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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2013, 03:22:02 PM »
Sleeve valve ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #26 on: May 07, 2013, 03:30:57 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 07, 2013, 03:22:02 PM
Sleeve valve ?
I don't know that.
It referred to the position of the camshaft..
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2013, 05:41:18 AM »
I really ought to leave this one to others, but I can't let go, like a dog with a stick !

Is it the weird Montier of 1932 - it had two Ford Model-A engines inline in a chassis from 1927 (!) ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2013, 12:09:50 PM »
No.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #29 on: May 09, 2013, 07:13:34 AM »
Donnet ?  ???
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #30 on: May 09, 2013, 08:01:51 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 09, 2013, 07:13:34 AM
Donnet ?  ???
Not Donnet either.

I'll promote this to Pro's soon. I'm guessing there will be someone who know it.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2013, 08:10:10 AM »
Pro's?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2013, 08:21:11 AM »
I reckon "Our man in Antibes" will get this one. As soon as it's solved I'll say "Ohhh, of course it is...."
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2013, 09:13:49 AM »
Is it the 1929 Majestic, an eight-cylinder car built by the engineers Gadoux (formerly at Oméga-Six) and Delong?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2013, 10:56:43 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on May 12, 2013, 09:13:49 AM
Is it the 1929 Majestic, an eight-cylinder car built by the engineers Gadoux (formerly at Oméga-Six) and Delong?
Not that according to my source.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2013, 12:52:00 PM »
That's a Vernandi V8 from 1928
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2013, 12:58:57 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 13, 2013, 12:52:00 PM
That's a Vernandi V8 from 1928
Yes. We had it before, but with a different design: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=2899.0

Somebody knows the exact story of both cars? Who was first?
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2013, 01:58:25 PM »
The formerly puzzled Vernandi was presented at the Paris salon in 1928. It should be the first version. I think the actual puzzle car is the same one with a modified nose.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« Reply #38 on: May 13, 2013, 02:08:37 PM »
Yes, that's possible. The streamlined nose fits the 'old' shape very well.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2013, 05:17:53 AM »
Whilst investigating this puzzle I reckon I covered every obscure French racing marque of the period 1928/30. This car is not mentioned in any of my reference books, although now I know the answer it is covered in Georgano's Encyclopedia of the Automobile. He does not mention it in his Motor Sport Encyclopedia.

So I've learned something ! Apparently the advertising for the car listed numerous sporting successes, but I reckon they were "hyped up" and it was a bit of a dud. There seem to be a lot of DNA and DNS listed in the racing calendar.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« Reply #40 on: May 14, 2013, 05:27:49 AM »
It is pictured in Bellu's 1979/1929 edition of Toutes les voitures francaises (Automobilia 84s) in its initial guise.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« Reply #41 on: May 14, 2013, 11:51:57 AM »
It is featured though not pictured in Erwin Tragatsch's fantastic book "Das große Sport- und Rennwagen Buch" by Hallwag 1968.
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