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Solved: Wendax 828 - 1923 Robe
« on: March 05, 2013, 02:36:05 AM »
There seems to be something interesting about this car.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2013, 03:28:03 AM »
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2013, 05:10:40 AM »
Is it a car made with Ford T parts?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 05:16:58 AM »
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 05:28:38 AM »
I get for uncontested that's american...is it a prototype?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2013, 05:34:39 AM »
It is American and it didn't go far beyond the prototype stage, with only a handful cars built.
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2013, 05:37:03 AM »
Anything to do with the American Four-Wheel Drive Corporation?
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I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 05:41:22 AM »
No
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2013, 12:46:13 PM »
Was it made to take part at a race?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2013, 02:24:13 PM »
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2013, 02:25:13 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 05:16:58 AM
Quote from: targhediferro on March 12, 2013, 05:10:40 AM
Is it a car made with Ford T parts?
No
After a look into another source I must admit that the rear axle and the engine valves came from the Model T.  ;D
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2013, 04:56:05 PM »
We know this car has been a sort of prototype but the production didn't go further. Did the firm produce other models?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2013, 05:33:44 PM »
Not this firm, but its founder had another - also not very successful - try at automobile production some years earlier.
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2013, 08:14:44 AM »
The use of Ford T parts may suggest Detroit origin...put the people that compare in this picture looks like southern...Is it from California?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2013, 08:21:40 AM »
Neither from California nor from Detroit
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2013, 02:10:14 PM »
Is it an Engler from 1914?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2013, 02:30:32 PM »
Not Engler and later than 1914
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2013, 05:51:05 PM »
Is it the Parry, 1917?
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2013, 05:55:03 PM »
Not a Parry and younger
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2013, 06:20:30 PM »
I got it!  I was googling about Piedmont, and I found the quiz picture: the car is a Robe, but the caption of the picture I found says 1913 Robe; as you said that the quiz car is younger than 1917, I suppose you referred to the second attempt that was done under this name about ten years later, 1923.
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #20 on: March 14, 2013, 03:14:01 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on March 13, 2013, 06:20:30 PM
I got it!  I was googling about Piedmont, and I found the quiz picture: the car is a Robe, but the caption of the picture I found says 1913 Robe; as you said that the quiz car is younger than 1917, I suppose you referred to the second attempt that was done under this name about ten years later, 1923.
Yes, you found it. The caption in the online source is wrong as it refers to the cyclecar Robe built in 1913. The pictured car is from 1923. An interesting detail of this car were its longitudinal leaf springs, clearly visible in the picture.
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Re: Wendax 828
« Reply #21 on: March 14, 2013, 11:00:00 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on March 14, 2013, 03:14:01 AM
An interesting detail of this car were its longitudinal leaf springs, clearly visible in the picture.

Very interesting, indeed!  Cantilever semi-elliptic.  I had to research it while looking for this car.  Congrats to TGF, btw.  I can't think of another car that uses this springing method.  I wonder how well it worked.
 
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