Solved JJ #54: 1903 Achilles Sports 2 Seater

Started by jimjarron, June 11, 2009, 02:21:43 AM

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jimjarron

June 11, 2009, 02:21:43 AM
Another puzzle from me.

Can anyone tell us the name of this car?

Octavia

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June 27, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
1900-1910 Renault

jimjarron

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July 01, 2009, 08:58:29 PM
Quote from: Octavia on June 27, 2009, 12:11:34 PM
1900-1910 Renault

No, it's not a Renault.  We are looking at something a bit more obscure here.

Mercaholic

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July 02, 2009, 10:55:09 AM
I believe its the De Dion Bouton... similar to one they had on Top Gear a couple of years ago.

jimjarron

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July 03, 2009, 01:26:13 AM
Quote from: Mercaholic on July 02, 2009, 10:55:09 AM
I believe its the De Dion Bouton... similar to one they had on Top Gear a couple of years ago.

It looks like one, but it isn't.

Mercaholic

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July 03, 2009, 02:02:11 AM
OK.... how about a 1903 Achilles Sports 2 Seater

jimjarron

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July 03, 2009, 03:58:15 AM
Quote from: Mercaholic on July 03, 2009, 02:02:11 AM
OK.... how about a 1903 Achilles Sports 2 Seater

Correct: an Achilles Sports 2 Seater, made by B Thompson & Company Ltd of Frome, Somerset, England from 1903-1908.  They were actually French Lacoste & Battmann cars fitted with either Aster or De Dion engines but sold under the name of Achilles.

Advertised as "Made in the Engineering Centre of the West which cast the monument of Boadicea for the Thames embankment and Alfred the Great for Winchester" and "vulnerable only in the tyre".
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