Panhard et Levassor came up in another thread and I was thin

May 21

Panhard et Levassor came up in another thread and I was thinking that is a marque that is worthy of its own thread. An interesting brand with great styling and many had Knight engines.

I saw this incredible 1912 X19 Labourdette Skiff-Torpedo. Apparently the body was recreated to match the original model in the 1970s. The car is in the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands. https://louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/panhard-et-levassor-x19-labourdette-skiff-torpedo/

May 21, 2026

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· May 21

1911 X14 by Vanvooren.

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· May 21

Beautiful Skiff body. Panhard had some crazy cars in the 1930s. I need to go find some pictures.

· May 21

Here is an example. 1936 center drive Dynamic. Always wanted one of these. The 2 door is rarely if ever seen.

· May 21

@alsancle I didn’t realize that the Dynamic was a monocoque design.

· May 21

@Hupp31 And a sleeve valve engine.

· May 21

@alsancle if I’m not mistaken, it was the very last car to use sleeve valves.

· May 21

@Hupp31 Travis, I think you are right. A design perfect for the era when valve jobs were every 1k miles. By the 1930s it made no sense.

· May 21

@alsancle That is really different.

· May 22

@alsancle I needed to look up what a sleeve valve was. Had never heard of it.

· May 22

@BLK-10001 Join the Stearns Club:

https://stearnsknight.com/

· May 22

@BLK-10001 Knight sleeve valve engines are cool. Only a matter of time before I can no longer resist the urge to own one.

· May 24

@alsancle How about a Dynamic cabriolet? I wonder if any of these still exist.

· May 24

A better look at the body construction.

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· May 24

@Hupp31 I was not aware they made a convertible. Wow.

· May 24

@alsancle I can’t find much on it aside from a couple publicity photos and this ad. I know very little French so I can’t get much from the ad.

· May 24

@Hupp31 Very cool. Check out the center steering.

· May 24

@alsancle I imagine that the rear seat passengers would have to be quite friendly to fit four back there.

· May 24

@Hupp31 Everybody was skinny in 1935.

· May 21

70hp Panhard that won its class at the 1902 Paris to Vienna race. This thing is just awesome. I wonder how much oil the total-loss lubrication system went through in that run. Unusual to see a rear hinged hood like that.

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· May 21

A 1935 Panoramique. we talked about these in the Hupp topic because of the windshield treatment.

· May 21

I love this 1936 Panoramique sedan. The roof line gives it that long and low look.

· May 21

Interior shot of another 1936 Panoramique. Look at that dash! I need one of these things now.

· May 21

@Hupp31 Where the F is the laughing vote.

· May 21

@Hupp31 Same car?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1936-panhard-et-levassor-x72-panoramique/

· May 21

@BuickGuy68 I think that might be a different one.

· May 23

@BuickGuy68 Different. THe BAT car is in eastern Europe. They look very similar but I think the Hyman one is nicer.

· May 21

6CS Cabriolet Victoria by Janssen

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· May 21

1935 Cabriolet by Gangloff

· May 21

1932 8DS eight cylinder.

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· May 21

@Hupp31 This is the one I want!!!!!

· May 21

@alsancle Me too. I’ll have to try to find an engine pic of the right cylinder.

· May 21

@alsancle From Coachbuild.com
“The Panhard in the mystery section (p.4) is a Panhard 8 DS Type X67 coachbuilt by Letourneur & Marchand. This car was delivered to the emperor of Annam, Bao Dai, in january 1932.
Reference: 'Gotha de l'automobile française' (Claude Rouxel-Laurent Friry Ed. ETAI) p.246 for another picture”

· May 21

1918 sedan by Bellvallette

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· May 22

I might settle for this 1935 coach by Fernandez and Darrin.

· May 23

@Hupp31 Wonder if it surived?

· May 23

@alsancle I hope so. I’d like to see another photo to see what the rear of the body looked like.

· May 23

@Hupp31 F&D which was Darrin doing the designing are all good looking. Ole Dutch never penned a bad design.

· May 23

@alsancle True. Much like this drophead coupe.

· May 23

@Hupp31 Wow!!!!

· May 23

Another F&D body on a 1931 8DS chassis. I can’t believe how low they managed to get the body on the frame. The running boards can’t be much more than 6” from the ground.