Steyr factory racer Gauderman 1925 French Grand Prix Montlhery race photo photo

Description

A superb and rare photo is the
Steyr factory driver, Gauderman
in
1925
before the start of the
French Grand Prix
.
Steyr
was an Austrian automotive brand, established in 1915 as a branch of the
Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft
(ÖWG) weapon manufacturing company. Renamed
Steyr-Werke AG
in 1926 and merged with Austro-Daimler and Puch into Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, it continued manufacturing Steyr automobiles until 1959.
In January 1929, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche joined Steyr from Mercedes. He quickly produced the
37/100 hp Austria
, with a 5.3-liter straight eight, dual magneto ignition, and twin spark plugs, four-wheel Lockheed hydraulic brakes, and Steyr's first detachable cylinder head. It also had Steyr's half-elliptic front and swing axle rear suspension. It showed at the Paris Salon and Olympia, the cabriolet offered at ₤1550.
The Great Depression intervened, however, and Steyr was bailed out by Austro Daimler, which killed the project as competing with its own very similar car, while Porsche resigned to form Porsche Büro in Stuttgart. The crash hit hard. Steyr in 1929 produced short of 5000 cars and 1000 trucks in all, and in 1930, just twelve.
This is a very nice and very rare
non period
photo that reflects a wonderful era of automotive history in a wonderful way.
This is your rare chance to own this photo, therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 11" (ca. 20 x 29 cm).
It makes it perfectly suitable for framing!
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