Solved -PJ429- 1928 Gérin

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 06:58:26 AM

READ CAREFULLY:

Try to identify this car.
If you want to play fair, find the answer the old fashioned way.
If you want to cheat, you can easily find it via Google Image Search.
If you are dumb, here's the answer: - M.J.G. -, (right click and copy to read it.)

it's a game, if you like to play it go on!

(BTW: if you know the car, don't be afraid to answer immediately!

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Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2011, 07:00:00 AM

LHD and a rear mounted flathead, I think. From the US?

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 07:02:57 AM

Not from there...

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2011, 07:08:29 AM

German?

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 07:11:29 AM

Nope, but European it is.

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2011, 07:31:25 AM

Il Belpaese?

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 07:35:36 AM

Not from Italy...go north-west

Wendax · November 05, 2011, 08:09:07 AM

French?

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 08:32:53 AM

Yes!

woodinsight · November 05, 2011, 12:12:00 PM

A wild guess - but anything to do with Claveau?

Paul Jaray · November 05, 2011, 12:33:20 PM

Not reported in my source...

Wendax · November 07, 2011, 04:27:23 AM

A private one-off?

Paul Jaray · November 07, 2011, 04:33:39 AM

Yes, but the name is not obscure to Autopuzzlers.

Allemano · November 07, 2011, 04:48:40 AM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 07, 2011, 04:33:39 AM
Yes, but the name is not obscure to Autopuzzlers.

You mean he built another car? A streamliner as well?

Paul Jaray · November 07, 2011, 05:16:18 AM

He built at least 1 other car, featured here..but I won't call it a streamliner.

Wendax · November 13, 2011, 04:58:15 PM

It is the 1928 Gérin, independent suspension, unit body made of light alloy.

The first appearance of Jacques Gérin on AutoPuzzles was this one:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16393.0

Wendax · November 14, 2011, 08:27:58 AM

It looks as if the car survived. I found some very nice pictures:

grobmotorix · November 14, 2011, 05:24:53 PM

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Paul Jaray · November 15, 2011, 02:35:21 AM

Esatto!
Great pictures!
I found my picture in an old magazine of the 20s...that was really obscure to me!
1 well deserved point to you!

Wendax · November 15, 2011, 03:05:59 AM

I found the solution by chance, when looking through the book "Best of Christophorus 1956-1962". There was an article in this Porsche magazine sometime in the 1950s about the development of automobile aerodynamics, where the puzzle picture was shown as a drawing. I had never expected to find a non-Porsche puzzle solution in there.

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Solved -PJ429- 1928 Gérin