Author Topic: Solved: PN #90 -- Arthur Charles Hubert Latham and his La Coccinelle (Read 1509 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** May 18, 2010, 10:22:18 AM »

Who is this guy? And can you tell us what kind of car he built? Again, two points for a full answer

faksta · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2010, 03:28:31 PM »

Such a strange vehicle... Maybe it was the one for disabled people? It looks like it is hand-driven.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2010, 11:55:11 PM »

Oh, he's not sitting in the car.

Allemano · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2010, 01:18:21 AM »

Aviator?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2010, 02:31:37 AM »

Yes, he was a pioneer aviator

guido66 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 30, 2010, 05:39:14 PM »

from Europe?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2010, 12:30:51 AM »

Yes, from Europe

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #7 on:** May 31, 2010, 08:40:41 AM »

Did he built just one experimantal vehicle (or limited series) or was he directly involved with a brand (perhaps with his own name)?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #8 on:** May 31, 2010, 09:19:08 AM »

He built a very distinctive body on an automobile. It was a one-off, but I am sure once you realise what it was, PJ, you'll love it

Allemano · « **Reply #9 on:** May 31, 2010, 10:03:55 AM »

So I guess that means he built a car which looks like an aeroplane? (or has at least design features of it)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** May 31, 2010, 10:54:19 AM »

Well, PJ loves streamlined cars... And he built one

guido66 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 31, 2010, 02:07:35 PM »

British?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #12 on:** May 31, 2010, 02:37:34 PM »

guido66 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 31, 2010, 05:14:44 PM »

The guy is Arthur Charles Hubert Latham, and he is French despite his english sounding name

guido66 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 31, 2010, 05:19:02 PM »

This car was his:

guido66 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 31, 2010, 05:25:47 PM »

It's a Grégoire he designed for himself. Nicknamed la Coccinelle. It had a bed and running water!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2010, 11:58:55 PM »

Congratulations, he's the one and yes, La Coccinelle from 1910

Allemano · « **Reply #17 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:34:18 AM »

I'd expected a completely different car...
Quite a tough puzzle!

pnegyesi · « **Reply #18 on:** June 01, 2010, 03:58:17 AM »

I have a period article on the car and looked around on the net to see what's available. I hope this was a fun puzzle.

guido66 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 01, 2010, 05:04:36 AM »

It was fun for me

Allan L · « **Reply #20 on:** June 01, 2010, 09:11:11 AM »

I'd have found it fun too, but I've been away for most of the time since it was posted!
Somewhere I have a postcard of Hubert Latham and his aeroplane at Berlin, but I won't be able to find it easily and it is not really relevant.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #21 on:** June 05, 2010, 11:30:21 AM »

The car with Latham

grobmotorix · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2011, 05:12:47 PM »

Here´s another 1910 photo:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #23 on:** September 29, 2015, 04:48:36 PM »

He died only a couple of years later, killed by a wild buffalo in Belgian Congo:

News:

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