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Do you know this car?

One point only if you can tell me the year, the basis and the coachbuilder.
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Re: grob 2012_01_21 (05)
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2012, 07:51:31 AM »
Do you know this car?

One point only if you can tell me the year, the basis and the coachbuilder.

This is the taxi by Pierre Schwob in the contest taxis OAC May 3, 1945.
He was ranked first of the five finalists, but it was not motorized, he could not attend the event handling and was therefore demoted to third place. The horizontal twin cylinder-stroke and Chenard & Walcker box originally envisaged were too low for a vehicle of this type.
The body was carried out by Driguet installed at Bicêtre (Seine)

Excuse me for my very bad english !!!

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Re: grob 2012_01_21 (05)
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 08:47:31 AM »
That´s what I´d call a perfect answer!

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Re: Pierre Schwob 1945 taxi prototype on a Chenard & Walcker chassis
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 11:45:58 AM »
Some more pictures of this interesting car:

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Re: Pierre Schwob 1945 taxi prototype on a Chenard & Walcker chassis
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2012, 02:38:43 AM »
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Re: Pierre Schwob 1945 taxi prototype on a Chenard & Walcker chassis
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2012, 02:50:36 AM »
I really like this design, it reminds me of the 1930s full-fronted coaches.
Pity he didn't add a luggage trunk to the rear to balance it up a bit!