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Nice BNC but the thing that struck me was that I immediately recognised the location. It is on the west bank of the Rhone at Avignon. I have...
And the full story of the restoration of old #19 is in the book too. This is it 'as found'. [ATTACH]
And thanks to Hugo for this YouTube video. [MEDIA]
[ATTACH] That is me in the middle looking rather grumpy! (I don't know why, I was having a ball.)
Here are some photos from that event in Richelieu. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I first discovered the name Montier when reading about the Le Mans 24-hour race I noticed someone had finished 14th in the first – 1923 – event,...
Great, let me know how you are getting on. I was lucky enough to have seen a few Montiers last year and as the few survivors are not for sale I...
Yes but that refers back to a small book about Montier that came about from my early reports for VeloceToday. We then decided to publish it in...
'Charles Montier and his French Racing Fords' is available from Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6L3Q5TW
Charles Montier did indeed build a 'Straight-Eight' Ford. He had been racing for ten years and as a Ford dealer in Paris he eagerly waited for...
That IS a nice Model A Speedster, but it is NOT a Montier-Ford. It was built some years ago in Argentina where there is quite an industry...
Of course you do. I spent many years collecting photos, period ads and researching competition results and then contacting owners and restorers...
Yeah, thanks Bob. There was much discussion on these in the past, in fact I may have posted that photo originally, but now I am seeking info on...
That car was since sold to the USA and then found its way to a French dealer - Christian Decombas of Orleat - who then sold it to a collector...
Yep, and now there are now far more fake 'Shelby' Mustangs around than were ever originally built ! German race cars of course were all white...
[ATTACH] And another teaser, the front view of that same cabriolet. Photos exist of at least five other Model As and one '34 roadster.
Ned, there is no doubt Charles Montier would have been the type of entrepreneur that goes against everything Coase later recommended. He was born...
Montier was still racing his much modified Ts as late as 1928, and he was certainly racing the Model As by 1930 but I have been unable to find any...
Montier had access, either in house or through local artisans to make just about anything he could dream up, and if he wanted new chassis rails he...
Yes, there are a few, which prove that at least 6 or 7 different cars were built. Like this 2 seat Cabriolet on lowered chassis. None of them...
There was no such car as a 'Le Mans Model A'. Montier only raced there in 1923, '24 and '25 in Model T Fords. He did race Model As later in both...
Montier did later build a Model A based racer with two four-cylinder engines making a straight eight. This was an attempt to keep up while they...
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