JPG #185 Solved : 1924 Ravel 12hp Berline by Marius Mamy

[pnegyesi]

yes, both chassis and coachbuilder

[Wendax]

Gendron & Michelot (GM)?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Wendax]

Secqueville-Hoyau?

[pnegyesi]

no

[ropat53]

Ravel?

[pnegyesi]

now we are getting somewhere. It's a Ravel chassis. Locked for you to find the coachbuilder and the year

[ropat53]

1924 Ravel by Marius Mamy from Besançon.

[pnegyesi]

That's very interesting. Carrosserie Mamy on its website claims they bodied the car in 1922.

However my picture comes from a 1926 French magazine claiming another coachbuilder from Besancon.  Now this other coachbuilder is more renowned. Should I declare this solved and feature both coachbuilders in the title?

[Paul Jaray]

They both bodied several Ravel, according to Beaulieu...(if the 2nd coachbuilder is from Doubs too )
Mamy coachbuilt the sedans and 'the other' built the tourers.

[ropat53]

I found the answer at the well known coach builders site.
One of the only two Ravels know to exist is a 1925 Ravel sedan belonging to the Schlumpf Collection, bodied by Monjardet: 26, Rue Bersot, Besançon, Doubs.
The tourer posted by Paul Jaray was bodied by Langutt in 1923.

[pnegyesi]

Monjardet was mentioned as the coachbuilder of the puzzle car! So what should I do now?

[nicanary]

Monjardet was mentioned as the coachbuilder of the puzzle car! So what should I do now?

I thought one of the editors would have given you some advice by now!

I'd say it was 99.9% certain that's a body built on the Weymann principle - maybe there are records to show whether Monjardet followed that path.