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Comments on: Retro Retro https://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=6070 The Right Stuff, The Wrong Way Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Hampton Court Highlights | DoubleDeClutch.com https://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=6070#comment-521549 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:35:26 +0000 http://www.doubledeclutch.com/?p=6070#comment-521549 […] A serious candidate for the most unusual item at the Concours was this replica of a 1921 Leyat Hélica. Carrying the nickname “the plane without wings” its creator, Marcel Leyat, was seeking to simplify personal transport as there would be no rear axle or transmission. The body made of plywood was extremely light and the whole machine weighed under 300kg, some 400kg lighter than the contemporary Ford Model T. Powered by an 8bhp Scorpion engine the Hélica was recorded at 106mph in 1927 at the Linas-Montlhéry circuit. Just 30 examples were built. I encountered the two remaining Hélicas at Rétromobile a few years back, they can be seen HERE […]

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