Author Topic: Solved: GTE 163 - 1925 Panhard et Levassor Bunau-Varilla Transformable by Figoni (Read 643 times)

gte4289 · « **on:** October 01, 2019, 03:29:01 AM »

Please identify this car for a point.

gte4289 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 08, 2019, 03:14:30 PM »

Experts?

Fёdor · « **Reply #2 on:** October 08, 2019, 03:16:50 PM »

German

gte4289 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2019, 03:20:29 PM »

Quote from: Fёdor on October 08, 2019, 03:16:50 PM

German

No

FrontMan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2019, 04:00:07 PM »

Panhard et Levassor X26?

gte4289 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2019, 04:32:51 PM »

Quote from: FrontMan on October 08, 2019, 04:00:07 PM

Panhard et Levassor X26?

Panhard et Levassor is correct, though I am unsure of the model. Locked for you to identify the year and coachbuilder.

FrontMan · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2019, 04:08:48 PM »

1925, by Joseph Figoni.

gte4289 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2019, 06:59:08 PM »

Quote from: FrontMan on October 09, 2019, 04:08:48 PM

1925, by Joseph Figoni.

The year is correct, but not by Joseph Figoni. Still locked for two more attempts at identifying the coachbuilder.

FrontMan · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2019, 11:19:10 AM »

.....I still say Figoni, so please unlock!

gte4289 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2019, 02:16:08 PM »

Thread unlocked

gte4289 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2019, 08:00:03 PM »

6 May 1925, Parc des Princes Concours d'Elegance
Entry #95
4th Place, Amateur Category
1925 Panhard of J. Dupont-Combes
Bunau-Varilla Patented Transformable Coachwork by Carrosserie Figoni (under licence)

My original (reliable, period) source identified the coachbuilder as "Carrosserie Bunau-Varilla." However, I was able to find another (also reliable, period) source which identified Figoni as the coachbuilder. During this period in time, Figoni--the more prolific coachbuilder of the two--bodied several cars using methods patented by Bunau-Varilla (under license, of course). I think this was likely the case with the puzzle car as well. One of the body tags shown below possibly reads:

SOUS LICENCE
BUNAU-VARILLA

Unless somebody has evidence to the contrary, I am calling this one "solved" and awarding the point to FrontMan.

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