Friends' Gallery Picture of the Month - March 2020

[Mike Costigan]

Mme Venial's Rosengart LR2 on the 1932 Paris - St Raphael Rally Female:


  1932 Rally Female Paris-St Raphael Mme Venial Rosengart.jpg (Size: 166.6 KB / Downloads: 350)

[Derek Sheldon]

Where did you find this one ?

[Renaud]

Jealous is Derek!

[Mike Costigan]

Derek, it was one of a number of Rosengart photos that were listed on eBay about a year ago. I was unsuccessful with my bid, but I managed to copy the images; they needed a bit of Photoshop work to correct the distortion but I got the corrections reasonably accurately.

Here are two more, which didn't come out quite so well, showing Mmlle Simone des Forest:


  1931 Paris Vichy rosengart-lr2.jpg (Size: 70.7 KB / Downloads: 247)


  1932 Paris St Raphael Rosengart Simone des Forest.JPG (Size: 109.4 KB / Downloads: 245)

The first one is dated 1931 and apparently is on a Paris-Vichy Rally, the second is on the 1932 Paris St Raphael Rally, in which Miss des Forest won the 5cv Class.

[Nick Salmon]

Super pics. Thanks Mike. Must say, the ladies look a bit, er, formidable...

[Derek Sheldon]

Renaud ??.
Quite clearly shows the two different radiator surrounds and no sign of the aluminium wheel disc that “all” Rosengarts had, not !

[Mike Costigan]

Interesting, Derek. So was the full radiator surround the earlier version, and the ribbon surround later? Perhaps they did all come with wheel discs, but people removed them for competition use?

[Derek Sheldon]

The earlier had the wider style ( in general, the ability for the French to keep good records of year of manufacture is a bit lacking). The five wheels on my LR2 , two were drilled to fit discs the other three not. They are closed centre type with the Rosengart badge embossed , so quite noticeable when drilled.