"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/07/2015 at 16:45 • Filed to: Saoutchik
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/07/2015 at 16:45 • Filed to: Saoutchik | 2
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Yesterday we had Figoni et Falaschi Friday, which with the inevitability of the following of night by day brings us to the coachbuilding firm of Iakov Savchuk or, as he was Frenchified, Jacques Saoutchik.
Saoutchik took vehicular ostentation to new heights (the unkind would say new depths) and was in business from 1906 until 1955 when coincidentaly he died and the French luxury car business was taxed out of existence.
Saoutchik is best known for his Delahaye bodies but he did many more.
Unexpectedly, he did Cadillacs and restrained ones at that. Have a 1930 model.
Also less restrained ones like this 1948 model, looking very like his Delahaye bodies of the time
He also did Pegaso, a Spanish boutique builder from the 1950s. Here’s a 1954 Z102. He bodied seven 102s., each one a little different.
Here’s another. Spot the changes.
French makes included Delage. This is a 1939 D8 from the time when they had been bought by Delahaye.
Another French marque was Talbot. This is a 1949 T26 Grand Sport with an equally grand Madame.
You want to see more of this car? Here we go.
You want more? Have a (actually the) 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia streamliner.
Look at its fitted luggage and marvel.
Saoutchik is best known for his Delahayes so here we have a 1949 175S.
The interior is just as spectacular.
The lights are a work of art too
And for something more restrained, a 235 Coupé from 1953.
Then, in 1955, it was all over.
One of the last of the French coachbuilders was Heuliez who built amongst other low production models the Peugeot 206CC.
JR1
> Cé hé sin
11/07/2015 at 17:35 |
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Saoutchik’s Delahayes are masterpieces. I am surprised he did Cadillacs
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Cé hé sin
> JR1
11/07/2015 at 18:10 |
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Have a Bucciali TAV 8-32 from 1932. Front wheel drive which was quite a thing then. It’s a one-off and no longer completely original.
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Cé hé sin
> JR1
11/07/2015 at 18:10 |
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Have a Bucciali TAV 8-32 from 1932. Front wheel drive which was quite a thing then. It’s a one-off and no longer completely original.
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JR1
> Cé hé sin
11/07/2015 at 19:18 |
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That chrome bird on the side is stunning