Renault Frégate coach Chapron - 1954 - Lot 94

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Renault Frégate coach Chapron - 1954 - Lot 94
Renault Frégate coach Chapron - 1954 Chassis no. 2004023 Original French registration Vehicle sold without technical inspection French original registration title Sold without contrôle technique "A very affordable Chapron rarity! "A very affordable Chapron rarity!" Marketed from 1951, the Frégate never lived up to the expectations the expectations that the Régie had placed in it, and its withdrawal almost unnoticed in 1960, after a career that seemed like a semi a semi-failure; despite this unpromising context, the Losange Losange offered a coupé and a cabriolet signed by the great names names in French coachbuilding. As early as 1953, Régie approached Henri Chapron, the famous coachbuilder coachbuilder in Levallois, to work on a coach project. Délaisse, a leading independent stylist who also works for... Letourneur & Marchand; the prototype (Chapron number 7059) was exhibited at the 1953 Salon. The Chapron Coaches are divided into two or three series (the third featuring more integrated rear fenders and ailerons rear wings and ailerons, while the second didn't seem to have the drawing board stage), for a probable total of likely total of 49 cars (a further 11 may have been privately sedans entrusted to private owners for conversion). The car illustrating these pages is one of the very first Chapron Coaches made, internal number #7085, and the only one known with a 3-crossbar grille, like the prototype at the the 1953 Salon prototype; its history is unknown, before its arrival in northern France in 1962, before a certain before a certain Monsieur Bataille, "chef de disctrict EDF", acquired it in acquired it in 1964. The car, with its extraordinary design, is one of only a handful of the handful of survivors known, unique with its grille identical to the prototype, and moving with its blue leather with its blue leather interior and water-green paintwork. a complete base, to be restored; a historically and stylistically historically and stylistically very interesting: enthusiasts beware! Marketed from 1951, the Frégate never lived up to the expectations that the Régie had placed in it, and its withdrawal went virtually unnoticed in 1960, after a career that looked like a semi-failure; despite this unpromising context, the marque au Losange offered a coupé and a cabriolet signed by some of the great names in French coachbuilding. As early as 1953, the Régie approached Henri Chapron, the famous Levallois coachbuilder, to work on a coach project, and Carlo Délaisse, a leading independent stylist who also worked for... Letourneur & Marchand, was chosen. The prototype (Chapron number 7059) was exhibited at the 1953 Motor Show. The Chapron Coupé series was divided into two or three series (the third featuring more integrated rear wings and ailerons in particular, while the second does not seem to have gone beyond the drawing board stage), for a probable total of 49 cars (a further 11 may have been saloons entrusted by private individuals for conversion). The car that illustrates these pages is one of the very first Coaches Chapron made, internal number #7085, and the only one known with a grille with 3 transverse bars, like the 1953 Salon prototype; its history is unknown, until it arrived in the north of France in 1962, before a certain Mr Bataille, 'head of the EDF district' acquired it in 1964. The car, with its extraordinary design, the rarest of the handful of survivors, unique with its radiator grille identical to the prototype, and moving with its blue leather interior and water-green paintwork, is presented to us as a complete base to be restored; a historically and stylistically very interesting project: enthusiasts take note!
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