1937 – Test drive of a Peugeot 402 Légère
Excerpt from an article in La Vie Automobile, special issue of the 1937 Paris Motor Show
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Epoqu’auto : 5 cars from JWA Classic!
It wasn’t planned, but it’s pretty cool: five French classic cars from the JWA Classic collection will be exhibited …
Visit to “La belle époque” workshop
Last Monday, I travelled to “La Belle Epoque” workshop to meet my friend Patrice Coutant who is in charge of the restoration of the engine of the Rochet-Schneider 26-Six.
Update on the engine restoration in mid-September
Since our last update on the engine restoration, operations have progressed well.
First of all, the aluminium for the remanufactured pistons…
1930 – Rochet-Schneider 26-Six, a beautiful story (I)
We can’t say for sure that the Rochet-Schneider #29539 is really the very last Rochet-Schneider built by the manufacturer from Lyon. But in any case, the 26-Six is indeed the very last production of Rochet-Schneider, in terms of passenger vehicles.… Read More »1930 – Rochet-Schneider 26-Six, a beautiful story (I)
The “Vedette” is dressed again
And here is the important moment when our 1947 Delahaye 135MS bodied as a 2-seater Cabriolet by Henri Chapron is about to get its body back. This one has received a solid frame designed on purpose before being carefully removed… Read More »The “Vedette” is dressed again
We’re going to undress the “Vedette”
We already told you the story: last October, Mathieu, our regular sheet metal beater, discovered the unthinkable: the chassis that had been stripped and painted by a subcontractor was losing its final coating at the slightest drop of cleaner (and… Read More »We’re going to undress the “Vedette”
1951 – Delahaye 235 Cabriolet Chapron
Mr M., the first French owner of the Delahaye 235 Cabriolet Chapron, kindly sent us some pictures of the time when he acquired the car. It was at the end of the 70s. The Delahaye 235 had remained at least… Read More »1951 – Delahaye 235 Cabriolet Chapron
Delahaye 135 Vedette: problem with the paint of the chassis
In 2018, we got the Delahaye 135MS “cabriolet Vedette” by Chapron back in very bad condition. The chassis was stripped and we took it to a professional to refurbish it. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the last coat of… Read More »Delahaye 135 Vedette: problem with the paint of the chassis
“Just the cars we love”: the Talbot T23 by Chapron
We first heard about this car in spring 2009. It was described to us as a Talbot-Lago T23 4-seater convertible bodied by Henri Chapron in 1939. One of the first pictures we received looked like this: And it was indicated… Read More »“Just the cars we love”: the Talbot T23 by Chapron
