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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2020 => Topic started by: Wendax on May 16, 2020, 01:47:41 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 3218 - La Coloniale by Gustave Cros
Post by: Wendax on May 16, 2020, 01:47:41 AM

Off the beaten track.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Title: Re: wendax 3218
Post by: Wendax on May 23, 2020, 02:01:03 AM

up

Title: Re: wendax 3218
Post by: FrontMan on May 23, 2020, 06:08:03 AM

Frontenac?

Title: Re: Wendax 3218
Post by: Wendax on May 23, 2020, 07:54:08 AM

No

Title: Re: Wendax 3218
Post by: Wendax on June 06, 2020, 02:04:32 AM

up again

Title: Re: Wendax 3218
Post by: Fёdor on June 06, 2020, 03:41:23 AM

European?

Title: Re: Wendax 3218
Post by: Djetset on June 06, 2020, 03:59:12 AM

This looks like 'La Coloniale', a rear propeller-powered car (just visible in the photo) made by M. Cros from Lyon, France, c.1913.

Title: Re: Wendax 3218
Post by: Wendax on June 06, 2020, 04:57:58 AM

Because that's what it is. One more point for you.

Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 3218 - La Coloniale by Gustave Cros
Post by: Djetset on June 06, 2020, 05:04:44 AM

Merci, and I didn’t know his first name was Gustav. I saw the photo on the top right in a very old magazine in France more than 20 years ago and made a note of the car due to its unusual rear propeller, so pleased to see some old hand written notes can be useful sometimes.

Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 3218 - La Coloniale by Gustave Cros
Post by: Allan L on June 06, 2020, 10:44:05 AM

How extraordinary!
To push it over those obstacles must need a lot of propellor power, but one has to ask how on earth it could be held in check or slowed on the downhill bits or even stopped.