Solved: 214. of All., 1948 Chausson

Allemano · April 24, 2009, 03:24:34 PM

What's this? If you know You'll get a point!

ftg3plus4 · April 24, 2009, 05:13:58 PM

I have this identified as a 1948 CHS (France).

Allemano · April 24, 2009, 08:09:10 PM

It seems you're close, but unfortunately not close enough! Try to get more of this car!

ftg3plus4 · April 25, 2009, 08:10:38 AM

If my source had this wrong (or I misread it in the first place), then I'm not sure what else I can get.

Allemano · April 25, 2009, 08:20:05 AM

It has a certain name which you haven't mentioned yet!

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Quote from: ftg3plus4 on April 25, 2009, 08:10:38 AM
Should this maybe be called "Chausson CHS"?

Yes!

ftg3plus4 · April 25, 2009, 08:21:24 AM

Should this maybe be called "Chausson CHS"?

Allemano · April 25, 2009, 08:22:27 AM

The way you're posting confuses me!

I have it only as "Chausson" guess CHS is a shortcut!

But the point is yours!

ftg3plus4 · April 25, 2009, 08:25:22 AM

Sorry - I didn't know you'd be replying to my replies before I got done editing them!

I have Chausson as the company name (a bus manufacturer) and CHS as the make. Sometimes what makes a "make" isn't clearly defined. Anyway, I think "Chausson CHS" would really be the correct answer.

barrett · February 17, 2011, 10:14:08 AM

So, can anyone explain this then? These photos are obviously the Chausson, but the first photo clearly shows it outside the Delaney & Sons works (who also built the Eyston recod car). So was this car built in England for the French company and then shipped over to France? Seems a curious way of going about things.
Who has the full story on this car?

Wendax · February 17, 2011, 01:56:55 PM

The CHS was developped by Chausson during the German occupation. It was planned to be sold as a Chenard & Walcker. Three CHS were built, two with a 330 cc single cylinder engine, one with the 550 cc engine which should power the Chenard & Walcker van (later on becoming the Peugeot D3A van). The CHS was shown at the 1946 Paris Salon. In 1947 one of the prototypes was sold to Delaney-Gallay, who built radiators like Chausson. But it was impossible for Delaney-Gallay to obtain the necessary sheet metal, so no CHS were produced in Britain.

barrett · February 17, 2011, 02:52:27 PM

Thanks for clearing that up Wendax

Wendax · April 22, 2013, 03:17:00 AM

Delaney's car still exists:

Djetset · April 24, 2013, 09:28:58 AM

It was sold at auction at last year's Silverstone Classic, and purchased by Chausson! I took plenty of photos of this rare car, but sadly they were on the SD card that was in my stolen camera, so now long gone...

el_monty · November 21, 2017, 11:20:56 AM

The restored car was shown at Rétromobile back in February of this year.

Wendax · October 13, 2025, 05:07:12 PM

A set of CHS pictures stamped Chausson. Telling by the Peugeot J7 in the background they were probably taken in the 1960s.

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Solved: 214. of All., 1948 Chausson