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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2018 => Topic started by: grobmotorix on December 28, 2017, 07:22:01 AM

Title: La Roche Comet Number 1 1903, double engined LSR design
Post by: grobmotorix on December 28, 2017, 07:22:01 AM
Who knows this car, its special features and what it was built for?
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on February 17, 2018, 02:14:40 PM
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Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: D-type on April 04, 2018, 09:03:19 AM
Was it ever built?  Or was it just a design?
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on April 04, 2018, 12:06:52 PM
To help massively:

there is a relation to Darracq and their LSR engines.

I have not found a photo proof of this design though...
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: gte4289 on October 01, 2018, 08:19:02 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on December 28, 2017, 07:22:01 AM
Who knows this car, its special features and what it was built for?
Looks like:

Year: 190X
Special features: two motors, one at each end (perhaps 4WD as well)
Intended purpose: Land speed or other record attempt (but wheels are too small, no?)

Am I headed in the right direction?
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 03, 2018, 07:49:11 AM
Exactly...
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: gte4289 on October 04, 2018, 01:13:59 PM
La Roche 180 H.P. "Comet Number 1" (1904-05). Most likely created by U.S. Darracq importer F. A. La Roche Company of New York City as a proposed design for a LSR car featuring a pair of Darracq engines.
Title: Re: grob 2017.12.28 (01)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 05, 2018, 12:50:53 AM
My deep respect!

You identified it!

For those who can read old German texts (Pal?), this original 1903 magazine clip could be interesting: