Solved: Wendax 1549 - Truffault Voiturette

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4popoid

#50
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?

Wendax

#51
April 16, 2015, 04:08:36 PM
No

4popoid

#52
April 16, 2015, 04:28:28 PM
HK by A.S. de Kostka of Paris, 1907-1908?

Wendax

#53
April 16, 2015, 04:34:56 PM
No

4popoid

#54
April 16, 2015, 04:55:50 PM
Elva by Voiturettes Elva circa 1907?

Wendax

#55
April 16, 2015, 05:23:40 PM
No

4popoid

#56
April 16, 2015, 06:12:05 PM
Leda circa 1908?

Wendax

#57
April 16, 2015, 06:18:36 PM
No

4popoid

#58
April 16, 2015, 08:45:21 PM
Truffault circa 1908?

Wendax

#59
April 17, 2015, 02:08:30 AM
Finally! It is the Truffault Voiturette, a license-built Pipe.

A hard-earned point to you.

4popoid

#60
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.

Wendax

#61
February 01, 2023, 04:20:40 AM
A survivor:
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