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Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« on: January 16, 2012, 02:14:20 AM »
No points for the coachbuilder  :D

For one point, please respond and identify this car and the year it was built.

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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 02:53:17 AM »
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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 03:42:27 PM »
:hah:
No points for the coachbuilder 


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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 03:01:50 AM »
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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 01:11:06 PM »
Well I thought Franklin, but it's not that nor is it my second choice, SARA, but perhaps it uses the engine from one of those?
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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 02:14:09 PM »
I'm not absolutely sure, but the two sources I have about this manufacturer only mention two other engine suppliers.

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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2012, 01:21:26 PM »
It's a Vulpes Light Racing Car from 1906!

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Re: Wendax 455
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2012, 01:26:25 PM »
Exactly!  :thumbsup:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2014, 03:53:09 PM »
Here´s another fine 1905 photo, shot during the Gaillon hillclimb races (the driver shows a stiff lower lip in all the photos... ;D):

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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2014, 03:58:39 PM »
 :thumbsup:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2014, 06:16:48 PM »
That's one of those cases where they bought several thousand holes, attached them to a jig and welded them together to make the car. 8)
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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2014, 06:29:53 PM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2014, 12:56:43 PM »
Finally I´ve found a fine photo of the Vulpes with a racing car body.

The driver´s face still looks the same  ;D

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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2014, 02:27:53 PM »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 455 - Vulpès racing car
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2014, 03:46:33 PM »
Two more photos of different Vulpes racing voiturettes with the driver Barriaux from 1907: