SOLVED: WTH # 555 - Pedroso Roadster one-off by Marquis de Pedroso

[sixtee5cuda]

To earn a point, describe the year, make, and type of engine used in this little speedster

[Fёdor]

European

[sixtee5cuda]

Yes, it is from Europe

[Fёdor]

Italian

[sixtee5cuda]

Not Italian

[D-type]

British?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not British

[richard cuyler]

I can't quite work out the engine layout. Is it a straight 12/10/8, or the one visible half of a huge V16? 

[D-type]

RHD, but
Italian
British
So, is it  French?

[sixtee5cuda]

The engine is a straight-8.

This car was built in France.

[D-type]

A Ballot?

[sixtee5cuda]

There is a Ballot connection, but the engine and car are not Ballots.

[richard cuyler]

Did the manufacturer of the coachwork also manufacture the engine?

[sixtee5cuda]

The entire car is described as being the creation of one company

[D-type]

A  Talbot-Darracq?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not a Talbot-Darracq

[Allan L]

The entire car is described as being the creation of one company

Is that a known car-making company?

[sixtee5cuda]

For about a decade, they made automobiles.  Several online sources indicate that car production was not their main business.

[richard cuyler]

Wild guess: Mors?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not Mors.

This company continued the strange tradition of Spaniards building cars in France.

[D-type]

Could it be a Hispano-Suiza?

[sixtee5cuda]

Not Hispano-Suiza

[sixtee5cuda]

Did the manufacturer of the coachwork also manufacture the engine?

I have found no direct indication that a coachbuilder was involved in the creation of this car.  However, during the 1970's, the car was in the possession of a coachbuilding firm.

[sixtee5cuda]

Up!

Do the Professionals know this one?

[oko94]

1927 Pedroso (or 1926 or 1928 according to different sources)