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About quiz #415 - A 1907 La Buire double phaéton
The Chantiers de la Buire were founded in Lyon in the middle of the 19th century to produce tramway and train materials. In the 1890s a contract was made with Léon Serpollet to produce some tricycles under license, but real car production started in 1904. The cars were known under the name of Buire, La Buire (and according to Georgano even De la Buire in England). The make was regularly successful in competition and was particularly known because of its silent drive. In 1907, also in Lyon, the Lumière brothers developed the first commercially successful production of colour photos using starch particles. These particles however caused a rather grainy structure as you can see in the mystery photo. This colour photo of the La Buire was apparently one of the first made by the Lumière brothers and for this they could very well have used their own car! La Buire is not always easy to identify, recognizable features being the grip on the bonnet and the rimmed radiator shell. The latter feature is hard to see, caused by the photographical process.
Not an easy mystery again, apparently, so regrettably no winners. However we had one brave attempt by Bernard Correge, who suggested Motobloc. This suggestion was close indeed, because also Motobloc had a more or less similar grip on the bonnet at the time.
(quiz proposal and text Ariejan Bos)
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vrijdag maart 11th, 2016
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14 Maart 2016, 12:21
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13 Maart 2016, 18:11
Joseph Higginson hill climbed an 80 hp, 16 litre, 4 cylinder La Buire, which he campaigned from 1905 to 1912 and latterly was only beaten on occasion by the 4.5 litre Crossley 20 hp.
Higginson was well aware of the rise of the 4.5 litre, 4 cylinder, large side valve type developed by Crossley and successfully campaigned by its designer Hubert Woods from 1909, which was replicated by Talbot from mid-1912.
So when the hill climb rules changed in 1913 to allow specials, he knew which design to imitate and commissioned Vauxhall to build a 4.5 litre side valve lightweight special, which became the 30/98, the rest is history.
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Higginson was well aware of the rise of the 4.5 litre, 4 cylinder, large side valve type developed by Crossley and successfully campaigned by its designer Hubert Woods from 1909, which was replicated by Talbot from mid-1912.
So when the hill climb rules changed in 1913 to allow specials, he knew which design to imitate and commissioned Vauxhall to build a 4.5 litre side valve lightweight special, which became the 30/98, the rest is history.
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12 Maart 2016, 18:30
Joseph Higginson hill climbed an 80 hp, 16 litre, 4 cylinder La Buire, which he campaigned from 1905 to 1912 and latterly was only beaten on occasion by the Crossley works 4.5 litre 20 hp.
Higginson was well aware of the rise of the 4.5 litre, 4 cylinder, large side valve type developed by Crossley and successfully campaigned by its designer Hubert Woods from 1909 which was replicated by Talbot from mid-1912.
So when the hill climb rules changed in 1913 to allow specials, he knew which design to imitate and commissioned Vauxhall to build a 4.5 litre side valve lightweight special, which became the 30/98, the rest is history.
Lees verder
Higginson was well aware of the rise of the 4.5 litre, 4 cylinder, large side valve type developed by Crossley and successfully campaigned by its designer Hubert Woods from 1909 which was replicated by Talbot from mid-1912.
So when the hill climb rules changed in 1913 to allow specials, he knew which design to imitate and commissioned Vauxhall to build a 4.5 litre side valve lightweight special, which became the 30/98, the rest is history.
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12 Maart 2016, 09:39
I started researching this quiz last weekend -short of time I left it yet my searching came up with the fact that this picture was from 1907 taken by Jean Baptiste Tournssound of a Peugeot 116 --I have looked up Peugoet and it does in fact look very much like the vehicle in the quiz yet I stand to be corrected-- please view article at address jalopnik.com/this-is-the-very-first-color-photograph-of-a-car-1641925578 within this article click on 1907 color photo of Peugeot
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Heyden Bridge on 5th October 1912.
Joseph Higginson's 16 litre La Buire, suffered a cataclysmic failure when one of its 4 litre pistons disintegrated during the event.
Hubert Woods achieved FTD with the 20 hp Crossley, half minute faster than the second placed Prince Henry Vauxhall of Alan Fillingham !
The 15 hp Crossley of Cecil Binanchi also won this event on Formula.