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Little boy, big car mystery

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Little boy, big car.

The junior pilot and his race car that made a stop at the sidecurb for a closer inspection are both postwar of course. We may be wrong, but the big car seems a lot older. Andrea Iannaccone recently found the picture. On his quest for more information about the marque of the car that is the one on the right - he roamed our website for several hours but got lost in the many pictures and stories. We willingly share his friendly request.

So, what do we know about this image? Well, it’s been made in Paris (1956) by the famous photographer Robert Doisneau and that’s it. As additional information Andrea wrote, “The hood ornament looks like a plane but its different because wings are flat on the front and curved on the back, differently from all other ornaments.”. Upon closer inspection of the radiator grill there appears to be no core and it is as if we see a V2 shimmering in there. Also the car appears a three-wheeler. All that should help a lot. Over to you...


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