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Solved: Wendax 4363 - Dubonnet Andreau 11 CV
« on: March 15, 2025, 06:15:50 AM »
Cheating the wind.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2025, 04:44:01 AM »
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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2025, 04:57:45 AM »
Mathis 333 from 1939, designed by Andreau

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2025, 05:09:54 AM »
Not a Mathis 333, but Andreau was involved.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2025, 02:21:47 PM »
Prototype from 1939 with Citroën 11CV engine/drivetrain, body design by Andreau. After WW-II it evolved into the Mathis VEL-333. A big difference between these cars is is the tailfin on the prototype.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2025, 02:37:49 PM »
... and the engine size. The Mathis VL 333 just had a 700 cc engine.
I found a (for these kind of cars) well-known name connected to this car. Locked for you.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2025, 12:11:04 PM »
"la goutte d'eau"(= teardrop)

Voiture Economique Légère (= light economical car)




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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2025, 01:34:36 PM »
No, I meant a (small scale but well known) manufacturer's name. Still locked.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2025, 11:40:13 AM »
I have no clue what You want extra to my earlier answers, but for aerodynamic shaped cars Andreau was involved with designs for several other makes, a.o.:

- DELAGE. Andreau was involved the body design of a V-12 enginde Delage, built by Labourdette.
- DUBONNET. For Dubonnet he created the Dubonnet Delphin in 1936 and the Dubonnet Xenia. The Xenia was based on a Hispano Suiza, built by Saoutchik.

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Re: Wendax 4363
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2025, 06:19:54 PM »
Dubonnet was the other name I was looking for.