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Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)
« on: April 22, 2013, 04:17:08 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2013, 11:44:56 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2013, 06:43:44 PM »
Offset single-seater. British ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 03:19:17 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 04, 2013, 06:43:44 PM
Offset single-seater. British ?
No not British.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2013, 05:38:42 AM »
Front wheel drive ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2013, 05:52:37 AM »
Unfortunately my source reveals nothing about the drivetrain, so I'd rather say not FWD.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2013, 06:06:25 AM »
OK. German ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2013, 06:15:50 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2013, 06:30:10 AM »
French ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2013, 09:55:23 AM »
Alfa Romeo 8c 35?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2013, 11:54:51 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2013, 01:18:04 PM »
It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2013, 01:20:17 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 05, 2013, 01:18:04 PM
It's a new one to me. Amilcar ?
No.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2013, 01:38:49 PM »
It seems to be voiturette-sized. Corre La Licorne ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2013, 01:52:54 PM »
No.
I think it's not that small. It's most 'known' for its unusual, but apparently not competitive engine.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #15 on: May 05, 2013, 03:44:52 PM »
I've had to really think about this one - I can't find an image but I have a feeling that it's the Cozette. If it is, it's a 1100cc 4-cylinder 2-stroke, 8 pistons on 2 crankshafts vertically-opposed. Built in 1927 and entered in the 1928 French GP - it broke (presumably class) records at Montlhery and then Rene Cozette was killed in it. But I could be wrong.......
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2013, 02:19:34 AM »
The year is almost right everything else isn't. (not Cozette)
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2013, 07:40:53 AM »
Is it the 1929 Alphi, with supercharged CIME engine ? Entered for the 1929 French GP but did not arrive and I believe never raced. The existence of photos again frustrates me.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2013, 08:54:09 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 06, 2013, 07:40:53 AM
Is it the 1929 Alphi, with supercharged CIME engine ? Entered for the 1929 French GP but did not arrive and I believe never raced. The existence of photos again frustrates me.
Not that either.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2013, 06:09:04 PM »
Ballot ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2013, 12:29:08 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2013, 07:02:30 AM »
It's French, so it's likely that it was entered to start with in a French race. I was near with the dates 1927/28, and the cowled radiator suggests slightly later, so I'll guess 1929. I've gone though all the entry lists for GPs that year, and can't come up with much.

It looks a little bit like an Omega Six. Is it ?

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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2013, 12:28:14 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 07, 2013, 07:02:30 AM
It looks a little bit like an Omega Six. Is it ?

My source also mentions that Omega-Six resemblance.
However, it's a different car.
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2013, 02:04:09 PM »
I'm drowning.  ???

Was this a maker of production cars ?
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Re: Allemano's № 875
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2013, 03:17:55 PM »
No. A very short lived marque. It existed for only two years.

The author of my book couldn't find any proof that cars of this company ever raced. The type of engine was already out of date at the end of the twenties...
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