SOLVED: FW #343: Lancia Augusta, bodywork by Chausson, 1935

Started by fromwien, August 12, 2022, 04:25:12 PM

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richard fridd

Lancia Motor Club

fromwien

Yes. Coachbuilder located in the Parisian region

BattlePorQ

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

fromwien


richard fridd

Lancia Motor Club

fromwien


hermanoto


fromwien

No.
Hint: The coachbuilder is very well known for another car-category

BattlePorQ

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

fromwien

You are on the right way, but: No

BattlePorQ

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

fromwien


richard fridd

Quote from: fromwien on October 05, 2022, 08:41:11 AM
No.6
Hint: The coachbuilder is very well known for another car-category


Commercial catagory?
Lancia Motor Club

fromwien

Quote from: richard fridd on October 06, 2022, 02:55:40 AM
Quote from: fromwien on October 05, 2022, 08:41:11 AM
No.6
Hint: The coachbuilder is very well known for another car-category


Commercial catagory?
Not quite easy to answer you correctly: 'BattlePorQ' was on the right way with 'Currus' and 'Heuliez'..

BattlePorQ

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

fromwien

That's it! Here is your next well earned point.

BattlePorQ

Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

fromwien

Founded in 1907 as Atéliers Chausson Frères, they became the biggest manufacturer of radiators in France in the 1920s.
In the 1930s Chausson started coachbuilding and became the biggest french coachbuilder in the 1950s (In 1942, during World War II, Chausson built his first omnibus)
Chausson built bodies on Simca, Peugeot, Ford, Matford, Panhard, Renault, Citroen, DAF, Volvo, Opel, BMW, Perle, Chenard-Walcker, DB, Rosengart, CHS, Lancia, Talbot Lago chassis' etc.