Avions Voisin C23 Cabriolet - 1932 by Perico001 Coachwork by Graber
Gabriel B. Voisin was an aviation pioneer and manufacturer who in1919 starting producing cars using Knight-type sleeve valve engines at Issy-les-Moulineaux, an industrial suburb to the southwest of Paris. Former student of the Fine Arts School of Lyon and enthusiast for all things mechanical since his childhood. Voisin’s uncompromisingly individual designs made extensive use of light alloy, especially aluminum.
One of the company’s most striking early designs was the Laboratoire Grand Prix car of 1923 : one of the first cars ever to use monocoque chassis construction, and utilizing small radiator-mounted propeller to drive the cooling pump. The characteristic Voisin style of ‘rational’ coachwork he developed in conjunction with his collaborator André Noel. Noel prioritized lightness, central weight distribution, capacious luggage boxes and distinctively angular lines. The 1930s models with underslung chassis were strikingly low.
This C23 was found in Montpellier, France, in 2015 by its current owner. The car was in an incredible original condition, has been technically and mechanically restored but no cosmetically restoration was carried out. It was presented last year at the Concours d'elegance at Schloss Dyck in the class 'Masterpieces & Style’ and received several prices : Best in Class, Fiva Trophy - Preservation award, and world most pristine Masterpiece.
Zoute Concours d'Elegance
The Royal Zoute Golf Club
Zoute Grand Prix 2016
Knokke - Belgium
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