Wednesday, September 29, 2010

1912 Mercedes model 37 with perfect wood coachwork by Henri Labourdette, was at Wavecrest and was a crowd magnet




































Thanks to Ivan for the assist in reading the coachbuilders name... I couldn't see the cursive script well enough

Update feb 2015, http://theoldmotor.com/?p=137985  is an article on the Henri Labourdette cars
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2 comments:

  1. Ivan1:04 AM

    Henri Labourdette, not LabourOlette.
    Great blog.

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  2. Dboboc8:44 PM

    The skiff body is not an original Labourdette. It is a reproduction built by Dale Adams Enterprises in 1995. The coachbuilder's plaque was copied from an original body on a Peugeot at the Seal Cove museum in Maine.

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