Review by Pete Vack
All photos are from the book and used with permission of the publisher
Philippe Gaston Grümmer and Laurent Friry have produced a fascinating, informative set of volumes, combining Carrosserie Grümmer photos, drawings and documents with a delightful look at French concours d’ elegance events between the wars.
Come on, surely you have heard of Carrosserie Grümmer; y’know, the French firm that specialized in Surbaissées and Aeroprofils? No? Well don’t feel too bad, for in the first place there were dozens of French coachbuilders and even the most successful…Keller, Gallée, Binder, Figoni et Falaschi, Letourneur et Marchand, and Saoutchik are still relatively obscure. [Read more…] about Grümmer, The Art of the Carrosserie, Reviewed