« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939  (Read 1439 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40948
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« on: April 05, 2011, 11:48:32 AM »
What is this car, who designed it, who bodied it and when?  For 1 point..
« Last Edit: April 06, 2011, 09:37:58 AM by Carnut »
Logged
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline Otto Puzzell

  • Founder and
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 31556
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 444
  • Open field, with a window.
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: NEH 1047
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 03:56:47 AM »
 :popcorn:
Logged
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40948
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 1047
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 08:51:44 AM »
Experts?
Logged
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline franck.kegelart

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 329
  • Country: be
  • Puzzle Points 216
  • High point to post ratio
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 1047
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 08:56:03 AM »
Bentley Corniche, designed by french stylist Georges Paulin and bodied by the french coachbuilder Vanvooren in 1939 ; destroyed by a german bomb in 1940.
Logged

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40948
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 1047
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 10:32:56 AM »
Quote from: franck.kegelart on April 20, 2011, 08:56:03 AM
Bentley Corniche, designed by french stylist Georges Paulin and bodied by the french coachbuilder Vanvooren in 1939 ; destroyed by a german bomb in 1940.

Yes!
I had it as being a Pourtout design; is that who M. Paulin worked for?
Logged
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline fnqvmuch

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 35
  • Often
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 09:55:54 PM »
- with - Pourtout, primarily, most often associated, yes; yet at this point 'for' Rolls Royce; as a dentist he probably worked for himself ... then also 'with' the Resistance, which got him executed.
steven
« Last Edit: April 20, 2011, 10:04:24 PM by fnqvmuch »
Logged

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40948
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 05:12:36 AM »
This car seems to have been jinxed then - neither it nor its designer survived very long..
Here's the picture before I adulterated it:

Logged
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline barrett

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 4203
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 378
  • Don't delete me
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 11:55:40 PM »
What a shame it had such a short life!
Someone should attempt a replica on an R-Type chassis, it would certainly be more interesting than the hoards of Blower reps that have been made....
Logged

Offline sixtee5cuda

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 5917
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 425
  • Mopar Man
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2012, 09:26:28 AM »
As of 2009, the volunteers at the Rolls-Royce Heritage site at Derby are making a recreation of the 1939 Bentley Corniche.

Apparently the Corniche was in a rollover crash in France, the chassis was removed and sent back to England.  The bent body was being shipped back when it was destroyed.

More images:
Logged

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2015, 05:36:06 AM »
I disovered this design sketch:
Logged

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40948
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2015, 10:33:06 AM »
 :thumbsup:
Logged
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline gte4289

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 16113
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 882
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2020, 07:15:13 PM »
Additional images:
Logged

Offline grobmotorix

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 15118
  • Country: de
  • Puzzle Points 457
  • Please play fair guys
    • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • My car photography
Re: Solved - NEH 1047: Pourtout Bentley Corniche built by Vanvooren - 1939
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2020, 05:30:17 AM »
Bentley/Mulliner built a meticulous reacreation of this prototype car last year:
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »