Pieter's puzzle15 Solved: 1955 Alpine 106 Redele Speciale

[pieter]

What is it?

[grobmotorix]

I think this is the very first Alpine by Jean Rèdelé, based on the Renault 4CV.
It debuted in 1955 as the Alpine A-106

there are some other 4CV variations like the Brisonneau 4CV that look very much like the one you´ve shown....

[pieter]

Indeed.

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(my French is about as good as my Icelandic, so I googletranslated it:)

Here the creator of our passion, it is born on May 17, 1922 and grows in the environment of machine shops since that his/her father Emile Rédélé is Ford agent. Mr Jean is one of the first agent Renault, it covers major a part of the Seine Maritime, then in 1944 following the death of Louis Renault the new direction decides to make in great series a popular car and yes the 4 CV appear. Jean Rédélé make not badly of Kms at the wheel of its 4CV, and there he discovers the joys of piloting, moreover in 1950 he engages with the rally of Dieppe and makes a victory of class...

Then Jean produced many prototype on the basis of of the 4CV with the assistance of Michelotti and du the carossier Alemano of which "Rédélé Spéciale" below  
 
Before arriving at the A106 coach... In July 1955 Jean presented the first 3 A106 coaches at the Renault Control in Boulogne-Billancourt, the colors blue-white-red are premonitory of what Alpine for France will represent.

Why "ALPINE"

"I chose the name Alpine for my firm because this adjective represents for me the pleasure of leading on the mountain roads. It is by furrowing the Alps with my 4CV with limps 5 that I had fun the most. This enthralling control, it was necessary that my customers find it at the wheel of the car which I wanted to build. Alpine is a name which sounds well, it is also a symbol. "

Jean Rédélé  

[Wendax]

This one is in fact neither an Alpine nor an A 106 nor from 1955, but it is (as quoted correctly) the Renault 4 CV Rédélé Spéciale from 1953/1954. The Alpine A 106 appeared in 1955 and was a different car: