Topic: CG #98 - 1909 Gobron Brillie 70/90 hp

[nicanary]

Gobron-Brillie ?

[Craig Gillingham]

DeDion Bouton?

No...

Gobron-Brillie ?

And yes, it's a Gobron Brillie. I wasn't going to lock it, but I will as the rest of the details will be easy to find now. LOCKED for nicanary.

[nicanary]

Well, I'm pretty sure it's a 1909 Gobron-Brillie 70/90 model, and I've tracked down one in Australia which was owned by Cud Freeman, but I can find no record of the coachbuilder. Was it bodied in Australia?

[Craig Gillingham]

That's the car. This photo was taken in Adelaide. I had to check, - yes the car was bodied in Australia.

[nicanary]

Murray Aunger?

[Craig Gillingham]

Yes that's it. 1 point for you. The car still exists, it was sold new in Australia, then went to the US in 1970. It probably looks a little different now, to when it was used on the streets of Adelaide years ago.

[nicanary]

Thanks for the point. Winter time Down Under - must be freezing cold.

The car looks like a madame's boudoir these days, but it had an interim body at one time, as this photo shows.