“This is the car designed by my grandfather.”
Review by Pete Vack
A man walks up to a stand at RetroMobile and stares at the beautiful poster of a streamlined Delage V12. He looks at it for what seemed to be a long while, then turned to the artist. He pointed to the painting and said, “This is the car designed by my grandfather.”
And this is how Francois Vanaret met Pierre Andreau, the grandson of Jean Andreau, the aerodynamic engineer of the mid 1930s. The two fell into deep conversation, and Vanaret got to know much more about this ‘visionary engineer.’ And now we know as well; Andreau is not as well known as Paulin, Bugatti or Saoutchik, yet made significant contributions to the industry. Thanks to the Andreau family, artist Vanaret then included new information about the designer in his latest book, reviewed here. [Read more…] about Reviewed: FROM CARRIAGES TO AUTOMOBILES The 30’s Golden Age or Swan Song of the French Coachbuilding Industry
