Snoeck Bolide, ca.1900

Otto Puzzell · March 20, 2011, 04:45:02 AM

Quote from: Wendax on March 20, 2011, 04:39:35 AM
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

O tempora o mores

grobmotorix · March 20, 2011, 12:13:15 PM

QuoteCan I join the conversation again or is it still locked for Joao?

I think I want to give him a chance to solve this, so - yes, it still locked.

Wendax · March 21, 2011, 06:13:24 AM

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grobmotorix · March 21, 2011, 08:18:32 AM

Open for all again.

Wendax · March 21, 2011, 08:25:26 AM

Snoeck Bolide

It was supplied with a horizontally mounted two-or four-cylinder engine of 8, 16, 30 or 40 hp. The first tests were encouraging so that from 1899 the Snoeck Bolide participated in races with pilots as Camille Jenatzy or Baron P. de Caters.

On June 14, 1900 a Snoeck Bolide took part in the first Coupe Gordon Bennett, and a few days later, Camille Jenatzy drove one kilometer from a flying start with a speed of 94 km/h during the race in Diegem, close to his absolute speed record (105.904 km/h) he set up on April 28, 1899 at the wheel of his electric car, the "La Jamais Contente". Thus the "BOLIDE SNOECK" held the world record for the fastest petrol car.

grobmotorix · March 21, 2011, 01:22:06 PM

And this is your point!

Wendax · March 21, 2011, 05:39:31 PM

Thank you, Godot. The waiting was worth it.

grobmotorix · March 21, 2011, 05:55:54 PM

Been busy...

grobmotorix · February 20, 2019, 02:53:53 PM

There also was a similar racecar:

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Snoeck Bolide, ca.1900