Carrossiers: Frankrijk: boeken - historie en modellen

Concours d'Elegance - Dream cars and lovely ladies

Surely no form of contest has ever equalled the marriage of luxury and ostentation offered for many years by the great concours d'élégance. The vital step for organisers of such events was to choose a venue famous for its air of leisurely hedonism, such as Longchamp, Deauville, Cannes, La Baule, Vichy, Nice or Enghien, where costly automobiles, their elegant silhouettes crafted by the great names of contemporary coachwork, could parade.

To enhance the atmosphere, these exotic creations were presented by pretty ladies, mostly recruited from fashionable society, dressed in the latest fashion by the leading Parisian couturiers in an attempt to achieve the best possible symbiosis with the machines that they accompanied.
Without wishing to diminish the important role played in the spectacle by these actors, it was of course the aristocratic automobiles that the eager spectators had come to admire.

This book offers a delicious journey back in time to witness the golden age of the concours d'élégance. Over fifty coachbuilders covered, from Antem to Weymann.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Patrick Lesueur
Uitvoering:	208 blz, 29.5 x 25 x 2.2 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	200 z/w foto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Dalton Watson Fine Books (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9781854432506

Figoni on Delahaye

Dit boek belicht het artistieke talent van Joseph Figoni en zijn elegante ontwerpen voor Delahaye-auto's. Het toont zijn creatieve proces aan de hand van schetsen, modellen en zeldzame bewaarde objecten.

Moderne foto's, waaronder die van Michael Furman, leggen de tijdloze schoonheid vast van Figoni's gerestaureerde meesterwerken. Het Figoni-archief, met notitieboeken, historische foto's en documenten, biedt waardevolle inzichten in deze legendarische auto's.

Het boek presenteert meer dan vijftig Delahayes met Figoni's kenmerkende carrosserie, elk gedetailleerd beschreven. Een bijlage, "Joseph Figoni's Ontwerpen en Tekeningen", bevat veel ongepubliceerde schetsen.

Claude Figoni vertelt over de reis van zijn vader, van een bescheiden begin tot een van Frankrijk's belangrijkste carrosseriebouwers. Richard Adatto deelt persoonlijke ervaringen met verzamelaars en restaurateurs.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Richard Adatto, Diana Meredith, Michael Furman
Uitvoering:	328 blz, 28.5 x 24 x 3.6 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	302 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Dalton Watson Fine Books (USA, 2023)
ISBN:	9781956309133

Marcel Pourtout: Carrossier

Pourtout is a name often mentioned as one of the greats of French coachbuilding. It was the company behind the rakish Darl'mat Peugeots of the 1930s and the famous 'Embiricos' Bentley. From modest beginnings, founder Marcel Pourtout - latterly working with designer Georges Paulin - created a respected business that bodied some of the world's finest and most interesting chassis.

When bespoke coachwork became a thing of the past, Carrosserie Pourtout was one of the few companies to survive. It moved on to fresh areas of activity. Quick on its feet, it thrived in a newly dynamised post-war France, whilst remaining a family business under the direction of Marcel Pourtout's second son Claude.

Extravagant publicity vehicles, notably for the 'Tour de France' cycle race, replaced special-bodied Hispano-Suizas and Delahayes. Then Carrosserie Pourtout became involved with ALM, for whom it created a cab body that redefined the image of the company's rugged trucks, these becoming a staple of armed forces around the world.
Finally it became France's leading converter of Peugeot light vans and a sub-contractor for the aircraft and oil-prospecting industries.

Written by award-winning author Jon Pressnell, this is the first history of Carrosserie Pourtout and has been compiled with the full and generous support of the Pourtout family.
Using surviving documentation from the archives held by Kévin Pourtout, it tells the complete story of this enterprising small business, from its inception in 1925 to its demise in 1994.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Jon Pressnell
Uitvoering:	448 blz, 21.5 x 29.5 x 3.8 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	754 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Engels
Uitgever:	Dalton Watson Fine Books (USA, 2022)
ISBN:	9781854432865

Gotha de l'automobile française

Dit schitterende boek, geschreven door twee liefhebbers, twee kenners, is een eerbetoon aan de luxe Franse automobiel. Constructeurs zoals Bucciali, Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye, Hispano-Suiza, Hotchkiss, Panhard, Rochet-Schneider, Talbot en Voisin schiepen echte meesterwerken.

Met passie tonen de auteurs hun bewondering en enthousiasme voor dit mooie avontuur, dat te weinig bekend is. Zij selecteerden enkele honderden prachtige en gevarieerde foto's, vaak nooit eerder gepubliceerd of minstens onbekend. Ook opgenomen zijn reproducties van zeer luxe brochures, gerealiseerd door Franse meester-drukkers. Al deze documenten komen van talrijke bronnen: van verzamelaars, constructeurs en diverse instituten.

De illustraties worden aangevuld met gedetailleerde teksten en uittreksels van persartikelen van destijds. Daarbij komen vergelijkende tabellen en enige technische details.

Vandaag worden auto's door computers ontworpen en door machines gemaakt, maar het is goed te herinneren aan de tijd toen de mens ontwierp en alles met de hand werd gemaakt. Dit boek schildert meer dan een eeuw prachtige luxe Franse automobielen, echte kunstwerken, mechanisch perfect, technisch vaak origineel en zelfs gedurfd, met schitterende carrosserieën, die voor onze ogen over de pagina's defileren.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Claude Rouxel, Laurent Friry
Uitvoering:	384 blz, 29 x 24 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	550 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2010)
ISBN:	9782726888872

Les carrosseries Henri Chapron

Henri Chapron startte in 1919 zijn koetsenfabriek, in het westen van Parijs. Hij werd snel beroemd om de kwaliteit van zijn werk. In de jaren dertig begon hij prachtige koetswerken te maken voor prestigemerken als Delahaye en Delage.

Na een verhuizing naar de 114-116 avenue A. Briand te Levallois-Perret tekende Henri Chapron sierlijke limousines, coupés en cabriolets, die in heel Europa beroemd zouden worden.
Later werd hij ook aangesteld als officieel leverancier voor de wagens van de Franse presidenten Coty, de Gaulle, Pompidou en Giscard d'Estaing. Nog altijd zijn in het Elysée twee SM's met Chapron carrosserie in gebruik.

Dit schitterende boek vertelt over een eeuw Chapron geschiedenis, van 1886 tot 1986.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Dominique Pagneux
Uitvoering:	192 blz, 28 x 21.5 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	150 z/w- en 150 kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2002)
ISBN:	9782726886021

Concours d'élégance automobile

It is difficult to find a concept of event that has combined for several decades more luxury and ostentation than the elegance competitions. If this elitism can seem somewhat outdated, even indecent, these days, its brutal and magnificent splendor still fascinates as much in this 21st century, far too standardized and dull.
Let us not forget that these gatherings have also allowed - like the great transatlantic liners of the moment - the most sought-after artists and creators to express themselves in complete freedom, beyond any petty profitability.
All the ingredients are combined for a precious good: the dream. First, the organizers carefully selected places known for their calm and voluptuousness, such as Longchamp, Deauville, Cannes, La Baule, Vichy, Nice, Enghien, where expensive automobiles would travel in hushed silence, their elegant silhouettes owing everything to the greatest names in coachbuilding of the time.

An additional asset is that these appearances are presented by pretty women recruited (for the most part) from the pages of the "Bottin mondain"; they adorn themselves with outfits designed by the masters of Parisian haute couture, in order to attempt the best possible symbiosis with the machines they accompany.
Of course, these outfits also affirm French know-how in this field. But without in any way wanting to minimize any of the important roles played by all these actors participating in the party, it is indeed the automobile queen that the stunned spectators come to admire. This book has no other purpose than to make you participate in a delicious journey through time.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Patrick Lesueur
Uitvoering:	192 blz, 29 x 24 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	300 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2011)
ISBN:	9782726895429

Encyclopédie de la carrosserie française

Coachbuilders, manufacturers, schools, stylists, designers... the 500 players in creation. As announced in the foreword to the book "La carrosserie française - du style au design", a second volume was to follow, focusing on inventorying, from A to Z, all the players who have been involved in the evolution of bodywork, from its origins to today.

The book is divided into two parts, the first devoted to companies, the second to personalities. Among the 350 companies presented, we will find the vast majority of coachbuilders who have been or are still active in France. Also grouped are the manufacturers who have been involved in the evolution of bodywork, on an aesthetic or technical level.
For each brand, we discover how the style or design studios have evolved over the years. The main design schools and suppliers to the automobile industry are also cited. Among the 150 personalities listed, we will discover the women and men who have contributed to the technological or aesthetic evolution of bodywork: stylists, designers and engineers.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Serge Bellu
Uitvoering:	384 blz, 29 x 24 cm, harde kaft
Illustraties:	600 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2011)
ISBN:	9782726895627

Les automobiles publicitaires (volume 1)

Even before the beginning of the 20th century, companies had the idea of using means of transport as a support for advertising with posters painted on the sides of vehicles.
With the arrival of the mechanical automobile and integral bodies, the advertising message changed dimension by covering all surfaces; then "rebodied" vehicles supporting three-dimensional products appeared.

These heterogeneous prototypes gave an instant idea of the message to be conveyed! This is how hundreds, probably thousands of advertising vehicles were manufactured. With more or less success depending on the imagination of the creators and the means at their disposal, these sheet metal artists created a host of rolling fantasies.
This book brings together for the first time in more than 600 black and white photos - most of which have never been published - the most curious vehicles there are. On the road to the fairyland of advertising...

Fabien Sabatès, as a good industrial archaeologist, was the first in France to publish a book on advertising vehicles entitled "Pub qui roule" in 1995, when the Internet did not exist. But thanks to this fabulous window open to the four corners of the world, he was able to carry out in-depth research in the main countries and extract from the dust documents that would otherwise have remained unknown.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Fabien Sabatès
Uitvoering:	150 blz, 23 x 16 x 2 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	600+ z/w foto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	Antique Autos (F, 2017)
ISBN:	9791096322008

Les automobiles publicitaires (volume 2)

This book on advertising automobiles (volume 2) brings together for the first time in more than 600 black and white photos - most of which have never been published - the most curious vehicles there exist.

Specificaties

Auteur:	Fabien Sabatès
Uitvoering:	140 blz, 23 x 16 x 2 cm, paperback
Illustraties:	600+ z/w foto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	Antique Autos (F, 2017)
ISBN:	9791096322015

Letourneur & Marchand Autobineau, maîtres carrossiers français (Collection Prestige)

The Letourneur & Marchand body shop is an excellent example of industrial longevity and adaptation. From 1905 to 1998, it offers a century of know-how and talent. Letourneur & Marchand will be the first to body petrol-powered cars, and almost the last, apart from Chapron, Pichon-Parat and Heuliez, to exhibit at the Motor Show.

The quality of their creations and the elegance of their style were and remain recognized. "Bon chic, bon genre" creations that delight international elegance competitions and prestigious auctions. The Letourneur & Marchand body shop is a symbol of French artisan automobile know-how of the 20th century.

Bladzijden uit het boek "Letourneur & Marchand Autobineau, maîtres carrossiers français"

Summary:

Part 1 - History of the Letourneur & Marchand bodywork
1. From one world to another
2. Two young apprentices at the beginning of the 20th century
3. The rise of a great coachbuilder
4. The war and the Occupation
5. The last lights before the end
6. Diversification then reconversion
7. Autobineau
Part 2 - Production of the Letourneur & Marchand and Autobineau bodies

Specificaties

Auteur:	Dominique Pagneux
Uitvoering:	400 blz, 29 x 24 cm, harde kaft, in cassette
Illustraties:	660 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Taal:	Frans
Uitgever:	ETAI (F, 2018)
Serie:	Collection Prestige
ISBN:	9791028301415