Author Topic: GG-245 1925 Latil-based camper built by John Kerner for Tosi Facino and Andrine Savelli (Read 881 times)

guido66 · « **on:** May 19, 2011, 05:19:16 PM »

Long overdue, a new set of GG-puzzles

A special one for the PaFWs

guido66 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 26, 2011, 06:27:22 PM »

Perhaps the outside will get your attention

pnegyesi · « **Reply #2 on:** May 26, 2011, 11:07:51 PM »

Based on a Citroen?

guido66 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2011, 01:12:32 AM »

No, not a Citroën

Wendax · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2011, 02:25:42 AM »

Chenard et Walcker?

guido66 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:10:05 AM »

Not that, either.

João · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:20:53 AM »

Late 20s Latil?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2011, 03:47:21 AM »

Based on a French car

?

guido66 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2011, 04:36:03 AM »

Yes, the rolling chassis is French

pnegyesi · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2011, 08:20:48 AM »

Hotchkiss?

guido66 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 27, 2011, 09:37:41 AM »

Not Hotchkiss

guido66 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 27, 2011, 01:56:57 PM »

Quote from: João on May 27, 2011, 03:20:53 AM

Late 20s Latil?

Sorry, I completely missed your reply. Yes it is a 1920s Latil, but not late.

Now for the 2nd part of the puzzle. Who built it, who owned it, and what was it's purpose?

guido66 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2011, 05:09:13 AM »

A more detailed photo of the Latil logo:

Ray B. · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2011, 05:01:01 PM »

My guess is that it was a rolling dressing room for a french movie star (or theater star). A woman, if we're to believe the roses. You'd call that a trailer in Hollywood.
Sarah Bernhardt?
But that doesn't explain the flags.

guido66 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2011, 05:58:01 PM »

Not a dressing room, but there was a lady involved. She was fairly well known for her on stage performance, but she wasn't French. She wasn't the only occupant of this car.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:18:56 AM »

Was she Dutch?

guido66 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2011, 04:33:11 AM »

I'm not certain, but I assume she had a Dutch passport. Her name sounds very Italian, but she was born on Sumatra, which was a Dutch colony at the time.

Ray B. · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2011, 04:35:16 AM »

I had forgotten to ask this: of course, the flag on the right fender looks dutch, doesn't it?

guido66 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:25:03 PM »

This is Dutch built vehicle, yes

pnegyesi · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:13:56 PM »

The actress is Tosi Facino, the photo is from 1925

There's a sign on the car which say "Tour des 5 parties du Monde", so this was a camping car

guido66 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:40:12 PM »

Tosi Facino was her husband

Now, for the difficult part, who was she and who built the car?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:07:44 AM »

Her wife was Alexandrina Johanna Walravina Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk. They married in 1921.

guido66 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:26:10 AM »

I trust you meant his wife? The Netherlands weren't that modern back then

You've found a name that I haven't come accross before. The name that I'm after must be her stage name. I don't think it will help you to find the builder of the car, though.

guido66 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 09, 2011, 04:13:54 PM »

Here is the original picture and a larger interior view

pnegyesi · « **Reply #24 on:** June 24, 2011, 11:47:52 AM »

Was the acress also using the Facino family name?

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Author Topic: GG-245 1925 Latil-based camper built by John Kerner for Tosi Facino and Andrine Savelli (Read 881 times)