A very rare find this Chenard Walcker, made in Bleu de France and equipped with the 1.8 liter 4-cylinder engine, coupled with a 4-speed gearbox, unique at the time.
The car has already been technically prepared in the past, the car drives, brakes and shifts as you would expect from a 100 year old car.
The interior betrays the age of the car, let's lovingly call it patina..
The details of this classic car betray the costs that were made in building this unique car.
The woodwork with inlay, the hood, the double spare wheels... If this car could talk, what wonderful stories would we hear? The car still has child seats that can be placed between the seats. With Belgian registration.
The history of Chenard Walcker in a nutshell:
Ernst Chenard started building bicycles in 1888 and at the turn of the century he started working with the young Henry Walcker, in 1900 under the name Chenard, Walcker et Company.
In the factory in Asnières they started building three-wheelers and later two- and four-cylinder light cars, they soon produced 400 cars per year.
In 1906 money was generated by the foundation of S.A. des Ancient Etablissements Chenard et Walcker and in 1908 they moved to a new factory in Gennevilliers. Until the beginning of the First World War the number of different models expanded annually.
During the war Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines were produced as well as military cars. In 1918, production of regular cars was slowly resumed and in 1922 the famous "3 Litre" appeared. This car was the winner of the first Le Mans 24-hour race in 1923.
A 2-liter version was also released for sale to the public. A 4-liter in-line 8-cylinder was launched in 1924.
In 1925, the company launched a small 1.1-liter 4-cylinder sports car with a particularly streamlined body.
This car, nicknamed "tank", reached 150 km/h without a compressor and 170 km/h with a compressor and was followed by 1.3 and 1.5-liter models.
In 1936, Chenard & Walcker was taken over by coachbuilder Chausson.
At the end of the thirties, Chenard & Walcker tried to survive with the front-wheel drive "Aigle" with 4-cylinder Citroën or Ford V-8 engines. They also built rear-wheel drive cars with Citroën engines.
Chausson was taken over by Peugeot in 1946 and Chenard & Walcker remained independent for a few more years with the production of light trucks.