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 What
happened to the CS of Canadian Case?
The father of Case
Vanderplas (Kees van der Plas) from Oakville, Ontario, Canada was
born in Bergen, The Netherlands. After the war he emigrated to
Canada where he lived until his death in 1989. His son Case - this
is how the Dutch pronounce the Dutch name 'Kees' - found the two
photos when sorting out the estate. Paw van der Plas told about this
car that it had no differential enabling him into nice 'powerslides'
..... can anybody remember what came of this Amilcar in Holland?
Take note of the acetylene headlights which never were mounted on
Amilcars. Info@PreWarCar.com
More Dutch Amilcars at the pages of Jos Cox
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 Have a
great Whitsuntide weekend.
photo courtesy Ian
Bingham showing him racing his Frazer Nash up to the sky of Prescott
Hill in 2003
CORRECTION by Jacqueline Theuns: earlier the editor
chose the wrong (Pentecost) to translate the Dutch Pinksteren and of
course meant to say Whitsuntide...
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 About
Quiz
# 182
Elliot Shepard / Hotchkiss HH / French GP 1906
(UPDATE: the Mechnic
A frightening large number of
competitors crossed the finish line of Quiz #182 with nothing more
than a noselenght of difference. All (!) competitors came up with
the right driver. Almost every competitor came up with the right car
and year. No less than eight competitors Jan Gauffin, Marc Lee
Fellman, Stefan Ittner, David Green, Jean-Marie Guivarch, Carleton
Hughes, Danny Hermans, Radu Comsa and Peter Slootweg plus jury
members Mark Dawber and Kit Foster) all coughed up the right basic
facts. (A) the event was the 1906 Grand Prix near Le Mans as
organised by the Automobile Club de France (this 26-27 June it will
be exactly 100 years ago) (B) The car was a Hotchkiss HH (they were
also known for making arms including the earliest machine guns) and
C. the driver Elliot Shepard, who was a son of Margaret
Vanderbilt-Shepard and cousin of William Vanderbilt-Cup ). So these
resuilts did put us into the position to change this quiz into a
lottery, but we don't like lotteries. Better stay close to the quiz
question 'Who is it?' We thought about giving the prize to the men
who told us more about the mechanic (was it indeed William J.
Muller?). Finally we decided to give courtesy to the man who had it
all right plus that he named the full Hotchkiss team being Le Blon,
Salleron & Shepard and on top of that in reality is closest to
the truth as he lives and is working near Le Mans! Congratulations
to artist Jean Marie Guivarch !! (this quiz is sponsored by the Ault Park Concours
d'Elegance with special thanks to the Arthritis Foundation and
Toyota USA) Many thanks to 'Golden Era'experts Hans Etzrodt and Leif
Snellman.
UPDATE by Robert Dick:"Acording to the
contemporary French magazine "L'Automobile - Revue des Locomotions
nouvelles", Shepard's mechanic in the 1906 GP de l'ACF and the 1906
Vanderbilt Cup was Charles "Baby" Lehman. This is confirmed by "The
New York Times" of September 9, 1906: "Elliott F. Shepard, who is to
drive the 125 horse power Hotchkiss car in the Vanderbilt Cup race
on the Long Island course on Oct. 6, arrived here early yesterday
morning on the French Line steamship La Lorraine. He brought with
him his mechanician, Charles Lehman, popularly known as the "Baby"
in French automobile circles." (Elliott with two "t"s in the NYT)"
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Editor's Choice:  When tuned well possibly quicker than the
later CGSs due to lightness: 1923 Amilcar CS Sports. go
 Enchanting Salmson project. 1926 Grand
Sport. Private Sale, UK go
 For the very happy very few: 1929 Isotta
Fraschini 8 AS Roadster by Castagna. Visit Autocollections, USA. go
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