A 1902 Deckert, Driven by Mr Micheal Dedman, passes through Crawley High Street, during the 2016 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
This 1902 8hp car is powered by a single cylinder, 864cc engine of De Dion design but Deckert manufacture, using a De Dion Bouton cylinder head. The engine is water-cooled, with side-mounted radiator panels in the style of the contemporary Renaults. The engine is mounted in a tubular chassis and drives through a single plate clutch, via a three forward speed and reverse gearbox and chains to the rear wheels. Remarkably this car has much of the horse carriage about it, with rear wheels significantly larger than the front wheels, narrower front track and the front springs are full elliptic while the C-type rear springs, supplied by a French horse carriage spring maker, support only the rear body, the back axle being unsprung. The vendor reports that this suspension design, with front and back halves of the body hinged, provides a most comfortable ride. The Aurore bonnet badge was Deckert's marque déposée, the wheel depicting the rising sun and the bluebird heralding the dawn of the motor car. Deckert's bicycles and motorcycles were marketed under the name Aurore. This rarest of French motor cars, believed to be the only survivor of the marque known, has been in the present enthusiast ownership for many years and was restored in 1994. Since then it has regularly and successfully taken part in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run as well as many events in the UK for VCC members and has frequently ventured abroad to appropriate events. The coachwork is very smartly presented in blue livery with deep-buttoned, red leather upholstery and is equipped with brass fittings including oil side lamps and a bulb horn. It sits on varnished wooden wheels with beaded edge pneumatic tyres.
Size: 5145px × 3357px
Location: High Street, Crawley, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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