1923 Avoin Voisin factory research race car, the C6 Laboratoire, simply a most amazing innovative and obscure try at a racecar from airplane engineers

 Quite odd looking, maybe the strangest I can recall ever seeing

 Why it has a prop on the nose, I'd only guess that it's for airspeed. Boardtrackfan commented that he thinks its for a water pump

 and I was astonished to see it has the actual "Windscreen" that I've only heard of but never seen before

Click on the above gauges and get a good look at the full size... those are pretty unusual

 and a square-ish steering wheel... boardtrackfan reminded me that this isn't so uncommon, it's so the driver has a better view when driving straight, and more legroom

  here is the big indication of the aeroplane style engineering they brought to their race car... cable brakes. But not connected to the brake pedal, this is independant front and back brakes for a racing advantage

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1934 Voisin C27 Grand Sport Cabriolet, coachwork by Figoni, featured in the 1934 Madrid Auto Salon, and immediately purchased by the Shah of Persia

beautiful wood, ostrich leather interior, and panels throughout the interior all the way up to the firewall

 Above are the essential photos that nail the beautiful colors, interior, and design, but I took a lot more, and why not put them here in case you want to see more?

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