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La Voiture de course 1905 Renault – La Vie automobile – 13 May 1905

Following the series of 1905 racing cars for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup race and it’s elimination contest, here is the 90 h.p. Renault race car (translation included). Avec l’authorisation du Conservatoire numérique des Arts et Métiers (Cnum) – https://cnum.cnam.frTexte et photos compilé par motorracinghistory.com La Vie Automobile 5e Année. — N° 189. – Samedi 13 […]

Voitures de course 1905, Panhard-Levassor – La Vie automobile – April 1905

Following the series of 1905 racing cars for the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup race and it’s elimination contest, here is the 120 h.p. Panhard-Levassor (translation included). Avec l’authorisation du Conservatoire numérique des Arts et Métiers (Cnum) – https://cnum.cnam.frTexte et photos compilé par motorracinghistory.com La Vie Automobile 5e Année. — N° 183. – Samedi 1 Avril 1905. […]

Les Voitures de course 1905 – La Vie automobile – 1 April 1905

This is a first article in a series, preceding the 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup race and it’s elimination contest. Several cars that will participate in these events, are discussed and described in this series. Relatively secure and in-depth writing, more than a century ago. How technically interested most people were in those days! Avec l’authorisation […]

La nouvelle roue amovible Rudge-Whithworth, Translation – La Vie Automobile – 12 October 1912

This article from the well-known French technicalist-journalist Charles Faroux describes the 1912 newly designed steel detachable wheel of the company Rudge-Whithworth. Here, it says like: „….a new wheel hub assembly…..which not only provides absolute security against loosening, but also tightens itself during operation if it has been insufficiently tightened during assembly“. Part of this article […]

La roue amovible R.A.F., Translation – La Vie Automobile – 13 July 1912

Charles Faroux decribes in tis article, the most important specifics of the detachable, all steel wheel of R.A.F. Definicely not being the Britisch air force, the name stands for la Société des Roues Amovibles Francaise.; the Company for French detachable wheels. At the 1912 Grand Prix at Dieppe, these wheels had quite an influence on […]

La nouvelle roue amovible Rudge-Whithworth – La Vie Automobile – 12 October 1912

This article from the well-known French technicalist-journalist Charles Faroux describes the 1912 newly designed steel detachable wheel of the company Rudge-Whithworth. Here, it says like: „….a new wheel hub assembly…..which not only provides absolute security against loosening, but also tightens itself during operation if it has been insufficiently tightened during assembly“. Part of this article […]

La roue amovible R.A.F. – La Vie Automobile – 13 July 1912

Charles Faroux decribes in tis article, the most important specifics of the detachable, all steel wheel of R.A.F. Definicely not being the Britisch air force, the name stands for la Société des Roues Amovibles Francaise.; the Company for French detachable wheels. At the 1912 Grand Prix at Dieppe, these wheels had quite an influence on […]

Wire Wheels Return after 20 Years, Part III – Motor Age – 8 May 1913

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXIII (23), No.19, May 8, 1925 Wire Wheels Return After 20 Years Foreign-Made Wheels – Part IIIBy H. A. Tarantous     IN Europe the wire wheel has flourished more than it has in this country. In England the majority of the […]

Wire Wheels Return after 20 Years, Part II – Motor Age – 1 May 1913

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXIII (23), No.18, May 1, 1925 Wire Wheels Return After 20 Years American-Made Wheels Part IIBy H. A. Tarantous    THERE are eight American makes of wire wheels on the market and if recent reports are to be upheld, within a […]

Wire Wheels Return after 20 Years, Part I – Motor Age – 24 April 1913

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXIII (23), No.17, April 24, 1925 Wire Wheels Return After 20 Years By H. A. Tarantous – Part I   ALTHOUGH no definite record is at hand to determine the actual introduction of the wheel, it may be said that the […]