For one point, please identify this car, the coachbuilder ( I don't know ) and the year :
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The grille bears a strong resemblance to the 1936 GM styling. Any relations to a - let's say - Chevrolet?
It's not American!
Hotchkiss 20CV c.1938?
I don't know the coachbuilder at the moment.
QuoteHotchkiss 20CV c.1938?
Not a Hotchkiss,but it's based on a French car.
QuoteI don't know the coachbuilder at the moment.
Me neither :-\
Coachwork looks very similar to the Voisin C30 of 1937 bodied by Dubos
Still searching.....
Unic U6?
Salmson S4?
Not a Salmson.
Berliet?
I'm really surprised to see a 1930's Berliet with wire wheels. Is it based on a 11 CV Dauphine from 1936? Or is the base car older than the body?
;D
Yes...it's a re-bodied Berliet from 1923!!
... with a Danish body. The model is probably a 18 HP.
It was rebodied in 1938 after the original body was destroyed by a fire.
That's amazing! (Not the fire)
Fantastic automobile in my opinion.
At least one internet source indicates this car has a Ford V8 under the hood.
Yes, it has a Ford V8 under the hood. According to the museum, this Berliet was bought in 1923 by a Danish engineer, Hermann Wanhö. It was a modern car with four-wheel brakes, oil gauge etc.
The building where it was stored burnt down in 1924. It was restored, but it did not receive an engine.
In 1935 a Ford V8 was installed. Then a company bought it and then it was bought by Sofus Larssen who handed it over to this Swedish museum in 1938.
Unfortunately they don't know the coachbuilder.
Thank you pnegyesi!
As we don't know the coachbuilder, does this puzzle float in limbo?
Yes, I'm afraid so. :-\
I believe I found it, last May, and forgot it was an old puzzle.
A rebody by Sofus Larsen of Denmark.
Bill
Bill, see my reply #19
Moving to the Black Hole...
"Auto History Journal" from 1978 indicates:
in July 1936 he received a new car body from Sofus Larsen's bodywork factory in Glænøgade, Østerbro, Copenhagen
The final bill for the bodywork was kr. 4903.
If true, the point should go to whoever mentioned "Sofus" first.
So that seems to have been solved then.
Unfortunately Bill is no longer with us, having passed away a few months ago.
Will move the puzzles to Solved.
Withe due respect to Bill it was me who said the word "Sofus" first :)
OK, since I can't give a point to Bill I've given it to you. You did indeed mention the name first, although it was Bill who said it was Sofus Larsen who re-bodied it.