UNIC M10 1918

Jacques Sabard Collection

Unic M10 TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

GENRE	Porteur
CONSTRUCTEUR	Unic	France; Puteaux; (Seine)
ANNEE	1918
TYPE	M 10
Numéro de chassis	2461
COULEUR	Carrosserie	Vert
	Ailes	Vert foncé
CONDUITE	A droite
MOTEUR	Type	Unic
	Cylindres	4 cylindres borgnes
	Puissance fiscale	10 chevaux
	Alesage	80 millimètres
	Course	130 millimètres
	Carburant	Essence
RESERVOIR	dans cabine
	Remplissage	à gauche
ALLUMAGE	Magnéto
EMBRAYAGE	à cône en cuir
BOITE DE VITESSE	4 rapports	à droite
ESSIEUX	2
	Avant	roues simple à bandage
	Arrière	roues simples à bandage double
PONT	Arrière	à double réductions
FREINS	principal à pied	sur transmission derrière la boite de vitesses
	à main	sur les deux roues arrières
Eclairage	Dynamo
Démarreur	manivelle
DIMENSIONS	Longueur	4,90 mètres
	Largeur	1,80 mètres
	Surface	8,80 mètres carrés
	Hauteur	2,20 mètres
POIDS	a vide	2,10 tonnes
	total en charge	3,5 tonnes
	remorquable	0 tonnes
AMENAGEMENT	Plateau forestier avec	système tournant pour transport de grumes
FONCTION	Débardage et transport	de bois jusqu'à la scierie.
Contrôle technique	Avril 2014

These pictures has been tooken during the biggest French exhibition: "La Locomotion en fête" The Unic M10 was parked in front of the "Camion Club de France" (Truck Club of France) tente. The trumpets do not impress more than that the passersby. On its right side, is the the De Dion Bouton type 1917 owned by Dominique Bleuven, Jacques Sabard companion .

As you can see, the steering wheel is on the right side, which was the custom , not to drive on the left side of the road, but to see better the ditch as road pavement was strongly curved and slippery.

Well equipped dashboard. Do not look at the speedometer ! For the tank, the driver can fill it in driving...

The seats, the engine, brand new as the first day.

No dust under and on deck ' s Unic M10. In Beautiful letters painted is inscribed the name of the sawmill followed by that of its Owner and place. Let's go fetch the logs ...

Unic M10 history

The body was designed to enmener a trinqueballe also called triqueballe. Petit Larousse says: "male name (maybe Dutch trukken, shoot, and ballen, burden). Float used for carrying long loads, especially drums's tree with two wheels, an axle, below which the load is suspended, and a tongue or an arrow. "This arrow's grip on the Unic M10. The metal circle corresponded to the raceway this triqueballe curves.

This van Unic M10 rolled up to 1959. The death of its owner, the vehicle stayed in a shed in ruins until May 1998.

Restoration required 1800 hours of work.

In April 2012, the M10 has passed a roadworthiness test. She is currently in the Sarthe immariculée under the CD number 575 SD.