An ordinary (mysterious) Monday

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The alarm clock goes, time to wake up! After a fun weekend, it is time to go back to work (or school). Maybe you have other appointments. But first something far more important! The mystery on PreWarCar.com!

This photograph was taken during an airplane meeting at Bar-le-Duc, in Augustus 1910. In the background, you see an Avion Voisin biplane. The pilot is the well-known early aviation pioneer François Louis Gaudart. Who became after he graduated as an electrical engineer interested in aviation. He learned how to fly and made his first flight on the 27th of March 1909 in one of the Ligue's Voisins. Later he worked, among other things, as a test pilot for different manufacturers. On the 15th of April 1913, he lost control over a plane, after which it crashed into the sea near Monaco. François Louis Gaudart died tragically and prematurely at the age of 27.

Let`s talk about the pre-war on this photograph. The story goes that a couple of aviation pioneers bought this car at the shop of Roland Garros, rue de la Grande Armée, Paris. But what is the make of the car? That is what we would like to know. If you click on the second photograph you see the original (larger) photo. We have already heard some suggestions. Can it be a Grégoire or a 4 liter Chenard & Walker? Or do you think it is something totally different? Please comment below if you can tell us more about the pre-war on this photograph.

Photograph sent in by Philippe Ladure.

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