Charles Deplus
#1
Posted 23 October 2007 - 16:08
Now who knows more about this driver ?
Robert
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#2
Posted 23 October 2007 - 16:10
(sorry)
Presumably this is the C Deplus who was third in his heat of the 1907 Kaiserpreis, but retired in the final and again in the Circuit de Ardennes, on both occasion at the wheel of Pipe cars
#3
Posted 23 October 2007 - 18:13
Robert
#4
Posted 24 October 2007 - 08:55
http://www.artonline...ar16-020-lr.jpg
#5
Posted 25 May 2009 - 10:08
#6
Posted 21 March 2011 - 19:40
Hi Ensign14, I'm the author of that book and I'm happy that it found its way to you...Reading Claude Yvens' book on Lucien Hautvast, I (well, he) can add a little more about Deplus. He was 3rd on the last lap of the 1907 Kaiserpreis when his steering knuckle (?) broke. However, in testing, he had had a crash (the Pipes were not allowed to use their anti-skid tyres for the touring-only race) which killed his passenger Otto Pfaender, who was Pipe's technical director. Deplus' major victory was at the 1905 Semmenring race in Vienna.
It's nice to see people showing interest for a book that asked more than two years of research about long-forgotten heroes.
#7
Posted 21 March 2011 - 20:11
#8
Posted 22 March 2011 - 12:00
Hi, as a regular contributor to this forum on early motoring matters and with a particular interest in these early international races, I looked for your book but cannot find it on any of the usual web search engines, and wondered if you could let us know where it can be found. I for one would be interested to buy a copy, and maybe others here would too...Hi Ensign14, I'm the author of that book...
Marticelli
#9
Posted 22 March 2011 - 12:10
http://www.weyrich-e...de-legendes.htm
#10
Posted 06 April 2011 - 18:04