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Solved NIC#1133 - 1914 Cowey 10/12hp
« on: October 11, 2019, 05:42:04 AM »
Year make and model, please, plus what made the car almost unique?
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Re: NIC#1133
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2019, 11:04:44 AM »
Cowey by Cowey Engineering Co., Ltd.; Surrey, UK; 1910-1915!
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Re: NIC#1133
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2019, 11:53:47 AM »
Quote from: Roman1986 on October 12, 2019, 11:04:44 AM
Cowey by Cowey Engineering Co., Ltd.; Surrey, UK; 1910-1915!

Yes. LOCKED for Roman1986 - this car had an unusual feature. What was it?
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Re: NIC#1133
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2019, 01:46:45 AM »
Apparently Air springs!
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Re: NIC#1133
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2019, 05:43:43 AM »
That's right, and the point is yours. It had self-levelling suspension with 4 separate bottles of compressed air, one at each corner.

The engine was a 10hp Chapuis-Dornier.
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