Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 555 - Pedroso Roadster one-off by Marquis de Pedroso

[sixtee5cuda]

And the point goes to oko94.

As shown in these pictures, this car was photographed at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, California.  There is a bit of information about the car online, but the years don't make a lot of sense.  Soriano-Pedroso only built cars until 1924.  Until 1926-1928 is a long time to wait, to finish building a car around your unique prototype 8-cylinder engine.  If it was a solo project, it would make sense that he used just last name, and it took so long to finish.

Strange information about a coachbuilder from the 1970's:
At the Derham Custom Body Works in Rosemont, Pa., there is preserved the 1927 straight-eight twin-overhead-camshaft Pedroso, last descendant of the Soriano-Pedroso line...

[pnegyesi]

Bonhams sold the car in 2021. Here's part of their description:
Although their main product was marine engines, in 1928, San Carlos de Pedroso built two specially designed two-liter prototype straight-eight supercharged twin-cam engines. Advanced for the day, the all-aluminum engines employed variable timing for the double-overhead-camshafts, which was controlled from the cockpit. The Marquis de Pedroso intended to enter the car in the Le Mans 24-hour race, but he was injured in an accident in another car and was prevented from competing. Of the two Pedroso's built, only this car, serial number 101, is believed to have survived World War II.