Avions Voisin mystery Drophead & Dealer Sign

I suggest that this perhaps a second body of German, Dutch or Belgian origine, as the slanted front windscreen is a mid thirties clue rarely seen on original twenties coachwork. The style of te body with its big doors and the heavy hood also points in that direction

The message is that this is a nice car, but one fitted with a factory body would be better....even if, back in 1930, those were not very fashionable outside France. Or perhaps even IN France!

yes, and all that......, but what is the message ??

The C14 was Voisin's best seller. To be honest this looks like a rather ordinary body from around 1930- probably French. It's not particularly well proportioned- the fashion in France then was for very high waist lines, but to look really good these needed a longer wheelbase than seen here. Certainly it's nothing like as daringly original as the remarkable factory jobs- Charteorum, Chartam, Chartapol, Chartrain, etc, etc. Theses were so outrageous that they didn't really age in the usual way. Some Interiors featured amazing woven tapestries in brilliant colours- even on the dashboards. Lord Cholmondesley liked fancy French coachwork but, well, really old boy they were all a tad too 'loud' for us conservative Brits, y'know...Not the done thing to 'show off' and all that......!

Love the hood line. Much less formal than so many and it really suits the style. No idea who its by but I certainly would find a home for it

Another possibility would be "Manessius", who built many c14 bodys. There are the "Aquitaine" (saloon) and the "Champagne" (six-seater). But I´ve only heard about one Voisin C14 DHC by them. But there are many differences in detail. The car I know has a fixed windscreen, chromed bows at the hood, the rear fenders are different and it has hidden door hinges (however the door hinges of the closed Manessius C14s are similar to the pictured car).
Regarding the dealer shield T. Auffret has this shield shown on his fabulous Voisin-page:
http://www.automobiles-voisin.fr/e_automobilia_4.html
Best,
Hubertus

On the first look, it looks like the Weinberger-Royale in small. I´ve never before seen this lovely Voisin and don´t know the coachbuiloder, but it looks like a Van Vooren body.
Best,
Hubertus