Pic-A-Day (826) Albert Mach Fine Art

1913 Peugeot type-150 Boat Tailed Skiff

This beauty was at the Amelia Island Concours a few years ago.

Don’t miss one of the most fabulous events of the year.

Link to information here:

https://www.ameliaconcours.org/event-information.aspx

Manufacturer: SA des Automobiles Et Cycles Peugeot, Lille, France, 1889-Present

Model: Type 150

Engine: Four-cylinder, 7,478 cc with a single camshaft

Horsepower: 40

Transmission: Four-speed gearbox

Coachwork: "Skiff" body designed by Carosserie Henri

Peugeot's first car appeared in 1889, making Peugeot the oldest continuous car brand on the market, and the second oldest car manufacturer.

In 1912, an important step is made in the history of French coach-building when Jean-Henry Labourdette creates the famous skiff, for Rene de Knyff, on a Panhard 20 HP frame. Shaped as a boat, without doors, the structure follows traditional naval carpentry methods. The mahogany body is fixed to the frame with visible nails. This first model delivered by the Depujols shipyard weighed only 180 kilograms, including windscreen, mudgaurds and four seats. Labourdette's Skiff bodies were applied to many different cars including Rolls-Royce, Hispano Suiza, Reault, Peugeot and more.

Richard C. Paine Jr., the Seal Cove Auto Museum's founder, acquired the 1913 Peugeot "skiff" in 1964 when he purchased the fabled Dr. Samuel L. Scher collection. Dr. Scher had, in turn, acquired the car from his close friend James Melton after the closing of Melton's Autorama Museum in Hypoluxo, Florida. Melton described the Peugeot as one of the finest cars in our collection in his book, "Bright Wheels Rolling."

This was seen at the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Maine.

http://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/collection/vehicle_list.php?vehic...

Yes I was fooling with one of my old cameras, yes I know the image is supposed to be upside down, but it looked better like that... :)