By golly, Louis sure had a substantial enterprise going on back in the day. Enjoy
Someone forgot Aero Engines..........https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_70_hp
OK, I'll bite: What are we looking at here? What's with the three banks? The blocks at the front seem to indicate a V12 with, perhaps,a one-intake-per-cylinder setup in the middle. But the assembled versions look like all three equal banks (one in the centre and one each side). I must point out I don't know much about aero engines, but wtf???
They are W18 aero engines from the late twenties of early thirties. A couple of manufacturers produced them. The last time one was produced for automotive use was a design used by Bugatti in the 90s for their concept cars but the Veyron ended up with a W16 engine.
Numerous (many) racing and record attempt cars were fitted with Aero engines from the very early days.
Now that is a great photo. At one time, Renault was the world's largest producer of aero engines, if I recall correctly.
And street sweepers.... Believe me, they did.Someone forgot Aero Engines..........https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_70_hp
And street sweepers.... Believe me, they did.
Goodness..... The polite adjective is utilitarian. The street sweeper I saw was alligator bonnetted and its Rudge wheels were off in England being refurbished. It looked a bit like that without the tank.They hit this one with the ugly stick a few times I reckon..
Aha, industrial application. Wonder what is bolted around it?Something on ebay fr that may be of interest..
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Just like the ridiculously low profile things I see in the supermarket carpark.....I see it is sporting the latest "puncture proof" tyre technology
It's good that just a few of us have this fascinating information - I heard they used early R4 stuff because they could drive the rotary disc from the crank handle shaft out the end of the gearbox. I've never actually seen one.Speaking of industrial engines - the Toro GroundsMaster
Who knew? There's a thread in this.I have just learned of the 807 was used by Mercruiser
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