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Is that a massive hood ornament, or is it just happy to star at AutoPuzzles.com?
No.
Bumped upstairs
French? Prototype?
Panhard special?
It is French; it is not a Panhard.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 07, 2008, 03:41:50 AM
It is French; it is not a Panhard.
1950 - 1955 ? Prototype?
Not a prototype. I believe this is a coachbuilt example of a (limited) production automobile.
Correction - this one came this way from the factory.
Made in 1940s?
No.
Wheels and hood ornament seem to match with a late thirties Voisin C30, but I couldn't find this body shape...
Grégoire?
Quote from: DynaMike on December 07, 2008, 04:18:23 AM
Wheels and hood ornament seem to match with a late thirties Voisin C30, but I couldn't find this body shape...
Bingo!
The third example of the C30 featured this body type. I don't know how many subsequent expamples were produced (of approximately 60 C30's overall).
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/v30side.jpg)
Very nice, Otto! Never seen this before, I only knew the C30 with a prominent vertical grille... But the styling is quite typical for Voisin. What a pity they didn't survive :(
That was nice! ;)
Otto, is this all information You have? As far as I understand the bodywork is not specially coachbuilt, but there's almost no info about the car with this coachwork :( Was the car with this bodywork also built in only single example ???
I don't know if this is the only example. My source ( a restorer of these cars) tells me the B&W picture I posted was the 3rd C30 built. No mention of if there were more, but is seems likely, as the puzzle car (unless painted a different color when restored) seems to be a much lighter shade. As far as I know, this body style was penned and built in-house.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 08, 2008, 02:41:05 PM
I don't know if this is the only example. My source ( a restorer of these cars) tells me the B&W picture I posted was the 3rd C30 built. No mention of if there were more, but is seems likely, as the puzzle car (unless painted a different color when restored) seems to be a much lighter shade. As far as I know, this body style was penned and built in-house.
Thank You for the details, I've just found the 2nd picture of this restored car and it's name: 1939 Voisin C30
60032 3.5l
It has a lot of sunroofs, doesn't it? :)
It's not a factory body, but by a Swiss coachbuilder (Strinati rings a bell, but I may be wrong).
And a nice rear view:
What is this?
1 point for you!
It's a repost...I'll merge at the end. ;)
Speedy expert's point!
fiat base?
Not Fiat or Fiat-based. ;)
USA?
Fiat 1500 by Bertone?
This one is a repost and can't be moved further.
It's a well known brand.
Lancia?
Not Lancia.
Not from Italy, but from Europe...
Panhard-Hotchkiss prototype?
Not Panhard but French!
Quite known brand, no more active...unfortunately.
Delahaye?
Not Delahaye.
Simca?
Not Simca.
Salmson?
Not Salmson.
Read carefully:
I won't lock it...only a complete answer will receive the point.
Here's a big help!
Not a Panhard but the Gregoire it was based on.
Not Panhard or Gregoire...
When Max asked "Panhard-Hotchkiss" you answered "Not Panhard", so is it an Hotchkiss ?
Sorry, not Hotchkiss.
Delage ?
Delage
Delahaye
Gregoire
Hotchkiss
Panhard
Salmson
Simca
Voisin ?
Quote from: oko94 on June 26, 2014, 12:01:32 PM
Voisin ?
Yes! Locked for you now, it won't take much! ;)
1939 Voisin C30 60032 3.5l
*bump*
Sorry, I'll award you the point right away.
You finally find it and your perseverance deserves a bonus pic!
Merged!
Thanks ! A nice car to celebrate my 80th point.
Front view: