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Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« on: September 03, 2014, 02:28:22 AM »
Odd looks.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 1342
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2014, 02:42:03 AM »
This one won't last long at expert level.
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Re: Wendax 1342
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2014, 02:46:59 AM »
It's a Potterat, a post-war French project
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Re: Wendax 1342
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2014, 03:13:26 AM »
Yes, it is the Potterat, rather a project that started during WW2, but it was still around after the war. I took it from a 1948 book. It was supposed to be propelled by a seven-cylinder radial engine.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2014, 11:16:19 AM »
Quite ahead of its time in terms of packaging.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2014, 11:18:27 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on September 10, 2014, 11:16:19 AM
Quite ahead of its time in terms of packaging.

Very limited suspension travel at the rear!  A 7-cylinder engine?  I suppose there must be another example of one if you look hard enough!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2014, 11:25:49 AM »
Surely it has two radial engines in each of every front wheel...  ;D
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2014, 11:43:57 AM »
Wendax, could you please post the entire description of this car ? What is readable on the picture might suggest it has a hybrid powertrain, I'd like to confirm this.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1342 - Potterat
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2014, 12:05:00 PM »
Sorry, I don't have that book. The snippet is from an ebay ad. The book containing it is:
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