Please identify the coachbuilder (as I don't know the donor) for a point
Experts?
Professionals?
SAP (Société des Automobiles Pilain)?
no
Driguet?
French?
Pipe?
It was an extremely obscure French coachbuilder. Not Pipe or Driguet
Masters?
Black Hole?
black hole
After 1909?
good luck :)!
The puzzle picture is from a 1913 magazine
Closse?
Thanks for reviving this old puzzle. It is not Closse.
Here are some clues:
- based in one of the Parisian suburbs
- very short lived, but apparently had a stand at the 1913 Paris Auto Show
- one of the partners went on to become a coachbuilder on his own after WW1 for a few years at the same address.
Carrosserie Régence?
Oddly, Régence (owner/partner/manager?) G. Verheyden was already advertising under his own name and at the same address as Régence in 1912.)
no, not Regence
Avoiron?
no
Buat & Remond?
no
Pingret, Guilon et Breteau?
no, in Gallica there are two hits for the name of the partnership
I think the only way to find this is:
- find the suburb
- find the partner which went alone in the 1920s
and then I give you the final clue to find the company!
Chavet-Lhardy?
that works too :)
I don't know how you did it, but this BH puzzle has now been solved
Congratulations
Thanks for the fun puzzle and the points!