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Solved - NEH 2957: Voisin Biscooter Postman Prototype - 1956
« on: September 06, 2013, 08:10:28 AM »
Identify this car and from when it dates correctly for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2013, 04:07:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2013, 04:11:24 AM »
A Voisin Biscuter with a special narrow body, made by Gabriel Voisin for french factors. The rear platform was able to receive parcels, letters and so on.
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2013, 04:43:58 AM »
Quote from: cmetisse on September 13, 2013, 04:11:24 AM
A Voisin Biscuter with a special narrow body, made by Gabriel Voisin for french factors. The rear platform was able to receive parcels, letters and so on.

A natural for you!
Any idea when it dates from and what its model designation is?
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2013, 02:14:18 PM »
Still locked? I hope to know the nswers.
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2013, 04:46:35 PM »
"the Postman single seater", en français "la monoplace du postier". It seems Gabriel Voisin built that one-shot prototype in 1956.
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2013, 05:54:10 PM »
This car was a project of Mr. Voisin for the Poste Française and was known as "Monoplace du Facteur". Incidentally, isn't a Biscuter as that name was applied by Autonacional in Spain for the Biscooter Voisin made near Barcelona, as "u" in Spanish sounds as "oo" in English, anyway it wasn't a Biscooter either as was single seat or Monoplace...
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Re: NEH 2957
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2013, 05:07:24 AM »
Quote from: cmetisse on September 16, 2013, 04:46:35 PM
"the Postman single seater", en français "la monoplace du postier". It seems Gabriel Voisin built that one-shot prototype in 1956.

That's it!
I had it as being based on the C31, but it doesn't actually say that on the Voisin website so maybe it's just loosely based on it.  But it does refer to it as a "variation on the Biscooter theme".

Apparently it never took off because the Parisian postmen preferred their 2CV vans!

Here's a picture of it on trial in Paris, although it looks substantially different from the puzzle car to me..:
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Re: Solved - NEH 2957: Voisin Biscooter Postman Prototype - 1956
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2013, 09:01:38 AM »
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