Solved: Wendax 1878 - Delahaye proposal by Van den Plas (Bruxelles)

[Wendax]

Multiple teardrop design.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.

[Wendax]

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[mymokke]

Delage  Aerodynamic Coupe, concept by Portout

[Wendax]

Good guess, but neither a Delage proposal, nor by Pourtout.

[Wendax]

Open for the pros with fewer than 400 points

[fyreline]

Well, if not Delage, perhaps Delahaye? No clue yet on the coachbuilder, other than for some reason it doesn't strike me as Italian.

[Wendax]

It is a Delahaye and the coachwork is not Italian.

[fyreline]

Ah! Let the search begin in earnest, then. Saoutchik?

[Wendax]

Not Saoutchik

[fyreline]

Portout
Saoutchik

Chapron?

[Wendax]

No

[fyreline]

Portout
Saoutchik
Chapron

OK, how about d'Iteren Freres?

[Wendax]

 Not them either

[fyreline]

Thanks for sticking with me on this fishing expedition . . . OK, let's see, we know it's a Delahaye proposal, and we know who it's NOT by:

Portout
Saoutchik
Chapron
d'Iteren Freres

VanVooren?

[Wendax]

No, but your last two guesses were close, in different ways. 

[fyreline]

Ah, excellent clue. I only had about three guesses left before I would REALLY have to get into some serious digging (not that I mind that - as I always say, the research is at least half the fun!). My three remaining choices would have been: Ghia-Aigle, Graber and Van den Plas. Your hint make me think Belgian, and similar to VanVooren . . . so I decided to jump right to Van den Plas. I then did a pretty thorough online search of "Delahaye Van den Plas", and there was the quiz photo. Unfortunately no more information than that - so my guess will be that it's a Van den Plas drawing of a proposed Delahaye. I don't have a year or even a model designation.

[Wendax]

Neither do I, but that's enough for a point. Well done!