Topic: Name that Car - Porridgehead Edition

[MG]

it may not.

I'll take "It May Not" for a hundred, Alex.   

[porridgehead]

Mmmm... tastes stale. Let's see what kind of hint I can conjur up; probably useless again.

Draws deep breath: It was powered by a Ruby, also employed by George Irat.

[Allan L]

Ah yes, of course!
The Lambert with a GT body by Schmitt would fit, though I have never seen a photo of it elsewhere.
Ruby was defunct by then and Germain Lambert made his own engines as Lambert-Rubys

[porridgehead]

 

 

[porridgehead]

Sorry, I done passed out in amazement. I figured my hint would be all but worthless but once again, the knowledge contained here leaves me breathless.

It is indeed a 1948 Lambert CS. Germaine Lambert created a number of interesting automobiles, if not in quantity then in variety. Among them, the CS coupe, as pictured, in addition to:

1949 Spyder Grand Sport


1931 Type TA (kind of a Paris Hillbilly rig, if you asked me)


Cabriolet Tudor


1950 1100 Racer


Excellent work AllanL! That one was not for the faint of heart. As an added bonus, I got to sneak in a Georges Irat reference too! Woohoo!

[Philbert]

Concerning Albrecht Goertz's involvement with the design of the Yamaha/Nissan A550X and both the Toyota 200GT and Nissan's S30series Z,  there seems to be some serious doubt cast as to whether he actually contributed to any of those projects. According to British "Classic and Sports Car's" most recent issue Goertz is referred to as a self agrandiser and liar...unfortunately the recently deceased Goertz is no longer capable of defending himself of the allegations.  He apparently was hired by Nissan as a consultant on the Silvia GT project in that period. The piece goes on about how Nissan's Yoshiko Matsuo was recently interviewed for the first time by western press in London and that it's long past due that he and Toyota's Saturo Nozaki are given credit for their work on these GT classics. (The issue also has a great feature article on the 2000GTs).
Anyway, it seems to me that there's a good story in unravelling the intrigue that is Albrecht Goertz, hopefully the truth will prevail...
It's too bad the A550X project didn't resolve directly into a production car as it sure was a cool looking GT, we'll have to be satisfied with the assimilated lines that show through the 240-280Zs.

[Arunas]

Oooooooh... and here I was thinking this might last a full 24 hours. Radovitch Puego... Pugeaux... Peaug... errr... what you said. That's what it is.

So our movable feast continues onward.  Once again, good luck and happy hunting. I suspect this one will go quickly too.

Could anyone tell me anything more about this car ?

[Wendax]

Could anyone tell me anything more about this car ?

I can. The 1967 Vuillet Berlinette was based upon his 1958 Barquette:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15606.0

The engine was modified again, surprisingly less powerful (85 hp at 5500 rpm), but with increased torque. The body was made of polyester, just the roof using a steel part of the Peugeot 504. When his two children grew larger, he decided to donate the car to the Mulhouse museum.

[barrett]

Some poor quality but interesting period photos:

[Paul Jaray]

Why don't you post these pics here:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15606.0

and then I move it to the 'Rare car of the week' section?
There are little info about this car around and the only pics are the ones from that Collection.