An Extinct Breed . . .

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In the post just below this one, I offered what I had thought were going to be some tantalizing yet insoluable clues as to the identity of an automobile which is older than I am, that we had encountered while out walking in our village, Sunday a week ago. But to my great astonishment, Arnaud of Random Shots came back just hours later with the correct answer; he was absolutely right, it was a Panhard. I was literally dumbfounded. I usually prefer my dream cars (see "dream cars" in the labels list in sidebar) to have a little more rust on them, this one had almost none. One can't always have everything, I guess . . .

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One interesting detail of these cars is the front doors which are hinged at the back edge and thus open in the opposite way from most cars we are familiar with. Just goes to show there is more than one way to skin a cat . . . (not that I want any cats skinned ! Certainly not ours !) Panhard cars ceased to be built in the 1960's after a buyout . . . so gems like this one are the last remnants of what will become an extinct breed, as they are no longer reproducing.

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