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From the Estate of
JOSEPH K. OTT
c1901/02 DE DION BOUTON 6HP MODEL L VIS-A-VIS
Registration No. 1-A-46 (Formerly French registered)
Chassis No. 235
Engine No. 10408
Engine: single cylinder, water cooled, 700cc, 6hp; Gearbox: two speed; Brakes: drum brakes on rear wheels; Suspension; front, semi elliptic, rear, three quarter elliptic. Right hand drive.
The De Dion Company was the first automobile company to produce a motor car on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Paris, France and Brooklyn, New York. The company was formed through the collaboration of wealthy aristocrat Compte Albert De Dion and a talented engineer, Georges Bouton. The latter's most important contribution to early automobile development was the introduction of the high speed engine developing a lot of power for its size, and using coil ignition with a mechanically operated contact breaker. At first they were installed in motor tricycles, then in quadricycles - not only in the firm's own vehicles, but in as many as 150 car firms around the world. Voiturettes followed in 1899, powered by a single cylinder 3½hp engine centrally mounted in a tubular steel frame. Shortly afterwards, the petrol car incorporated De Dion's second remarkable feature, the now famous De Dion axle principle. The engine drove to the wheels through a two speed gearbox and universally jointed shafts. Because the axle was attached to the springs, the final drive was not called upon to bear the weight of the car and the axle could move in relation to the frame without recourse to chain drive.
This Model L De Dion Bouton was purchased by Mr Ott in France in March 1946 and taken to Rhode Island, New York. It has not been used since purchase and was very much in the same condition as when found in 1946 - highly original and unrestored. The vehicle is largely complete and the engine is free and turns on the crank handle. Missing items include some seat cushions, floor boards and three hub caps. While the car has not been dated Mr Ott carried out extensive research into the model and had corresponded with The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain and the evidence suggests the car is late 1901 or early 1902 and perhaps the engine a year later.
These 6hp vehicles go very well indeed and we hope to see this veteran restoration project on the Brighton Run before long.
JOSEPH K. OTT
c1901/02 DE DION BOUTON 6HP MODEL L VIS-A-VIS
Registration No. 1-A-46 (Formerly French registered)
Chassis No. 235
Engine No. 10408
Engine: single cylinder, water cooled, 700cc, 6hp; Gearbox: two speed; Brakes: drum brakes on rear wheels; Suspension; front, semi elliptic, rear, three quarter elliptic. Right hand drive.
The De Dion Company was the first automobile company to produce a motor car on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Paris, France and Brooklyn, New York. The company was formed through the collaboration of wealthy aristocrat Compte Albert De Dion and a talented engineer, Georges Bouton. The latter's most important contribution to early automobile development was the introduction of the high speed engine developing a lot of power for its size, and using coil ignition with a mechanically operated contact breaker. At first they were installed in motor tricycles, then in quadricycles - not only in the firm's own vehicles, but in as many as 150 car firms around the world. Voiturettes followed in 1899, powered by a single cylinder 3½hp engine centrally mounted in a tubular steel frame. Shortly afterwards, the petrol car incorporated De Dion's second remarkable feature, the now famous De Dion axle principle. The engine drove to the wheels through a two speed gearbox and universally jointed shafts. Because the axle was attached to the springs, the final drive was not called upon to bear the weight of the car and the axle could move in relation to the frame without recourse to chain drive.
This Model L De Dion Bouton was purchased by Mr Ott in France in March 1946 and taken to Rhode Island, New York. It has not been used since purchase and was very much in the same condition as when found in 1946 - highly original and unrestored. The vehicle is largely complete and the engine is free and turns on the crank handle. Missing items include some seat cushions, floor boards and three hub caps. While the car has not been dated Mr Ott carried out extensive research into the model and had corresponded with The Veteran Car Club of Great Britain and the evidence suggests the car is late 1901 or early 1902 and perhaps the engine a year later.
These 6hp vehicles go very well indeed and we hope to see this veteran restoration project on the Brighton Run before long.