Solved: DAR 139: 1936 Panhard Dynamic 130

[D-type]

Make?  Model?  Year?  And what was unusual about its power plant?

[D-type]

Experts?

[hermanoto]

Panhard Dynamic Couach 4 glaces (windows), 1936. Center seat driven. The front suspension and the central steering were grafted directly on the engine.

[D-type]

Panhard is correct. 
The model is slightly different from my source who said "Dynamic, then a number".
1936 is correct.
I'm looking for something unusual about its engine
Locked for you

[hermanoto]

Dynamic type X76, 2516 cc engine
Dynamic type X77, 2861 cc engine

These Dynamics have identical charactereristics, but a different engine displacement. The engine has no valves ("sans soupapes") but it has sleeve valves, licenced from Knight.

[D-type]

 My source had "Dynamic 130" for the 2516 cc model.  (Wikipedia says the "130" name reflected its 130 km/hr maximum speed.)  I'm sure your X76 and X77 designations are also correct.
The sleeve valved engine is what I was looking for.  One of many unusual or innovative ideas incorporated into the car

[pguillem]

The first car I fell in love with. I was 5 years by this time.

[Wendax]

According to the museum's (Museo del Automóvil y la Moda in Malaga) own website this car is from 1938 and equipped with a 2900 cc engine.
That would make it a 1938 Panhard et Levassor Dynamic 140 X77 Coach.

[fromwien]

Many details (radiator grille,...) indicate model years 1936 and 1937
The front bumper is definitely model year 1938

pictures attached: Model year 1936 and 1938

[Wendax]

The four-window Coach Major made its first appearance in February 1937, so it can't be a 1936 car.
You are right though that grille and bumper are from different model years.

[fromwien]

Sorry, unfortunately I have another information (see attachement); apparently it looks like the Major could have been ordered at the end of 1936..

[Wendax]

Yes, I must agree. I misread the French text where it sounded to me that the Major Coach 4 GL superseded the Major Coupé (which was discontinued in January 1937). I should have looked through the whole article where your price list appeared, too.

[fromwien]

  A good source, I think