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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2011, 09:04:54 AM »
Asniéres sur Seine?
Almost, just go one step further

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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #51 on: December 06, 2011, 09:05:31 AM »
Francon of Saint-Ouen?
Neither Francon nor Saint-Ouen

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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #52 on: December 06, 2011, 09:08:06 AM »
Senechal from Gennevilliers?
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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #53 on: December 06, 2011, 09:09:28 AM »
Senechal from Gennevilliers?
Senechal: no,
Gennevilliers: yes

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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #54 on: December 06, 2011, 09:10:14 AM »
Lafitte?
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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #55 on: December 06, 2011, 09:11:04 AM »
Lafitte?
Yes, locked for you to find the model designation

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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #56 on: December 06, 2011, 11:29:17 AM »
This is quite interesting. Back in the 1920s, Lóránd Méray-Horváth, who set up the Méray Motorcycle company in Budapest in 1923 bought a Lafitte in France. His son described its friction drive to me. The Méray company apparently created a touring car prototype, based on the Lafitte. Though the photo is dated 1924, I believe this happened a bit later, around 1928.

As for the puzzle car, is that a 7 HP model?
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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #57 on: December 06, 2011, 11:37:04 AM »
Very interesting. Did it have the Lafitte radial three cylinder engine?

As for the puzzle car, it is not a 7 CV. Slightly less  ;)

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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #58 on: December 06, 2011, 11:52:32 AM »
I don't think the Méray had a radial engine.

As for the puzzle car, there was a Model D with that 736 cc engine. Is that the one which is pictured?
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Re: Wendax 381
« Reply #59 on: December 06, 2011, 12:05:07 PM »
As for the puzzle car, there was a Model D with that 736 cc engine. Is that the one which is pictured?
Yes, I think so. The brochure I took this picture from calls it a 6 CV, but it has the same engine as the Model D and looks like it.

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Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
« Reply #60 on: December 13, 2011, 03:21:03 AM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
« Reply #61 on: September 03, 2012, 02:41:35 AM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
« Reply #62 on: November 22, 2014, 03:40:35 PM »
Two more 1924 photos of the Lafitte:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
« Reply #63 on: October 03, 2019, 01:00:07 PM »
Seen this photo at Retromobile back in February
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Re: Solved: Wendax 381 - Th. Lafitte 6 CV
« Reply #64 on: October 03, 2019, 01:44:46 PM »
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