Fageol Twin Engine 356

[cegerer]

I've read of this car from several sources over the years but nobody ever seems to have photos. Well, I've finally stumbled upon some ........ car has one engine in front and one in the rear transmitting power thru 2 gearboxes. Total power = 144HP. Top speed=127.5MPH. This is the same guy who built the Indy car with 2 911 engines in it!









Here's his Indy car from 1966 .....

[cegerer]

This Lou Fageol was a fascinating guy. His company, Twin-Coach, built the first bus - a twin-engine design. The guy had a fixation with twin-engine stuff. He also raced hydroplanes, made parts for P-80 fighter jets in WWII, owned a Porsche dealership and a company that sold Pepco superchargers for VW's and Porsches.

http://www.almar.easynet.be/pepco.htm

He also built this amazing Fageol Supersonic in 1949 using many aircraft parts. Looks a bit like a M-B Gullwing from several years later.

[MichiganMat]

fascinating. that open fan design on his Indy car probably cost him 10mph at top speed though, ouch.

[ka9a]

The Twin Coach Company was started by Lou Fageol's father. It was not his company. The Indy car produced vy Twin Coach had two supercharged Offy's. It ran in the 1946 race. The 911 engined car belongs to some one else.. Twin Coach had been sold to Flixble and Lou died in January 1961 probably from injuries suffered in his famous hydroplane race boat crash/flip.

The twin engine car in the picture also had two more engines -chainsaw - one for each supercharger!

The Supersonic, now in restoration process in LA (2010). It began prior to WWll when it was a streamliner owned by Joel Thorne. It was modifed to be driven on track in Indianapolis by none other than Wilber Shaw. It was powered by a Fageol Twin Coach 6 cylinder bus engine. There were few if any aircraft parts used.