Dubos...? No ! Dubost . (Update)

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Quiz nr. 137 was highly interesting. Every single competitor was correct in identifying the car as a Panhard-Levassor. Yet with the year, the type and the coachbuilder the problems started.... The owner Christophe Mouchoux reports: "This car No. #98200 was built/finished 28 September 1936. For unknown reasons it stayed at the factory for one year and arrived with the first owner Mr. Godivier on the 30th September 1937." On the question which Year (1936) we only had one good answer so in fact the winner was already clear, but first let's have a look at the type. We received: 6CS Special, Six, 6CS/RL, 6 DS and several X 72's. The type is according to the owner's papers and the French Panhard Club: X73 (!) CS-Special. (see the French Panhard Club for a X73)... continued at Read More.

UPDATE: another example of an early surviving coachbuilder to this day is the Belgian firm D'Ieteren who started their business two centuries back in 1805 and are alive and kicking!

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