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A colour print, rescued from a disbound book about Racing Cars from 1975, with unrelated text on the reverse.

Suitable for framing, the average picture size is approx 7.5" x 7" or 19cm x 18cm, edge to edge plus a 2cm border at the top and a 2.5cm border at the bottom.

This is a vintage print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view the scans as they form part of the description.

The date given of 1975 is the printing date, the actual original date of creation can be earlier..

All pictures will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit.

Please note: That while every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

The text below is for information only and is from the opposite separate page it cannot be supplied with the print - All spelling subject to the OCR program used

1908 GRAND PRIX BENZ 120 H.P.

The German Benz Company built three cars to form the works team for the 1908 French Grand Prix at Dieppe, and this is one of them. The drivers were Victor Hémery, René Hanriot and Fritz Erle, who came second, third and seventh respectively - a very satisfactory result for a Company taking part in its first important race. The cars then went over to America, where Hémery again had some success (two second places) in the Savannah races of 1908 and 1910, and they were also driven by the redoubtable American, Barney Oldfleid.

Two of the team are known to survive, and this is the one which was driven by Erie at Dieppe and which competed at Savannah. The o.h.v. engine has four cylinders cast in pairs (155 X 165 mm.) and a capacity of 12,400 ccs. There is a high tension magneto, a four-speed gearbox, and transmission is by side chains.