Solved: PN #655 -- Bertrand, 1901

[Paul Jaray]

De Boisse?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1901 Hanzer?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1901 Korn et Latil?

[pnegyesi]

no

This was a short-living manufacturer, but it has a quite detailed history available online

[4popoid]

When you say: " This was made in Paris....", do you mean Paris proper, or including the Paris suburbs (for example: Levallois-Perret)?

[pnegyesi]

Paris proper

[4popoid]

Is this the rare Farman of 1902?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1900 Élan?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

Crouan?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1901 Parisienne?

I have just discovered a French brand that I have never heard of previously, but which fits all of the puzzle criteria thus far defined, except for the brand(s) of engine used, which are unmentioned.  There is even a lengthy article regarding the unusual means of control (clutching, shifting, braking, etc.), as well as a photograph, which, although from a different angle, seems to match the puzzle car.  So, is the puzzle car a: Mégy from about 1901 by the firm L. Mégy of Paris, which operated 1901-1903?

[Arunas]

My next guess is Chainless by SA des voitures Legeres Chainless.

[pnegyesi]

not a Chainless or a Mégy

[ropat53]

Baudier 3CV

[pnegyesi]

not a BAudier

[4popoid]

Back to my original thought.  1901 Parisienne?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1901 Bouhey?

[pnegyesi]

no

[4popoid]

1901 Éole?

[pnegyesi]

no