Surprise cars are the best cars

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 12/24/2016 at 07:37 • Filed to: None

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I’m in San Sebastián-Donostia for Christmas and saw this in the San Telmo Museum of Basque culture. It’s the Donosti Car, manufactured in 1928 and run in the Spanish Grand Prix of the same year. It has a 4.0l 6 cylinder engine producing ~100hp and had a top speed of 81 MPH.

I can’t find anything about it on Google, so here’s a photo dump.

Cars were apparently a big deal in San Sebastián. Of the 47 cars registered in Spain in 1901, 36 were registered in San Sebastián.

Also, thanks to everyone who helped with my Land Rover question, I haven’t really had the chance yet to actually go through and take notes, but it’s really appreciated.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Honeybunchesofgoats 12/24/2016 at 07:53

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never heard of it before either.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Honeybunchesofgoats 12/24/2016 at 08:27

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Beautiful old gal, and a treat to find I imagine! :)

Honeybunchesofgoats > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/24/2016 at 08:31

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A possibly one-off locally produced race car was the last thing I expected to see.

AuthiCooper1300 > Honeybunchesofgoats 12/24/2016 at 09:11

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There is an entry in the German Wikipedia ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donosti_(Automarke) ). It is unclear whether one, two or three cars were built of this particular model, which happens to have a four-valve DOHC head (!). Donosti, it says, built more cars, but mostly on request (and they had just four cylinder-engines).

There is a link (in Spanish) with a bit more information.

S65 > Honeybunchesofgoats 12/24/2016 at 09:31

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That bare metal is so cool

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Honeybunchesofgoats 12/24/2016 at 10:40

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Nice

Keeping Donosi Delorean