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Solved: Wendax 1256 - SIMA-Violet Grand Prix racer
« on: May 17, 2014, 01:39:21 AM »
A racer in the backyard.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2014, 01:33:47 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2014, 02:02:56 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2014, 05:08:43 PM »
German eigenbau?
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2014, 01:25:57 AM »
The front axle looks like that of a 1910īs-1920īs Sizaire Naudin, but the car should be fron the mid 1930īs...

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2014, 02:05:47 AM »

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2014, 02:09:35 AM »
The front axle looks like that of a 1910īs-1920īs Sizaire Naudin, but the car should be fron the mid 1930īs...
Not a Sizaire-Naudin, not from the mid-30's.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2014, 08:34:52 AM »
I think the car would be more like 1920s. Is it French ?
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2014, 08:49:56 AM »
Yes, French from the 1920s.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2014, 05:15:18 PM »
Guyot Speciale?

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2014, 02:12:35 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2014, 06:05:56 AM »
Is it based on a production car which also had that suspension arrangement ?
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2014, 06:39:32 AM »
This car is not actually based on a production car, but the company also built production cars with a transverse leaf spring at the front.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2014, 06:56:30 AM »
Was this a well-known high-volume manufacturer?
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2014, 07:02:00 AM »
Was this a well-known high-volume manufacturer?
Not as well-known or high-volume as Citroen or Peugeot, but neither obscure (on an AutoPuzzles scale) nor a manufacturer of one-offs.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2014, 07:25:39 AM »
It looks very small - is it based on a Rosengart?
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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2014, 07:46:54 AM »
Not based on a car of another manufacturer, and not a Rosengart.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2014, 12:39:59 PM »
Delahaye ?

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2014, 12:50:42 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2014, 02:08:41 PM »
A Hotchkiss special?

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2014, 02:24:13 PM »
No, the manufacturer was not as big or well known as Delahaye or Hotchkiss.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2014, 03:03:28 PM »
Benjamin (Benova)?

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2014, 03:07:07 PM »
No, but now you are in the right size and fame area.

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2014, 03:11:09 PM »
Amilcar?

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Re: Wendax 1256
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2014, 03:22:26 PM »
No