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bit of a photo fit I think.
I'm guessing they are all racecar drivers/owners and it is era appropriate with the cars shown.
But I'm going out on a limb here knowing I'll be 100% wrong.
1st one reminds me of Paul Newman.
I know the 2nd/6th but cannot think of his name **** Got it, Henri Pescarolo.
Guessing 4th is Enzo
5th Steve McQueen except for the nose, looks more French.
7th is a gimmie, Jacky Ickx
3 no idea
8 no idea
Please say I got one right.
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I think the first photo is Phil Hill, and the third could be Ettore Bugatti.
Otherwise I'd guess the same as Ze Gas, and I don't know the eighth either.
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Is the last one Eugenio Dragoni?
1st one... Wolfgang ('Taffy') von Trips with the Ferrari 156 because didn't Phil Hill have dark hair?
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My guesses - some more educated than others...
1. Phil Hill
2. Henri Pescarolo
3. Ettore Bugatti
4. Enzo Ferrari
5. Jochen Rindt
6. Henri Pescarolo
7. Jacky Ickx
8. Charles Deutsch, of CD-Panhard.
Very nice cars - and the figures really bring them to life
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Though I would give it some time
Andy = your were spot on - how did you know Charles D? (of CD matra fame)??
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(6th-Dec-24, 09:35 AM)Anthony B Wrote: Ever wonder why you bought something in an impulse buy?? Sadly I do it quite often!!
I've done it twice in the last couple of weeks. First time wasn't so bad - the car cost me less than £15. ......But I already had one the same.
Second time it cost me £55 for a car I already have multiple versions of, and didn't really want or need.
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(9th-Dec-24, 12:47 PM)Anthony B Wrote: how did you know Charles D? (of CD matra fame)??
I'm a bit of a 60s Le Mans geek - especially French cars - and remembered LMM made a figure of him.
The Scalextric Alpine model was a curve-ball - not sure Deutsch had anything to do with the actual car, apart from maybe inspiring the aerodynamics?
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Yup - he has minor input into the aerodynamics - I did have a model of the later cars that he was heavily involved with
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Lets see some of you guys track figures and what you have done with them - either on or off the track!!
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