Solved: Wendax 1041 - Sigma Type V

Wendax · October 17, 2013, 03:50:07 PM

Just a chassis, but you will find out what it is. ;)

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · October 24, 2013, 02:37:40 AM

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Wendax · October 31, 2013, 03:33:28 AM

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targhediferro · October 31, 2013, 04:41:32 AM

It looks like the wheel is quite advanced and the radiator is positioned on the left side of the chassis...was it a French taxi or a little van?

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 05:00:54 AM

It is French. No idea what bodywork it once had.

targhediferro · October 31, 2013, 06:04:52 AM

The radiator looks like the Sigma's one...but I never found a Sigma with that kind of chassis. Is it perhaps a car built with pieces coming from different cars?

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 06:09:14 AM

It is a Sigma.

Locked for you.

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 06:16:23 AM

That's what is left of the body:

targhediferro · October 31, 2013, 06:43:53 AM

Well, with these picture I have no doubt...the car is...a wrech! There are not many notices about this marque on the net; I understand that it began to build cars in 1913 using Malicet & Blin engines; after the first WW, Sigma built quite conventional cars both with CIME, SCAP and Ballot engines, from 800 to 1600 cc.
I have a pair of Sigma pictures in my archive, and the 20 cv is the one I think has some point in common with puzzle car, such as radiator and wheels. So that's my guess, Sigma 20cv tourer, 1925.

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 06:49:58 AM

A little bit older, and I only have a type designation, no CV size, and I have the engine maker.
Give me the year and the engine maker, and the point is yours.

targhediferro · October 31, 2013, 10:19:10 AM

I've no clue but, as Cime produced little engines, I suppose it provided the two cilinder version, and the quiz car is a four cilinder, so I take Cime off the list. I'm not able to see differences between a Scap or Ballot engines; both these makers produced car for normal use and for races. This other picture that I post, has a 1921 caption...so I guess Ballot (alphabetical order), 1921.

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 10:37:53 AM

Spot on!
I found it as a 1921 Sigma Type V with a Ballot engine. Regarding the "Var" sign, the seat and its position, it looks as if it was converted to some kind of tractor sometimes in its life.

Wendax · May 07, 2014, 02:12:01 AM

Google SBI didn't find it, do you?

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · May 14, 2014, 02:13:24 AM

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Wendax · May 21, 2014, 02:26:57 AM

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4popoid · May 21, 2014, 02:41:35 AM

From Europe?

Wendax · May 21, 2014, 02:45:51 AM

Yes

4popoid · May 21, 2014, 02:55:02 AM

French marque?

Wendax · May 21, 2014, 03:02:49 AM

Yes

4popoid · May 21, 2014, 03:07:22 AM

Schmidlin cyclecar from about 1925?

pnegyesi · May 21, 2014, 03:26:15 AM

A Violet?

Wendax · May 21, 2014, 03:36:21 AM

Twice no

4popoid · May 21, 2014, 04:03:48 AM

A Spidos from about 1923?

Wendax · May 21, 2014, 05:10:51 AM

No

pnegyesi · May 21, 2014, 05:13:39 AM

short-living manufacturer?

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Solved: Wendax 1041 - Sigma Type V