Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 555 - Pedroso Roadster one-off by Marquis de Pedroso (Read 1671 times)

sixtee5cuda · « **on:** June 29, 2017, 08:40:49 AM »

To earn a point, describe the year, make, and type of engine used in this little speedster

Fёdor · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2017, 03:32:06 PM »

European

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2017, 06:59:23 PM »

Yes, it is from Europe

Fёdor · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2017, 01:19:51 PM »

Italian

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2017, 08:21:30 PM »

Not Italian

D-type · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2017, 08:20:10 AM »

British?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2017, 08:22:30 AM »

Not British

richard cuyler · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2017, 09:17:11 AM »

I can't quite work out the engine layout. Is it a straight 12/10/8, or the one visible half of a huge V16?

D-type · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2017, 11:45:56 AM »

RHD, but
Italian
British
So, is it French?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2017, 12:35:30 PM »

The engine is a straight-8.

This car was built in France.

D-type · « **Reply #10 on:** July 06, 2017, 02:12:37 PM »

A Ballot?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2017, 12:04:18 AM »

There is a Ballot connection, but the engine and car are not Ballots.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2017, 08:00:03 AM »

Did the manufacturer of the coachwork also manufacture the engine?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2017, 08:56:13 AM »

The entire car is described as being the creation of one company

D-type · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2017, 03:43:47 PM »

A Talbot-Darracq?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2017, 12:56:38 AM »

Not a Talbot-Darracq

Allan L · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2017, 03:20:35 AM »

Quote from: sixtee5cuda on July 07, 2017, 08:56:13 AM

The entire car is described as being the creation of one company

Is that a known car-making company?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2017, 08:43:28 AM »

For about a decade, they made automobiles. Several online sources indicate that car production was not their main business.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2017, 12:41:05 PM »

Wild guess: Mors?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2017, 02:34:04 PM »

Not Mors.

This company continued the strange tradition of Spaniards building cars in France.

D-type · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2017, 03:48:45 PM »

Could it be a Hispano-Suiza?

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #21 on:** July 12, 2017, 08:26:49 AM »

Not Hispano-Suiza

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2017, 08:31:21 AM »

Quote from: richard cuyler on July 07, 2017, 08:00:03 AM

Did the manufacturer of the coachwork also manufacture the engine?

I have found no direct indication that a coachbuilder was involved in the creation of this car. However, during the 1970's, the car was in the possession of a coachbuilding firm.

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2017, 03:56:56 PM »

Up!

Do the Professionals know this one?

oko94 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 24, 2017, 12:33:45 AM »

1927 Pedroso (or 1926 or 1928 according to different sources)

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Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 555 - Pedroso Roadster one-off by Marquis de Pedroso (Read 1671 times)