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Offline Allemano

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Re: 286. of All.
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2009, 03:07:53 PM »
2/3, but you hit the most important now. It's related to one other European country, but only to a lower extent...
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Re: 286. of All.
« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2009, 01:39:11 AM »
Is this related to the Brütsch 400?
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Re: 286. of All.
« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2009, 01:40:48 AM »
Finally!!! I have found the photo
"Auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon im Marz, 1950 zeigte ein Schwede names Meuller das Lepoix Coupe solz herum, wahrend Holbein in Herrlingen vom öffentlichen Auftreten des Champion-Coupes selbst überrascht war"

1950. Geneva Autoshow, Lepoix coupe, based on German Champion microcar
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Re: 286. of All.
« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2009, 01:51:07 AM »
Sorry, it was not a proper translation.

A French guy, named Lepoix, created a coupe on the basis of the Champion CH250 in 1950.  I don't speak German, but I believe this is shown in the picture. It was seen by a Swedish guy, named Meuller who brought it to Sweden later on.
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Re: 286. of All.
« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2009, 03:45:36 AM »
That's it! Well done!
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #30 on: August 24, 2009, 05:51:43 AM »
Here's another view:
(taken from the web)
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #31 on: August 24, 2009, 05:59:25 AM »
Later Louis Lucien Lepoix became one of the most profiled and productive industrial-designers of the 20th century.

Here's a Champion he modified for his private use:
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2011, 02:56:36 AM »
A picture showing the coupe at the Paris Salon 1950 with a different lights arrangement:
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #33 on: May 03, 2011, 02:59:01 AM »
Thanks, never saw this before!
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« Reply #34 on: April 30, 2012, 07:41:49 AM »
For a nice easy Rookie point, what is this car and from when does it date (exact full name only will earn the point!):

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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #35 on: May 07, 2012, 05:29:43 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #36 on: May 07, 2012, 06:09:31 AM »
German?
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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #37 on: May 07, 2012, 09:44:39 AM »
Dolo's brother in law?
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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #38 on: May 08, 2012, 05:32:53 AM »
Quote from: Delorean on May 07, 2012, 06:09:31 AM
German?

Yes!

Quote from: qwaszx on May 07, 2012, 09:44:39 AM
Dolo's brother in law?

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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #39 on: May 11, 2012, 09:06:21 AM »
It is a Champion coupé prototype, designed by Louis L. Lepoix, a french designer who had strong german connections.
Lepoix made it for ZF, who where one of the shareholder of Champion, but the other one, Herman Holbein didn't like it.
So this project never entered production, in spite of being shown both at the Amsterdam and Geneva 1950 Motorshow.
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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #40 on: May 11, 2012, 09:15:16 AM »
1950 Champion Ch 400 Lepoix Coupé  (Also called Ch-400 and CH400)

Nice micro-car.  Listed in some places as powered by a Triumph 2-stroke 248cc single-cylinder engine.

(Not asking for the point, unless "Ch 400" is that important)
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Re: NEH 1792
« Reply #41 on: May 11, 2012, 10:23:16 AM »
I've given you point each because you both have the right car, but I was actually also looking for the CH-400 bit.
Apparently this was devleoped from a lawn-mower engined car made by Zahnratfabrik Friedrichshafen in 1948.

However, it was a re-posted so will be merged with the original.
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #42 on: April 07, 2018, 06:19:55 PM »
Was there a Swedish branch in licence build?
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #43 on: April 08, 2018, 05:00:51 AM »
After Holbein rejected the Lepoix coupe as too heavy, Helge Meuller from Gothenburg contacted Lepoix and showed the coupe on several occasions, e.g. the Geneva salon, claiming that production will start soon.
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Re: Solved: 286. of All. - 1950 Champion Lepoix Coupé
« Reply #44 on: April 08, 2018, 12:30:32 PM »
Now THAT brochure is graphic exaggeration and optical deceit AT ITS BEST... :o

Thank you for this information!
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