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Sweet litte thing. (update: only 50 fourwheelers)

When you own a d'Yrsan cyclecar there's little risk that a similar car will pop up athe same race or show. D'Yrsan was primarily known for threewheelers. This Ruby engined and Cozette blown example is probably among less than a handfull surviving fourwheeled specimen. The car has been off the road for many years but after a carefull recommisioning it is ready for being tested for the  2013 season.   

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zaterdag januari 12th, 2013
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16 Januari 2013, 15:16
Jacques Potherat has written down the history of D'Yrsan, partly from interviewing Raymond Siran de Cavanac, the genius behind this make.
I have a copy of part 3 of Potherat's history (I guess it is from the Album du Fanatique de l'Automobile of the early 1970s but so far I have not been able to trace it back) and at the end of this part there is some statistics:
- in total 587 three- and fourwheelers have been produced
- only 50 of these were fourwheelers
- besides 7 "châssis de course" have been built.
So this survivor is very rare indeed and I know of only two other surviving fourwheelers.
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13 Januari 2013, 11:24
Sporting cars of that era, especially supercharged ones, were rather prone to oiling their plugs.
Can you imagine the unhappy mechanic trying to change these ones in a hurry with the exhaust manifold glowing above them??
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