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A Cambrai Battle Mystery (update: Lion Peugeot?)

A Cambrai Battle Mystery (update: Lion Peugeot?)

  • A Cambrai Battle Mystery (update: Lion Peugeot?)



Les from Auckland, New Zealand found this photo at a local exhibition about the First World War. The photo shows tired British (despite the German helmet) soldiers who try to make a little fun in the devastated Cambrai, October 1918. Probably short after the battle of Cambrai, 8-10 October. 

Les wonders: can anyone ID the car in this photograph which was one of many sympathetically "colourised"  WWI photographs in the excellent Great War Exhibition currently on here in New Zealand since 2014 (and until 2018) by Sir Peter Jackson (the movie film director)..?

editor: we're looking at a one cylinder chaindriven car with a most interesting bathtub, barrelsided two seater body. Some observers presume that the body may be of a later date than the chassis that we roughly put in a 1907-1910 window. Shoot us if we're wrong. Thank God that gruesome War was nearly over...

Published:
Sunday January 17th, 2016

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Unknown
19 January 2016, 10:13
The Lion Peugeot VC2 have no connection between the snaps of the chassis. Or to make the chassis more strong.
The two visible engine supports are bigger then the VC2- 1045 cc engine. Is this possible the type VY - one cylinder 1841 cc. There are 142 ex. making.
The mounting of the fan is lower on the cylinder then the VC2.
The body is possible of the Leon Bollee.
The fan likes a Lion Peugeot.
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Unknown
18 January 2016, 18:32
I wonder where that guy found the top hat? A great photo!
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Patrick Jacob
18 January 2016, 16:08
I think about a 1908 - 1911 single cylinder Lion Peugeot with an original body. Unuasual body? Nowadays yes, but not uncommon for that period.

(It's a 2-seat car with one door at the passengers side)
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Unknown
18 January 2016, 11:18
I wouldn't be surprised if this car turns out to be a Lion Peugeot. Small car with chain drive, many details seem to match (including the engine and the 'shape' of the radiator). The body is unusual, but could be a modernization. Anyway, I guess this photo has survived the car by almost a century!
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Unknown
18 January 2016, 00:11
Isn't that a shortened touring body? I don't see a door.
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