FAR (Tracteurs FAR)

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Share of the Tracteurs FAR S. A., issued 29. December 1939

FAR was a French truck manufacturer, affiliated with Chenard-Walcker.

It was founded in 1919 and ceased manufacture in 1970.

History[]

André Lagache, winner of the inaugural 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1923 driving a Chenard Walcker, was one of the founders of Tracteurs FAR and was denoted by the "A" in FAR.^[1]

Products[]

Among the company's products was the 'Pony Mécanique', developed by the Napier motor company and improved in design by Oliver Danson North. It was a three-wheeled articulated tractor unit fitted with automatic coupling gear to enable rapid change of trailers. These vehicles were built under licence from UK company Scammell (Scammell Mechanical Horse) from 1937 to 1970, but the FAR production used the Citroën Traction Avant engine.^[2]

References[]

• Chenard and Walcker-Far: The Vanished Empire of Gennevilliers (French) by Claude Rouxel, Jacques Dorizon & Marc Clouet

See also[]

• Defunct truck manufacturers

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