9,000 kilometers through Maroc (UPDATE)

Update by Fons Alkemade: "According to the beautiful book on the make by Pierre Boyer, this model IE of 10cv was driven by a monsieur Du Taillis (who had been in the 1907 Peking to Paris race) in 1921 from Paris via Marseille to some cities in Algeria and Marocco. The trip was made to promote the make in these regions and it seems to have been a succesful journey."
EARLIER TEXT: The headline of the Postcard reads in French: "9,000 kilometers through Maroc in a 10 HP De Dion Bouton. This is Meknès just before the Bab Mansour-El-Aleudj." Now we can find nothing about this most interesting De Dion Bouton African journey. Who knows enough about De Dion histroy to fill in the blanks. Who? When? With which purpose? The more than 250 year old porch is still there to be admired, check Meknes-net.com. But what became of the De Dion? [email protected] (postcard collection Robert Rozeman)

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