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Gordini built two chassis, which received the numbers 0036S and 0037S. The chassis was made of tubular steel and the body was made of aluminum. Both cars were driven by the factory team in sports car races. The French writer Françoise Sagan was interested in chassis 0036S in 1956 but did not buy the
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The development of Type 24 was Amédée
Gordini's most ambitious sports car project to date. The car had a 3-liter 8-cylinder in-line engine consisting of two 4-cylinder blocks. The unit was an in-house construction, since Simca had ended the cooperation after a lack of success. There was also a new
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and Jean Lucas at the wheel. Starting the race from fifth place in practice, the car retired after an accident. The first finish came three weeks later at the Caen Grand Prix, where Jean Lucas finished sixth. However, he was four laps down on Pierre
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car. It was then bought by André Guelfi, who continued to race with it. After several changes of ownership, the fully restored racing car was offered at auction in 2014 with a minimum bid of 2.5 million euros.
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