Is it really obscure or just kind of obscure? You tell me!
Time to toss this to the experts.
OK, no activity on this one... time to move it to pros.
German?
(Wow... I thought no one was ever going to do anything with this one!)
Nope... but you're not far off geographically.
emmm.. French then?
Oui, Monsieur!
Is it a Villard?
Nope -- A little earlier, and probably a little less well-known.
Is it a Cyclauto?
Nope.
Colombe? Villard took over production from them round about 1925
Nope.
Besides, I already did Colombe in an earlier puzzle.
Is it from 1920s?
Is it Caffort?
1920s, yes. Caffort, no.
Rouquet?
Nope, although you're getting closer alphabetically!
BTW, I have been unable to find any information on a car called "Rouquet." Besides that, I'd like to point out one feature of this car that my source treated as notable: Apparently it was "more car" on three wheels than most of its peers were (esp. the likes of some named thus far, like Colombe & Cyclauto).
Is this car a four-wheeler in fact?
Nope. (That was true of the Caffort, though.)
Quote from: ftg3plus4 on July 19, 2009, 08:53:48 AM
BTW, I have been unable to find any information on a car called "Rouquet." Besides that, I'd like to point out one feature of this car that my source treated as notable: Apparently it was "more car" on three wheels than most of its peers were (esp. the likes of some named thus far, like Colombe & Cyclauto).
Rouquet (F) c1920-1927
Charles Rouquet, Pau; Paris
There were two distinct types of Rouquet. At Pau Charles Rouquet had a cycle factory where he aslo made some motorcycles, 3-wheelers and quadricycles, powered by Zurcher, Indra, Aubier-Dunne and Wilier engines. There were made until the mid-1920s, and then in 1927 a light 4-wheeled car was announced from 15 rue Lorumel, Paris, by Charles Rouquet, presumably the same man though this has not been proven. It had a 4CV 2-cylinder engine, 3-speed gearbox and tubular integral frame, Open and closed 2-seater bodies were offered, and one of the former survives today. Charles Rouquet also designed the 1920 Cyclauto.
Regina?
That's it!
REGINA (F) c1922-1926
The Regina was a 3-wheeler with single front wheel and a 4-cylinder engine mounted transversely at the rear. This could be started from the driver's seat. The Regina was available as an open two-seater or, surprisingly, as a four-seater saloon.
No relation to an earlier French make of the same name (1903-08).
Information (in French) from the Internet.