Friday, February 14, 2020

And now, for something a little different, a 1923-24 Jean Gaborit built Louis the 14th interior, Sizaire-Berwick, a French car maker active between 1913 and 1927. Levallois-Perret, France




Jean Gaborit was the son of a high-ranking politician and was only 19 when his father gave him the financial backing for his venture. He designed and built closed bodies on Delaunay-Belleville, Farman and Sizaire-Berwick chassis in 1924


Sizaire-Berwick was French President Poincaré’s preferred transport to the Front during the Great War.

After the war, production of the Sizaire-Berwick shifted from France to Park Royal, London. In 1922, Austin took it over, and killed it by 1925

Item of note and importance, the coachbuilding firm of Park Ward, was set up in 1919 by former Sizaire-Berwick employees William McDonald Park and Charles W.Ward.

https://frenchcurious.tumblr.com/page/359
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/11095/lot/171/
https://www.coachbuild.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=720&t=10375

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