Monday, November 25, 2013

Renault Reinastella torpedo scaphandrier Kellner

During the concours d’élégance, sponsored by Fémina and l’Intransigeant, in June 1930, at the Parc des Prince stadium in Paris, Renault exhibited a Reinastella RM coachbuilt by Kellner as a torpedo scaphandrier (can be translated as diver torpedo).
The carrosserie Kellner was probably the most exclusive coachbuilder in France by the end of the 20’s. Its style can be defined as classical always good taste and elegant lines. Kellner built bodies for any type of chassis from sports car to the French presidential parade cars.


Several “scaphandriers” were built on Renault and Panhard chassis. Very few survived but I recently saw an amazing video of one big Renault found in a barn in the US!  Most probably a future entrant for the Pebble beach concours…

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