Baron Wrangel, an officer in the Imperial Russian army and later commanding general of the anti-Bolshevik White Army, was discovered in Russia.
Wrangel was an engineer who gave up his profession to enter the army during the Russo-Japanese War. His memoir of the Russian Civil War, "Always With Honor," was published in 1957 with a foreword by Herbert Hoover (who was then teaching at Stanford).
The torpedo body with the dual windshield and the leather roof is completely original. Research needs to establish the coachbuilder: given the original French lamps (Blériot) and the French dashboard gauges ‑ including a unique inclinometer ‑ Rothschild in Paris seems a good candidate. Research in the archives in Turin is still in full swing, but it is already confirmed that the FIAT with chassis number 16213 and engine number 163 was first delivered to Fiat-agent Loste in Trieste.
http://velocesleepingbeauties.blogspot.com/2012/06/fiat-tipo-5-barnfind.html
https://www.prewarcar.com/see-breaking-news-for-this-barnfound-fiat-tipo-5
http://style-e-auto.com/fiat-tipo-5-ex-general-wrangel/
The rear wheel is wider than the front, and it looks like it's set up for dual rear tires. I don't think I've seen that before on a car from this era. One site about the car says it has a 180 liter fuel tank, which must be the large tank under the back bumper.
ReplyDeleteI remember posting photos of duals years ago, on this era of car, or earlier... but basically the wood rim/brass radiator era car with acetylene headlights... it was quite startling to come across duallies, but not on work trucks
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