Solved: Allemano's № 875 - 1928 Vernandi V8 (different type?)

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nicanary

#25
May 07, 2013, 03:22:02 PM
Sleeve valve ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Allemano

#26
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..

nicanary

#27
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 (!) ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Allemano

#28
May 08, 2013, 12:09:50 PM
No.

nicanary

#29
May 09, 2013, 07:13:34 AM
Donnet ?  ???
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Allemano

#30
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.

Allemano

#31
May 12, 2013, 08:10:10 AM
Pro's?

nicanary

#32
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...."
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Wendax

#33
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?

Allemano

#34
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.

Paul Jaray

#35
May 13, 2013, 12:52:00 PM
That's a Vernandi V8 from 1928

Allemano

#36
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?

Wendax

#37
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.

Allemano

#38
May 13, 2013, 02:08:37 PM
Yes, that's possible. The streamlined nose fits the 'old' shape very well.

nicanary

#39
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.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Wendax

#40
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.

Allemano

#41
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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