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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Allemano on April 22, 2013, 04:17:08 AM
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to the next level.
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Offset single-seater. British ?
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Offset single-seater. British ?
No not British.
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Front wheel drive ?
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Unfortunately my source reveals nothing about the drivetrain, so I'd rather say not FWD.
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OK. German ?
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OK. German ?
Not this time! ;D
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French ?
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Alfa Romeo 8c 35?
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French ?
French it is!
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It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?
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It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?
No.
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It seems to be voiturette-sized. Corre La Licorne ?
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No.
I think it's not that small. It's most 'known' for its unusual, but apparently not competitive engine.
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I've had to really think about this one - I can't find an image but I have a feeling that it's the Cozette. If it is, it's a 1100cc 4-cylinder 2-stroke, 8 pistons on 2 crankshafts vertically-opposed. Built in 1927 and entered in the 1928 French GP - it broke (presumably class) records at Montlhery and then Rene Cozette was killed in it. But I could be wrong.......
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The year is almost right everything else isn't. (not Cozette)
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Is it the 1929 Alphi, with supercharged CIME engine ? Entered for the 1929 French GP but did not arrive and I believe never raced. The existence of photos again frustrates me.
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Is it the 1929 Alphi, with supercharged CIME engine ? Entered for the 1929 French GP but did not arrive and I believe never raced. The existence of photos again frustrates me.
Not that either.
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Ballot ?
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Ballot ?
:shakehead:
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It's French, so it's likely that it was entered to start with in a French race. I was near with the dates 1927/28, and the cowled radiator suggests slightly later, so I'll guess 1929. I've gone though all the entry lists for GPs that year, and can't come up with much.
It looks a little bit like an Omega Six. Is it ?
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It looks a little bit like an Omega Six. Is it ?
My source also mentions that Omega-Six resemblance.
However, it's a different car.
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I'm drowning. ???
Was this a maker of production cars ?
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No. A very short lived marque. It existed for only two years.
The author of my book couldn't find any proof that cars of this company ever raced. The type of engine was already out of date at the end of the twenties...
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Sleeve valve ?
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Sleeve valve ?
I don't know that.
It referred to the position of the camshaft..
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I really ought to leave this one to others, but I can't let go, like a dog with a stick !
Is it the weird Montier of 1932 - it had two Ford Model-A engines inline in a chassis from 1927 (!) ?
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No.
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Donnet ? ???
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Donnet ? ???
Not Donnet either.
I'll promote this to Pro's soon. I'm guessing there will be someone who know it.
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Pro's?
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I reckon "Our man in Antibes" will get this one. As soon as it's solved I'll say "Ohhh, of course it is...."
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Is it the 1929 Majestic, an eight-cylinder car built by the engineers Gadoux (formerly at Oméga-Six) and Delong?
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Is it the 1929 Majestic, an eight-cylinder car built by the engineers Gadoux (formerly at Oméga-Six) and Delong?
Not that according to my source.
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That's a Vernandi V8 from 1928
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That's a Vernandi V8 from 1928
Yes. We had it before, but with a different design: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=2899.0
Somebody knows the exact story of both cars? Who was first?
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The formerly puzzled Vernandi was presented at the Paris salon in 1928. It should be the first version. I think the actual puzzle car is the same one with a modified nose.
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Yes, that's possible. The streamlined nose fits the 'old' shape very well.
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Whilst investigating this puzzle I reckon I covered every obscure French racing marque of the period 1928/30. This car is not mentioned in any of my reference books, although now I know the answer it is covered in Georgano's Encyclopedia of the Automobile. He does not mention it in his Motor Sport Encyclopedia.
So I've learned something ! Apparently the advertising for the car listed numerous sporting successes, but I reckon they were "hyped up" and it was a bit of a dud. There seem to be a lot of DNA and DNS listed in the racing calendar.
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It is pictured in Bellu's 1979/1929 edition of Toutes les voitures francaises (Automobilia 84s) in its initial guise.
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It is featured though not pictured in Erwin Tragatsch's fantastic book "Das große Sport- und Rennwagen Buch" by Hallwag 1968.