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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #50 on: April 16, 2015, 12:11:42 PM »
I am quickly running out of potential possibilities built in 1908.  Was the manufacturer of this vehicle making automobiles outside of the range 1905-1911?

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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #51 on: April 16, 2015, 04:08:36 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #52 on: April 16, 2015, 04:28:28 PM »
HK by A.S. de Kostka of Paris, 1907-1908?

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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #53 on: April 16, 2015, 04:34:56 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #54 on: April 16, 2015, 04:55:50 PM »
Elva by Voiturettes Elva circa 1907?

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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #55 on: April 16, 2015, 05:23:40 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #56 on: April 16, 2015, 06:12:05 PM »
Leda circa 1908?

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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #57 on: April 16, 2015, 06:18:36 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #58 on: April 16, 2015, 08:45:21 PM »
Truffault circa 1908?

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Re: Wendax 1549
« Reply #59 on: April 17, 2015, 02:08:30 AM »
Finally! It is the Truffault Voiturette, a license-built Pipe.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1549 - Truffault Voiturette
« Reply #60 on: April 17, 2015, 02:29:29 AM »
Thanks Gerd.  I just about blew that one.  I had convinced myself that this was a shaft drive vehicle, and because of this had ruled out Truffault very early on.  Because I was running out of possibilities, I went back and restudied your photograph.  Doing so, I discovered that what I had thought was a drive shaft was apparently a structural member, and what I thought was a structural brace was really part of the belt drive cited in my Truffault reference.  Anyway, what originally seemed like a relatively easy puzzle, due to the unusual suspension, turned out to be a bit of a killer.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1549 - Truffault Voiturette
« Reply #61 on: February 01, 2023, 04:20:40 AM »
A survivor: