SOLVED - oko134 : Fouquet buggy with Foucart rotary engine

oko94 · February 01, 2018, 05:05:36 AM

For 1 point : what is it, powered by what.

oko94 · February 08, 2018, 01:19:53 PM

Experts ?

el_monty · February 08, 2018, 01:45:31 PM

French?

oko94 · February 08, 2018, 04:33:37 PM

Yes.

el_monty · February 08, 2018, 05:07:01 PM

Dronde rally car with Honda engine. Champion of the 2013 French All-Terrain Rallye Championship. I now remember that I took some pictures of it at the 2016 Paris Motorshow.

oko94 · February 08, 2018, 05:25:11 PM

It's not a Dronde and it's not Honda-powered. There's a relation between the puzzle car and the Dronde buggy though.

el_monty · February 09, 2018, 07:24:13 AM

OK found it now! It's a Fouquet buggy with a rotary engine by Vincent Foucart, driven by Vincent Poincelet.

oko94 · February 09, 2018, 07:42:20 AM

Spot on ! One point for you.

According to different sources, the Dronde buggy is either a Fouquet copy, or an original Dronde chassis with a Fouquet (or Fouquet-inspired) body.

el_monty · February 09, 2018, 09:02:14 AM

There seem to be multiple references to Fouquet bodies online so I suppose that is the name of the company that builds them, and then people fit them over diverse chassis and engines. The Drondes (Father Pierre-Paul and son Louis) apparently built their own chassis and fit a Honda engine, but I have also seen adverts for Audi-, Peugeot- and Renault-powered Fouquet buggies.

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SOLVED - oko134 : Fouquet buggy with Foucart rotary engine