This is a real car.
It is believed to be still around, but pictures seem to be unavailable.
If you know maker and model name one point will be yours.
Is this an aerodynamic proposal based on the Bugatti T35?
The front suspension looks close.
Quote from: mymokke on February 17, 2010, 11:36:32 PM
Is this an aerodynamic proposal based on the Bugatti T35?
The front suspension looks close.
But the rear doesn't
Not Bugati-based...this is an original car and only the engine is not.
French, quite long name...
Longer than Bucciali?
Longer than that...(but not a single name)
Briel and Bruenau?
brissonneau & lotz?
Sensaud de Lavaud?
Silva-Coronel?
Nope...
A project for an aerodynamic sedan by Marcel Coadou, circa 1930.
Not him...
Are you sure of that? I have it for a well-informed website that you must know. Here are other pictures.
Sorry Ray, I filed the pic under a wrong name (Cognet-De Seynes) instead of the right one, Coadou et Fleury!
You are right, and this was a quite hard one!
2 points for you!
Those undertrays look like they will provide phenomenal lift! :D
Sure. Coadou said that, at high speed, they provided an "air mattress".
Identify this car for a point.
Experts?
pros?
Could it be a Pierce-Arrow?
European?
Lancia?
Citroen base ?
By a French coachbuilder ?
Quote from: SACO on November 12, 2012, 05:46:17 AM
By a French coachbuilder ?
Not coachbuilt, AFAIK.
However, the car is French.
Berliet?
Quote from: woodinsight on November 12, 2012, 11:46:52 AM
Berliet?
Nope. I'd suggest to dig into more obscure marques.
Based on your earlier comments, may I suggest it is a Chenard-Walcker.
Beyond that I have not progressed if that is correct, just the Citroen connection and the look of the radiator mask/grille.
Quote from: Bill Murray on November 12, 2012, 12:53:23 PM
Based on your earlier comments, may I suggest it is a Chenard-Walcker.
Beyond that I have not progressed if that is correct, just the Citroen connection and the look of the radiator mask/grille.
Not Chenard-Walcker
Didn't someone just write something like "when all else fails, try Salmson"?
Quote from: RayTheRat on November 13, 2012, 01:47:56 AM
Didn't someone just write something like "when all else fails, try Salmson"?
No. Not obscure enough.
Not too many makers left with the right connection.
La Licorne??
I thought the background looked loke Brittany, and it is! The car is the Coadou-Fleury from Trébeurden.
Quote from: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 06:52:33 AM
I thought the background looked loke Brittany, and it is! The car is the Coadou-Fleury from Trébeurden.
Woohoo!! :o :applause: :thumbsup: Nicely done!
Marcel Coadou built Ruby-engined cyclecar which was later modified to use Citroen B2 engine. The final streamlined coupe version of the car whose drawings are in Wendax's pictures was named Aerolithe. If it has survived until today, where is it now?
First-rate puzzle, and an exceptional job solving it! :applause:
Thanks! If I had been aware of that car before, it would have fitted perfectly in my Brittany group puzzle. ;D
Quote from: Zerk on November 13, 2012, 04:34:35 PM
First-rate puzzle, and an exceptional job solving it! :applause:
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HKW4ZC3-7hY/UKK-dnFFpOI/AAAAAAAAIjQ/anG--zSDAqE/s800/hi.gif)
Man! It was hard to find, even when I knew the name! :thumbsup: Amazing stuff. I had a little trouble getting a mental picture of how the car worked from the illustrations until I saw one more, which I'm attaching. The site I found it on may keep me from doing any of the things I need to do today. Like cleaning my house. :yuck:
Great puzzle, great work solving it!
I thought this looked familiar. Merged
Quote from: Wendax on April 12, 2020, 12:37:04 PM
Some more pictures:
And of course, there's another thread here: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2016-45/solved-neh-4460-citroen-rosalie-aerolithe-coupe-by-marcel-coadou-1935