Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Lorraine B3-6 at La Baule

This very attractive roadster is a Lorraine model B3-6. These cars were built in Argenteuil, few miles from Paris. With a 3,445 cc (210.2 cu in) six cylinder engine,  overhead valves, hemispherical head, aluminium pistons, and four-bearing crankshaft, the B3-6 was a quite good car. For two consecutive years, 1925 and 1926, Lorraine won the famous endurance race, the 24 hours of Le Mans with a B3-6 tourer. Not a stock car, but the preparation was minimal.

It is seen here above, participating to the concours of elegance at La Baule, on the West coast of France in 1929.
This custom built body is, may be, from Gaston Grümmer, a quite famous coachbuilder from the era.

Another view of the same car, this time at a concours of elegance in Paris in June 1929.


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