Schaudel 10HP Four Seater Rear Entrance Tonneau
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Ražotājs : |
Schaudel |
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Modelis: |
10HP Four Seater Rear Entrance Tonneau |
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Gads: |
1900-1905 |
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Tips: |
Tonneau |
A Bordeaux gunsmith, Charles Schaudel diversified into bicycle manufacture towards the end of the 19th Century and built his first automobile in 1900. Far from conventional, and indeed pioneering in design, the Schaudel featured a twin-cylinder engine mounted transversely in the chassis, with the integral three-speed gearbox located in the sump. The same engine/transmission arrangement that Sir Alec Issigonis used for the Mini. This unitary layout was referred to as 'motobloc', which became the name of the car after Schaudel's brother-in-law Émile Dombret bought him out in 1902. The rest of the Schaudel was more conventional: final drive was by chain, ignition by trembler coil, the inlet valves were 'atmospheric', and the radiator was mounted ahead of the 'coal scuttle' bonnet. The Schaudel was offered with a four-seater rear-entrance tonneau body, and in this form it remained in production until 1904, when Dombret introduced entirely new Motobloc models of his own design.
