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About Quiz #419 - 1899 Amédée Bollée Type D
Last week's quiz was about a car built by someone who came from a engineering family. There were several correct answers about the Marque. It was indeed an Amédée Bollée fils, the son. Unlike the products built by his father - you may have seen the amazing machines at this year's Rétromobile - this car didn't have a steam engine but a horizontal 2 cylinder petrol engine right under the radiator with as a most interesting feature the fact the pistons move simultaneously.
The type of the car is a Type D and it was manufactured in 1899.
Despite that we gave the name of the coachbuilder it seemed very hard for the competitors to produce more information about the six passenger coachwork. Only the address was appeared in the answers given by two competitors. Unfortunately, we don't have any further information as well. So, we are still very curious if somebody out there knows more about the carrosssier Gaston Dauplay from Le Mans.
The winner of this week's quiz is Stefan Ittner. So Stefan, congratulations with your third victory. The PreWarCar.com T-shirt is on its way to Germany!
The car on the picture will be present on the PreWarCar-PostWarClassic stand at Concours Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.
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vrijdag mei 6th, 2016
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Onbekend
11 Mei 2016, 11:04
One can find some information on Dauplay in the book L'invention de l'automobile by Jean-Pierre Delaperrelle (1986). Alost all Amédée Bollée cars were bodied by either Dauplay or Pouriau, both from Le Mans. On page 123 of this book some 'official' photos can be found of Bollées of around 1900 with Dauplay bodies. So there is some chance to find an old photograph of this survivor (e.g. at the automotive museum in Le Mans).
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Onbekend
07 Mei 2016, 21:01
To further clarify for the readers, I believe(?) that this "horizontal two cylinder engine" which interestingly fires simultaneously is a PARALLEL TWIN or inline twin, as differentiated from the "opposite opposed horizontal twin" that was somewhat common for the birthing years of motorcars(the latter would literally have "split the cases!).
However, firing simultaneously may have been odd way back then, but the 360 degree "crankshaft firing angle" was not so soon the NORM of the BRITISH MOTORCYCLE industry that pervaded and dominated the post-WW2 sport both in Europe and AMERICA(1950-1968), almost to the demise of the American made motorcycle.
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However, firing simultaneously may have been odd way back then, but the 360 degree "crankshaft firing angle" was not so soon the NORM of the BRITISH MOTORCYCLE industry that pervaded and dominated the post-WW2 sport both in Europe and AMERICA(1950-1968), almost to the demise of the American made motorcycle.