Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1770: Alpine A106 Cabriolet Chappe et Gessalin - 1956 (Read 988 times)

Carnut · « **on:** April 23, 2012, 07:30:12 AM »

What's this car and who built it, for 1 point?

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sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2012, 05:57:14 PM »

Is it based on a french car?

Carnut · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2012, 07:09:12 PM »

Quote from: sixtee5cuda on April 29, 2012, 05:57:14 PM

Is it based on a french car?

It is.

Carnut · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2012, 06:27:41 AM »

Experts?

hondast · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2012, 07:12:40 AM »

1956 Dauphine cabriolet by Carroserie Chappe.

Carnut · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2012, 07:28:43 AM »

Quote from: hondast on April 30, 2012, 07:12:40 AM

1956 Dauphine cabriolet by Carroserie Chappe.

Right you are!

sixtee5cuda · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2012, 11:39:13 AM »

Nice car!

Researching this one lead me to learn a lot more about the Chappe brothers, and the french manufacturer Alpine.

qwaszx · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2012, 01:26:51 PM »

Chappe and Gasselin also built the Panhard CD, at first assembled in the former Velam works. Eventually they crated a brand of their own, the CG Simca...

Wendax · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2014, 02:21:13 AM »

Fins.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** March 10, 2014, 03:11:18 AM »

richard cuyler · « **Reply #10 on:** March 10, 2014, 08:45:50 AM »

Rear-engined Skoda underneath?

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** March 10, 2014, 09:14:23 AM »

AlexFrance · « **Reply #12 on:** March 10, 2014, 11:43:23 AM »

Is it based on a Renault?

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** March 10, 2014, 01:13:03 PM »

AlexFrance · « **Reply #14 on:** March 10, 2014, 03:02:22 PM »

Is it based on a Dauphine or derivatives (Floride etc.)?

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** March 10, 2014, 03:19:40 PM »

AlexFrance · « **Reply #16 on:** March 10, 2014, 05:43:45 PM »

Okay, so it must be a 4cv I guess?

Wendax · « **Reply #17 on:** March 10, 2014, 06:05:04 PM »

frederick59 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 11, 2014, 11:29:34 AM »

Alpine A106 called cabriolet Chappe?

Wendax · « **Reply #19 on:** March 11, 2014, 12:26:35 PM »

You have found the right car, but it is not just Chappe, but Chappe ....

Locked for you

frederick59 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2014, 03:36:26 PM »

Chappe et Gessalin

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2014, 03:43:05 PM »

That's right. Jean Rédélé waited in vain for a Michelotti designed Alpine convertible, so he finally commissioned Chappe et Gessalin to build him a convertible for the 1956 Salon d' Automobile in Paris.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #22 on:** March 12, 2014, 08:37:10 AM »

Looks amazingly like the sketches of the proposed Renault 'Dauphine GT' of the late 50s, which eventually morphed into the Floride.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2015, 08:11:40 AM »

Merged.
Title should be changed, that's an Alpine A 106 Cabriolet by Chappe et Gessalin, presented at the 1956 Salon.

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Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1770: Alpine A106 Cabriolet Chappe et Gessalin - 1956 (Read 988 times)