Make, year and coachbuilder for a point
Experts?
Surely the pros know their coachbuilders?
1925 Fiat 519 ?
Not a Fiat and not 1925.
OM?
Not OM, either
Italian at all?
Partially...
the body is Italian?
No, not the body
1924 Alfa Romeo RL Torpédo Transformable by D´Ieteren Freres
Almost spot on :o, I have another coachbuilder for this car
Stratford body?
Quote from: guido66 on October 07, 2010, 02:51:06 AM
Almost spot on :o, I have another coachbuilder for this car
This Alfa is featured in the D´Ieteren book! 1924 Bruxelles Salon car,with a Panhard & Levassor and a Minerva...You´re looking for the Patent body I think..that should be a Brevet from Baehr.
This is getting interesting. :) In the lower left corner of the original photo is a sign of another coachbuilder at another show. After this is solved, it would be nice to find out who copied who, or if there was a joint-venture of some kind...
This is the Amsterdam Salon isn´t it? I´ll scan the picture and post here ;)
Yes, this photo was taken in Amsterdam :)
After studying the photo closely I can also tell you that it's not a Brevet Baehr...
J. Colson body ?
Not that.
I meant to lock this puzzle, but I see that I forgot to do so. However, from now on this puzzle is locked for João until his next reply.
Here is the picture :
It is strikingly similar, or even the same car :o. But on my photo, the sign in front of the car has another coachbuilders name and even another Brevet!
On closer inspection I see differences. The sheet metal covering the inner side of the leafspring on the D'Ieteren car seems to be missing on mine.
That´s very funny ;D
The coachbuilder ( if it´s another car ) was from Amsterdam?
Yes (still locked for you)
Schutter & van Bakel ?
:thumbsup:
One well earned point for João!
Another point is available for coming up with the name of the Brevet
Thanks ;)
The Brevet is French?
'To be honest I don't know. All I have is the name on the sign. So far I haven't been able to find any information on this Brevet online
I've done a bit of genealogical research on the name, and it very unlikely to be French.
In the hole she goes..
The Brevet is Belgian like De Ruytter?
The name is not of Belgian origin
Dutch too?
No, not Dutch.
Judging by the spacing of the print on the sign, it must be a very short name. Three or four letters?
Four letters it is!
German?
Nein
RLSS?
No, it is a well known name of a totally unrelated present day German company. This company is present in pretty much all of Europe, but not in the country where the name is a family name.
Köng?
No, and it's time for me reveal the unmodified picture. Rereading all the posts I suddenly realised that the name of the Brevet is short for Albert D'Ieteren :-[
The name displayed is ALDI. They probably wanted to disguise the Belgian Brevet, and make it sound Italian!
I'm sorry for the confusion and I'll donate an extra point to João as he was right all along! :thumbsup:
Thank you guido66! :)
Not so difficult to identify maker and model...but I want to know the coachbuilder too.
You're right, the make and model are not so difficult. It is an Alfa Romeo RL from about 1923. Fortunately, I've seen that picture before, although I can't find it now that I need it. As I recall, the picture was from a Dutch auto show, and the coachbuilder was Dutch. I believe it was Schutter & van Bakel.
Nothing to add. Tomorrow I'll post the original picture. A point for you.
As I PM'd you, it is a repost: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=13907.0