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Great Old Car in Estonia

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What brand of car can have it in this photo?.
This photograph may have been taken in Estonia.

 

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#1 2013-02-06 15:48
This large limousine is almost certainly a La Buire of around 1912. The long hood probably hides a 6 cylinder engine. There was a Russian connection, because a La Buire won in 1911 the St. Petersburg-Sebastopol (or Sevastopol) Rallye in the hands of Pyotr Ilyin, who himself was a Moscovian coachbuilder. And indeed he also used La Buire chassis for his coachwork (see Maurice A. Kelly, Russian Motor Vehicles for more information). So possibly we see an Ilyin creation!
 

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