Who knows this racing car?
Chenard Walker??
No, but it is french and the make is, I think, better known than Chenard & Walcker.
One step up to the Experts.
1923 Bugatti Type 32 Tank?
Not a Bugatti.
1929 Tracta front wheel drive 933cc
Right, it´s the victorious Tracta at the 1929 Gaillon race, with its driver Monsieur Bourcier.
The engine was a supercharged two-stroke unit!
And it had front wheel drive, of course.
An exclusive mixture, indeed...
The car pictured ran at Le Mans in 1929 driven by R Bourcier and Tribaudot. It failed to finish.
I may have the capacity wrong as the book I'm consulting says 933, 985, 988, 993, & 999 cc for the four Tractas in the race!
Quote from: D-type on May 12, 2012, 10:57:00 AM
I may have the capacity wrong as the book I'm consulting says 933, 985, 988, 993, & 999 cc for the four Tractas in the race!
Bellu has this one as 999 cc.
Let´s call it Tracta 1000, O.K.? ;)
Quote from: Wendax on May 12, 2012, 01:21:49 AM
The engine was a supercharged two-stroke unit!
Gegoire in Best Wheel Forward (trans Charles Miesl) "In 1929 again three Tractas started [at Le Mans]. Fenaille also entered under the same name a car of his own design equipped with a curious engine, a two-stroke, twin cylinder engine with two pistons per cylinder and equipped with a supercharger"
Normal Tracras had SCAP engines, some with Cozette supercharging.
I have a photo of this car when it ran at Le Mans driven by Bourcier and Tribaudot (as Duncan has stated) but I can't be sure it's a Gregoire Tracta or the Fenaille job.