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Puzzle #302 Solved! 1928 CHRISTIANE-HUIT

Started by Otto Puzzell, May 12, 2007, 12:06:23 PM

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Allan L

#25
May 31, 2007, 12:42:49 PM
French, one assumes.
Radiator badge seems to be that of the Aston Martin Owners' Club (hence first guess) which is strange: has it an AM engine, perhaps?
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Otto Puzzell

#26
May 31, 2007, 01:07:15 PM
Frech, yes!

Not an AM engine. 
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

GRAYWOLF

#27
May 31, 2007, 01:38:02 PM
I am confused...how can it be built in Britannia and not be British?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Otto Puzzell

#28
May 31, 2007, 02:43:12 PM
"on a global scale.....not too terribly far from.....Farnham Surrey" does not mean UK only.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

GRAYWOLF

#29
May 31, 2007, 03:07:10 PM
I asked if it was french and you said no!
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Otto Puzzell

#30
May 31, 2007, 03:42:14 PM
I don't recall you asking if the car is from France, nor you asking if it is a French car. 
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

GRAYWOLF

#31
May 31, 2007, 03:47:26 PM
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

#32
May 31, 2007, 03:59:30 PM
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Otto Puzzell

#33
May 31, 2007, 04:15:52 PM
I can find no reputable reference source that identifies "French tickler" as synonymous with "of french origin".

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Otto Puzzell

#34
May 31, 2007, 04:26:16 PM
Quote from: Allan L on May 31, 2007, 03:59:30 PM
Too oblique for your own good ;D

Quite the contrary. I was well aware of what he meant by the phrase, hence the question I posed earlier in the thread.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

GRAYWOLF

#35
June 01, 2007, 09:18:56 AM
Never heard of "tickler" as a term for puzzle?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

GRAYWOLF

#36
June 08, 2007, 12:14:05 PM
Lagonda?
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Otto Puzzell

#37
June 08, 2007, 12:20:19 PM
Frech, yes!

Lagonda? No.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Paul Jaray

#38
September 29, 2007, 06:01:41 PM
I got it...it is a Christiane-huit  of 1928!!!!

Otto Puzzell

#39
September 30, 2007, 06:07:45 AM Last Edit: September 30, 2007, 06:10:43 AM by KarnUtz
Quite right. You sure know your stuff...

A brilliant, (presumably) one-off creation from the aviation engineer Andrieux of Rennes, France. He was a friend of Gabriel Voisin and Ettore Bugatti. The Christiane Huit is a unique car with it's straight 8 in line and a patented braking system that was employed also on aircraft.

Info courtesy of Prewarcar.com
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

grobmotorix

#40
July 09, 2014, 02:34:29 PM
I saw this really exceptional car some weeks ago at Het Loo Concours d´Elegance at Apeldoorn/NL.

Here are some more interesting photos:

grobmotorix

#41
January 07, 2015, 11:19:17 AM
A 1925 photo with no more reliable information.
Is this the same car?

Wendax

#42
January 07, 2015, 02:13:11 PM
The first Christiane Huit was built in 1926, so it's most probably another car.

grobmotorix

#43
January 07, 2015, 02:57:37 PM
A striking argument, indeed :P

Thank you... :bag:
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