{"id":1997,"date":"2018-07-25T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1997"},"modified":"2025-02-15T20:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:23:39","slug":"chenard-et-walcker-sport-9-1923-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chenard-et-walcker-sport-9-1923-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenard et Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #9 – Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1923 Chenard et Walcker Type U3 15CV Spor<\/b>t #9<\/strong>
Pilots: A. Lagache, R. L\u00e9onard
Team: Andr\u00e9 Lagache<\/i>
Race: 1st overall (S 3.0\u00a0class) at Le Mans in 1923<\/strong>
Ixo - LM 1923 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published: 07\/25\/18<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chenard-Walcker (or Chenard et Walcker) was founded by railway engineer and bicycle maker Ernest Chenard and mining engineer Henri Walcker. In 1898 they opened a factory in Asni\u00e8res-sur-Seine, just outside of Paris. In 1900 they produced their first \u201ctrue\u201d automobile, the Chenard et Walcker Type A. The business started growing, mainly by supplying cars as taxis. Taxis were in great demand especially for Paris, and by 1910 they became the ninth largest car maker in France, producing over 1500 cars. In 1922 company engineer \u00a0Henri Tout\u00e9e designed the U3 15CV Sport<\/b>. The U3 Sport was a \u201cspeedster tourer\u201d with an inline-4<\/a> 3-liter engine with overhead-camshaft that produced around 70 hp. That car became the very first winner<\/a> of the 24 Heures du Mans<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In scale, Ixo did a very nice job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Driven by Ren\u00e9 Leonard and Andr\u00e9 Lagache, both Chenard et Walcker engineers, they completed the race with an average speed of 92.064 km\/h and covered a distance of 2,209.536 km. Just to put things into perspective, the winning Toyota TS050 Hybrid<\/a> of 2018 covered 5,286.360 km at an average speed of 251.100 km\/h. Accordingly, 95 years of race car development does make a LOT of difference. I was happy to find out that the car still exists to this day! It was totally restored and is proudly displayed at the ACO Museum<\/a>, in La Sarthe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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First car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. A must have for all Le Mans nuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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According to a certain ex-Porsche collector, this is a \u201cclunker\u201d, which I can\u2019t exactly deny. However, very possibly it\u2019s the most important clunker in my Le Mans collection. It is the first <\/b>winner<\/span>, what else matters? A true must buy. In scale Ixo did a nice job, maybe not in the same league of their more recent models but \u201cgood enough\u201d. Basically as good as their other pre-WWII<\/a> models. Without a doubt it was a must buy model that I took too long to get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1923 Chenard et Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #9Pilots: A. Lagache, R. L\u00e9onardTeam: Andr\u00e9 LagacheRace: 1st overall (S 3.0\u00a0class) at Le Mans in 1923Ixo – LM 1923 (diecast) Published: 07\/25\/18 Chenard-Walcker (or Chenard et Walcker) was founded by railway engineer and bicycle maker Ernest Chenard and mining engineer Henri Walcker. In 1898 they opened a … Continue reading “Chenard et Walcker Type U3 15CV Sport #9 – Ixo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18264,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997\/revisions\/18264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}