Solved: Wendax 828 - 1923 Robe

[Wendax]

There seems to be something interesting about this car.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Wendax]

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[targhediferro]

Is it a car made with Ford T parts?

[Wendax]

Is it a car made with Ford T parts?

No

[targhediferro]

I get for uncontested that's american...is it a prototype?

[Wendax]

It is American and it didn't go far beyond the prototype stage, with only a handful cars built.

[nicanary]

Anything to do with the American Four-Wheel Drive Corporation?

[Wendax]

No

[targhediferro]

Was it made to take part at a race?

[Wendax]

Was it made to take part at a race?

No

[Wendax]

Is it a car made with Ford T parts?

No

After a look into another source I must admit that the rear axle and the engine valves came from the Model T.  ;D

[targhediferro]

We know this car has been a sort of prototype but the production didn't go further. Did the firm produce other models?

[Wendax]

Not this firm, but its founder had another - also not very successful - try at automobile production some years earlier.

[targhediferro]

The use of Ford T parts may suggest Detroit origin...put the people that compare in this picture looks like southern...Is it from California?

[Wendax]

Neither from California nor from Detroit

[targhediferro]

Is it an Engler from 1914?

[Wendax]

Not Engler and later than 1914

[targhediferro]

Is it the Parry, 1917?

[Wendax]

Not a Parry and younger

[targhediferro]

I got it!  I was googling about Piedmont, and I found the quiz picture: the car is a Robe, but the caption of the picture I found says 1913 Robe; as you said that the quiz car is younger than 1917, I suppose you referred to the second attempt that was done under this name about ten years later, 1923.

[Wendax]

I got it!  I was googling about Piedmont, and I found the quiz picture: the car is a Robe, but the caption of the picture I found says 1913 Robe; as you said that the quiz car is younger than 1917, I suppose you referred to the second attempt that was done under this name about ten years later, 1923.

Yes, you found it. The caption in the online source is wrong as it refers to the cyclecar Robe built in 1913. The pictured car is from 1923. An interesting detail of this car were its longitudinal leaf springs, clearly visible in the picture.

[RayTheRat]

An interesting detail of this car were its longitudinal leaf springs, clearly visible in the picture.

Very interesting, indeed!  Cantilever semi-elliptic.  I had to research it while looking for this car.  Congrats to TGF, btw.  I can't think of another car that uses this springing method.  I wonder how well it worked.