Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat

Wendax · September 03, 2014, 02:28:22 AM

Odd looks.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · September 10, 2014, 02:42:03 AM

This one won't last long at expert level.

oko94 · September 10, 2014, 02:46:59 AM

It's a Potterat, a post-war French project

Wendax · September 10, 2014, 03:13:26 AM

Yes, it is the Potterat, rather a project that started during WW2, but it was still around after the war. I took it from a 1948 book. It was supposed to be propelled by a seven-cylinder radial engine.

Allemano · September 10, 2014, 11:16:19 AM

Quite ahead of its time in terms of packaging.

Carnut · September 10, 2014, 11:18:27 AM

Quote from: Allemano on September 10, 2014, 11:16:19 AM
Quite ahead of its time in terms of packaging.

Very limited suspension travel at the rear! A 7-cylinder engine? I suppose there must be another example of one if you look hard enough!

Allemano · September 10, 2014, 11:25:49 AM

Surely it has two radial engines in each of every front wheel...

oko94 · September 10, 2014, 11:43:57 AM

Wendax, could you please post the entire description of this car ? What is readable on the picture might suggest it has a hybrid powertrain, I'd like to confirm this.

Wendax · September 10, 2014, 12:05:00 PM

Sorry, I don't have that book. The snippet is from an ebay ad. The book containing it is:

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Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat