368 Curtiss Le Zebre Special (1918) SV 8091 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Curtiss Le Zebre Special (1918) Engine 8200cc Curtiss OX 5 Aero engine Competition Number 145 Jeremy Flann Competition Class Class 7 Edwardian Cars Competition Number SV 8091 (Age related number) The Le Zebre Curtiss special was one of a number of Edwardian specials running at Prescott. It is powered by an American the Curtiss OX-5 engine. The Curtiss OX5 was the first mass-produced aircraft engine in the United States. It became available in 1915 and used in various capacities through the first World War. The engine was a water-cooled, 503 cubic-inch (9-liter) V8 unit weighing 390 pounds and was capable of producing 90 horsepower. It has a distinct feature - its rockers are exposed allowing for the components to be observed while the engine is running. Some 12,600 units were built through early 1919. The wide availability of the engine in the surplus market. Post war the engine was the engine of choice for special builders and could be picked up almost new for a very reasonable price LeZebre was a French make of car (1909-31) in Puteaux, and later Suresnes. The company was founded by Jules Salomon, Georges Richard initially with finance from Jacques Bizet, son of composer Georges Bizet. Almost unheard of today, LeZebre produced 9,500 cars between 1909 and 1931, of which about 250 examples remain. This unique motorcar was assembled 20 years ago by Robin Baker as a semi-scale replica of the 1904 Panhard-Levassor World land Speed Record/GP car and used for hillclimbing. Its Edwardian components comprise a Curtiss OX-5 aero engine mounted in a pre-WWI Amilcar chassis - the latter serves as a sub-frame that is in turn mounted in a Peugeot frame. The unit drives through a two-speed chain-drive Peugeot transmission. The axles hails from a 1918 Le Zèbre cyclecar and braking is via the rear wheels only. It is fully road legal. Diolch am 96,525,483 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 96,525,483 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-368
