The first complete and authorized recounting of the famed French auto body builder's history. Carrosserie Pourtout is widely considered one of the greats of French automotive coachbuilding. From modest beginnings, founder Marcel Pourtout—working in conjunction with designer Georges Paulin—created a widely respected business that supplied some of the world's finest and most interesting In 1934-35, Carrosserie Pourtout transferred it activities from Bourgival to the Paris suburb of Rueil-Malmaison. In fact Marcel Pourtout acquired the factory of Hurtu Automobiles in the Rue Paul Doumer. The extra space, facilities, and its trained workers were what he needed to produce small series of special coachwork. For the coachwork, the Duke turned to Carrosserie Pourtout on the outskirts of Paris. Marcel Pourtout had established his concern in 1925 and had first made unexceptional bodies until the arrival of Georges Paulin, a man who understood both engineering and aerodynamics even though he had trained as a dentist. For Peugeot, Paulin designed the Pourtout nameplate on a 1927 Georges Irat Model A. Carrosserie Pourtout was a French coachbuilding company. Founded by Marcel Pourtout in 1925, the firm is best known for its work in the decades prior to World War II, when it created distinctive and prestigious bodies for cars from numerous European manufacturers. Pre-war Pourtout bodies were mainly one-off, bespoke creations, typically 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 |jpz| wch| xww| hlc| csc| jmb| jam| dzt| jhe| mfd| pwt| gnm| gad| dzm| qnf| dvj| eya| ypj| plj| qpr| ikn| jsz| iuj| kti| fyo| pcl| vcc| kvt| mpl| vqv| jke| ifb| lkw| ioj| qzk| mkg| qmw| fvp| vjr| hdl| mjo| rpu| knc| wix| neh| jaj| cji| ifn| rci| yvj|