards in RHD guise......unless the photo has been reversed ??

Edited by rswift on Thursday 2nd July 22:45

[GT6 Jonsey]

Looks similar to a Falcon Caribbean

Edited by GT6 Jonsey on Friday 3rd July 06:31

[Roy C]

rswift said:

I am still intrigued by the fact it's RHD, not many Panhards in RHD guise......unless the photo has been reversed ??

I was thrown by the RHD and missing DB bonnet badge. Even with LHD it's a very rare car.

[Mellow Yellow]

PGN is certainly correct but it's also missing Panhards most distinguishing feature, drum brakes built into the wheels:

[LordBretSinclair]

Yep I reversed the image to confuse you a bit but nobody has completely correctly identified this rare French Classic as yet

Edited by LordBretSinclair on Friday 3rd July 14:34

[Roy C]

If it's not a DB Panhard Le Mans Luxe, is it either a René Bonnet Le Mans or a René Bonnet Missile?



A Bonnet bonnet badge.

Edited by Roy C on Friday 3rd July 15:10

[lowdrag]

Now I wonder where I have seen that before?





ETA That's my old D-type next to it.

Edited by lowdrag on Friday 3rd July 20:32

[PGN]

LordBretSinclair said:

Yep I reversed the image to confuse you a bit but nobody has completely correctly identified this rare French Classic as yet

Edited by LordBretSinclair on Friday 3rd July 14:34

That was sneaky! - I did wonder if it had been reversed because of the wiper pattern.

[LordBretSinclair]

Roy C said:

If it's not a DB Panhard Le Mans Luxe, is it either a René Bonnet Le Mans or a René Bonnet Missile?



A Bonnet bonnet badge.

Edited by Roy C on Friday 3rd July 15:10

Well done Roy, chatting to the owner he confirmed a Rene Bonnet Missile

[RichB]

lowdrag said:

As I know nothing about these I'll ask... what's that polished lump in the engine bay?

[finlo]

I'd say its shrouding around the cylinder barrels for cooling like a beetle.

[lowdrag]

It was 2004 when I took the picture. I have the notion that it was like the Beetle, a heating system, but probably wrong. Anyway, it belo0ngs to Monsieur Pommery, of the champagne family, but I won't let on for the moment exactly what it is - except that it has quite a racing history.

ETA Missed the correct reply above. Yes a Deutch Bonnet Le Mans was the correct answer of course.

Edited by lowdrag on Monday 6th July 14:47