Kégresse History — The 1922–1923 Trans-Sahara Expedition
The desert was largely unexplored and had never been crossed by car. It would be 3,200 km of trials for both men and machines.















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The desert was largely unexplored and had never been crossed by car. It would be 3,200 km of trials for both men and machines.
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Alain Dufour is offering a 1:43 scale model of the 1938 11BL Traction Cabriolet re-bodied by Emile Tonneline.
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