Author Topic: Demati, belgian prototype car, ca. 1937-1939 (Read 966 times)

grobmotorix · « **on:** September 30, 2010, 07:33:23 AM »

Who can tell me some facts about this vehicle?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:01:22 AM »

This might be quite hard - so I´ll send it up one level.

del78 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:07:26 AM »

east europe?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2010, 09:19:36 AM »

No, not eastern Europe.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2010, 03:46:25 AM »

This might be a hard nut

guido66 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2010, 03:53:02 AM »

German?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2010, 03:55:06 AM »

No, not german.

guido66 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:01:08 AM »

Scandinavian?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:01:39 AM »

And not scandinavian.

guido66 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:04:06 AM »

Benelux?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2010, 11:12:56 AM »

guido66 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2010, 01:55:28 PM »

Let's narrow it down a bit more: Belgium?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:09:57 PM »

Yes, it is indeed from Belgium.

Allemano · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:30:30 PM »

Wieder ein Imperia? Diesmal die belgische Variante?

An Imperia?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:38:15 PM »

Much less known than Imperia

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2010, 02:40:19 PM »

I have just a drawing, but this is a drawing too....Demati?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:37:09 PM »

LOCKED 4U!

Any more details and a year available?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2010, 04:55:55 PM »

Of course...I was just waiting for confirmation...
DEMATI 1937-1939
Automobiles DEMATI, Rue Gray, 154, IXELLES-Brussels
This unusual small car gained its name from those of the three men who promoted it, DEFAY, MATTHYS and TIMBERMAN.
Matthys was a coachbuilder (MATTHYS Frères et OSY) whose firm had been taken over by Imperia in 1928, and he applied his expertise to the integral construction tubular frame used in the Demati 2-door saloon, 4-seater with the chassis and frame body weighing only 500kg. It was powered by a 600 or 980cc V-twin JAP engine driving the front-wheels, and in order to avoid problems with driving and steering on the same axle, the partners gave the Demati rear-wheel steering. For the 1938 Brussles salon they replaced the V-twin with a 950cc 4-cyl Ruby engine and in 1939 they abandoned the rear-wheel steering. By then it was too late to put the car into production and the outbreak of the war in addition to the death of Eugene Matthys ended te project.

Allemano · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:03:38 PM »

Are more pics available?

grobmotorix · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:15:22 PM »

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Are more pics available?

Only one. And I´ve been trying to upload it ten times during the last half an hour - and I´m still not successful...

Let´s see if it works now.

Allemano · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:19:40 PM »

If it doesn't work send me an email and I post it via photobucket.

Allemano · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2010, 05:36:19 PM »

Thanks for the mail.. I guess with this pic only the puzzle would have lasted a little longer...

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Author Topic: Demati, belgian prototype car, ca. 1937-1939 (Read 966 times)