Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)

[Allemano]

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[Allemano]

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[nicanary]

Offset single-seater. British ?

[Allemano]

Offset single-seater. British ?

No not British.

[nicanary]

Front wheel drive ?

[Allemano]

Unfortunately my source reveals nothing about the drivetrain, so I'd rather say not FWD.

[nicanary]

OK. German ?

[Allemano]

OK. German ?

Not this time! 

[nicanary]

French ?

[targhediferro]

Alfa Romeo 8c 35?

[Allemano]

French ?

French it is!

[nicanary]

It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?

[Allemano]

It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?

No.

[nicanary]

It seems to be voiturette-sized. Corre La Licorne ?

[Allemano]

No.
I think it's not that small. It's most 'known' for its unusual, but apparently not competitive engine.

[nicanary]

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.......

[Allemano]

The year is almost right everything else isn't. (not Cozette)

[nicanary]

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.

[Allemano]

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.

[mekubb]

Ballot ?

[Allemano]

Ballot ?

[nicanary]

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 ?

[Allemano]

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.

[nicanary]

I'm drowning. 

Was this a maker of production cars ?

[Allemano]

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...