Barrington Concours - The 5 Avions Voisin Automobiles are delivered!

[@briandhiggins]

Most exquisite automobile to behold.

[@RideswithChuck]

I was very lucky to get to the show early enough to watch the cars unload.

[@TzadikTheManic]

Art and form indeed - Voisin made some of the most eccentric, sculpturally beautiful automobiles of all time - the Aerodyne especially is nothing short of high art. Undeniably a masterpiece.

[@gil7555]

c'est simplement du pur génie ! des véritables oeuvres d'art...qui n'auront jamais d'équivalent même aujourd'hui, parmi les productions haut de gamme allemandes.le génie français est irremplaçable. ..! même disparu dans ce cas précis.

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

In 1961, my late father bought a ( French ) 1930 Rochet-Schneider 26cv, a Paris Salon show chassis with the most beautiful saloon coachwork by Billeter & Cartier of Lyon.Registered in the UK, it had the owner's villa label on the dashboard in Cannes.With it's enormous Marchal fork mounted headlamps and one of the most equisite and comprehensive set of Jaeger-Le- Coultre instruments it was a site to behold.Bought for £100 !.

[@zeeteavathepipe3184]

And what happened to that car?

[@RamblinAround]

That Voisin C25 Aerodyne is amazing....definitely one of the most impressive cars ever built.

[@wurldtravlr620]

Forget Rolls Royce, this (especially this knockout beauty) and several other Voisin's were, in my mind, the most beautifully crafted autos...ever. I'd be honored to even see on in person more less ride in one. Stunning.

[@YOUGOTIT210]

Chuck, thanks for posting these beautiful French works of art.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

And these were barely a scratch styling wise with the wild designs of this company. Voisin made some seriously wild cars that in later years would be considered custom rods. Cars with the body channeled so deep that the transmission stuck through the floor, giant headlights in chrome frames and mounts, crazy body designs and details. Stuff that would amaze even the most famous 60's car customizers. Beautiful and wild machines, so shocked the first time I saw one at the blackhawk museum, spent half an hour just looking at all the details.

[@anastasiabeaudry3399]

Thank you for the video! I was such a delight to see these marvelous classics!

[@RideswithChuck]

You are very welcome.

[@randolphreazor7463]

1936 Avions Voison C-38 was featured in the film Sahara! "Only 7 of these were ever made!" Starring Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Rainn Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Lennie James, Delroy Lindo, etc.

[@RideswithChuck]

I'll have to look for that movie.

[@mikego18753]

Looking at statics is all about walking round , chatting &feeling relaxed. So i quite like that type of event and bet most people do to. Cheers chuck for a nice vid.

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

these cars are simply amazing. the little biscooter was cute too.

[@markmark5269]

Great coverage, job well done. I was a bit ho hum with the cars .... until the last roadster came out, wow!

[@Rickugg]

Hello: Thanks Chuck you show us the best of the best. I really liked the C 27 Roadster I thought to myself was that the ZL1 in its day. I dream if seeing myself in a 1940 Ford Business Cope, glad we can dream. lol Happy Trails

[@bertrand3055]

When the French cars dominated the world @Og54

[@asd36f]

Gabriel Voisin certainly designed some distinctive cars - the bracing from the bonnet across to the mudguards made Voisins easily recognisable. It is also interesting how Voisin went from producing luxury cars in France before WW2 to producing microcars in Spain after WW2.

[@bennyhannover9361]

Originally Gabriel Voisin is one of the early pioneers in aircraft construction parallel with alikes as Louis Blériot and the brothers Maurice and Henri Farman. The Cars are only a side product of the aerodynamic thinking of him, as after WW1 there was need of a new field for his company that was also connected to the Aero Engine Company Gnome- Rhone which was equipping many french military aeroplanes in the 20s and 30s. This connection between aeroplane and car can be compared with Rolls-Royce , Hispano- Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Mercedes-Benz, Maybach and BMW which were also active on both fields

[@captainboggles]

www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/voisin-biscooter.html

[@henrikasijo3258]

VOISIN like BUGATTI, DELAGE, DELAHAYE, HOTCHKISS, HISPANO-SUIZA etc, So AMAZING FRENCH CAR MAKERS !!!

[@knut-hinrichqwalter2463]

And Ballot !

[@Taranau]

Read somewhere, that the 1929 Avion Voisin Scirrocco Stilletto was all aluminum, except for certain parts. Came with an elctro-magnetic clutch transmission. And, was the first car to have "the Hump" in the middle of the floor, for the driveshaft and all, to get to the back of the car. Saw two go up for sale on one of those TV auction shows a few manths back. They both went for around $500,000, I do believe.

[@expertdufour3084]

most beautiful cars ever built

[@RideswithChuck]

Style!!

[@sftomee]

Beautiful cars! Especially the yellow one! :)) I love it!

[@jerrydoubleu]

I've never heard of Voisin. Thanks Chuck

[@antman5474]

An Aerodyne featured in the film Sahara back in 2006, I spoke to the guy that fixed it up for the film and between us we couldn't work out what it was, it originated in Russia before being used as a prop so we assumed it was Russian. How wrong we were, it was already missing it's roof at that time so we could be forgiven. I wonder what became of it?

[@vinylvishrecords]

you would think there was a better place to unload these cars ..or at least have the township close the right lane

[@noscrookedsheetmetal2730]

it's not a police car before crossroad on right track?

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Yes, I was thinking that too.. unloading on a busy main road is asking for accidents... imagine upcoming traffic bumping into one of those old cars, when they back out of the truck..

[@RideswithChuck]

I've seen the Times story. My wife brought it to my attention.

[@joevs21001]

I can see why that Aerodyne won "Best of Show" at both this show and Pebble. That interior is just STUNNING. That "Art Deco" inspired cloth interior is one of the most beautiful car interiors of all time. Was that original? Or was it added at the meticulous "better than brand new" restoration of the car? I think even Voison himself would be impressed.

[@RideswithChuck]

It is my understanding that the interior is identical to the original.

[@joevs21001]

Thanks Chuck. That Aerodyne is a true work of art for sure. I'll saw a couple other videos of it on youtube. The "port holes" on top and that wonderous top "sliding" up and down. That top alone was an incredible technological wonder in that day and age. Do you know how many of those Aerodyne's were produced in total? I was just wondering. Who commissioned the first car? Weren't these cars usually commissioned by someone (usually a very wealthy person or Royal of some type)? Then the coachbuilder would take a chasis created by Voisin and build the beautiful bodies around the chasis? Which made every single car just a little bit different based on what the customer actually wanted in options. I can only imagine standing on the side of a road or street in Paris or somewhere in France as this Voisin passed by in the 1930's. I would imagine people stood in awe seeing a machine of this quality. And that's the crazy thing, PEOPLE USED THESE CARS! Back in the day when you had a car commissioned, it was normally used on a frequent basis as transportation. It was a "status symbol" and showed their wealth as their driver pulled up to the front of their business or a fancy restaurant and out popped the owner in his/her suit or dress ready for an oppulent evening on the town. Oh yeah, those were truly the GLORY DAYS of motoring.

[@MrDaiseymay]

joevs21001 I agree with all you say. The coach builders ART was at it's most creative and beautiful during this--''Art Deco'' period. With great irony--this too, was a period of great poverty, and of course --much worse to come--WAR ! which put an end to extravagance in the car industry as elsewhere.

[@joevs21001]

Philip Croft Very true. The 20's and 30's were the all time height of automotive building and creativity. Granted, nothing can compare with the computer driven, anti-lock this, ipod that, of todays modern car. But just the artistry that went into making a car back then was incredible. Each car could be completely different depending on what the owner specified the coach builder to put into the body. I would have loved to been around back then to see these masterpieces cruising by. Could you imagine? I bet the average "joe" so to speak on the side of the road used to seeing a few Model "T"'s every so often on the still mostly dirt roads stood there in awe as something like this drove by. It was probably the Space Shuttle of that time period.

[@edgarbeat275]

Interioer is correct for the car I am sure he had the original textile remade exactly it is correct for that car as Gabriel Voisin also designed the textiles not all but some he designed. Deco styling is amazing Bauhaus influence form and function even architect Le Corbusier owned a Voisin C11.

[@hammondleroy]

Thank you for sharing those great car's

[@clio2rsminicup]

Take good care of these French jewelry!

[@rickyhogan2749]

thank you for the very nice upload

[@eskatee]

The Knight Sleeve Valve-type engine always consumes a nice zipp of oil, especially when cold, the Minerva from Belgium was famous for this "characteristique"

[@RideswithChuck]

A car similar to the one in the thumb nail is going to be in an auction soon.

[@raymondlery7051]

Quelle merveille...

[@RideswithChuck]

Je suis d'accord!

[@carlorjj]

thanks for this magic video. amazing cars!!!!

[@Threetails]

Definitely. Specifically Type 41 Royale and more than a little Type 57.

[@RideswithChuck]

I think you're right. I little restoration, repair couldn't hurt.

[@srercrcr]

I believe I saw General DeGaulle in that beautiful Avion.

[@BuilditRideit]

C25 looks like a car a sophisticated cannibal would daily drive.

[@syntheticskull4284]

Beautiful cars,

[@RideswithChuck]

The pleasure Sir, is all mine.

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

It's always funny to hear a guy from the US pronounce French or Spanish words...HAHAHA, also...2:58 the upholstery of the car.

[@RideswithChuck]

We try....we try.

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

so...is there any particular reason why french cars, Italian Cars had the steering wheal on the right side instead of the left ?

[@comander402]

hello friend grace and share your videos with friends and family and are very excited great greeting ...?

[@Thouveninpascal]

Le déchargement des voitures fait très peur (1:10 le gars qui pense l'arrêter avec le bras...), et la marche arrière sur la voie rapide.. Les ricains sont parfois... c'est loin l'Amérique.

[@MrMyPersonality]

Beautiful car wow

[@scottmeeker9971]

if it doesn't smoke, you're out of oil...

[@Threetails]

The Aerodyne has some styling similarities with the early Citroen 2CV. Someone at Citroen had to have seen this car.

[@judytelles3518]

Sublime.

[@I-did-not-ask-for-a-handle]

That c27 is how I imagined Gatsby's car.

[@pooddescrewch8718]

I always thought Voisins looked like road locomotives

[@graemedurie9094]

One man's meat is another man's poison My favourite car's an Avions Voisin.

[@mrdanforth3744]

You mean one man's fish is another man's poisson ha ha

[@xKmotx]

Dang, do a ring job on that old heap! ;)

[@teredude]

Aerodyne or Bugatti Atlantic? Decisions decisions.

[@RideswithChuck]

It's rough....

[@aratrikghosh2717]

Can these company be relaunched

[@RideswithChuck]

I guess in the past I did a lot of walking around and chatting at car shows. Now when the cars are parked at a car show the recorded music starts playing. There are copyright issues and my day is done. I enter my car in one show a year and of course that is a horse of a different color.

[@RideswithChuck]

You're very welcome.

[@clio2rsminicup]

When the French cars dominated the world - Quand les voitures françaises dominaient le monde

[@TheGel69]

the C11 is from the 20's and is original and unrestored.....that could explain the smoking...

[@zarstar1576]

Nice

[@RideswithChuck]

Double nice!

[@richardsolberg4047]

Crazy place to be unloading those expensive autos ..

[@RideswithChuck]

I was a bit concerned too. My camera was always rolling.

[@aqdassyed6572]

When trunks we're actually trunks

[@MrGGPRI]

Sleeve-valve engines always had a problem with oil consumption; this was never solved and eventually rejected by American manufacturers. Strange that Avions Voisin would use the sleeve-valve design their engines and advertise it with all the blue oil smoke. .

[@RideswithChuck]

There's some Bugatti in there too.

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Glorious cars - absolute treasure-trove. But unloading on a dual carriageway main road?? Eek!

[@RideswithChuck]

Not for the squeamish!

[@martinpanacek7155]

ooo nice

[@rolanschneider5182]

Have retro cars, but no have retro life... In video game "Mafia 2" u can feel it, and u can live years of 40s.

[@TOBYH]

Does the C11 need rings?

[@RideswithChuck]

Possibly.

[@devilsgarage7726]

+David Hatchel more than likely not. these cars used a sleeve valve engine which burned oil from new. cheers

[@paulstandeven8572]

Voisin cars smoked oil from new. It's because of the double-sleeve valve system. Single-sleeve engines like Bristol or Napier aircraft engines did not suffer from this problem.

[@brendakirk3397]

Rudolph valentino had one

[@legendvito5702]

🤝👌👌👌👌👌

[@esoteric5277]

1:51 just a tad more than 2CV :P

[@lefunk22]

The word voisin means neighbour in French.

[@alaingiraud4939]

But the full brand's name is "Avions VOISIN"..

[@edgarbeat275]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWemhGybd9NjhZo Nothing has equalled the DS19 even to this day in my view. Only other car I like as much is the 1950 Lanca Aurelia B20.

[@RideswithChuck]

The driver wasn't the owner.

[@TJWatson59]

..original and unrestored...and in desperate need of new rings....

[@mikaelabowen5781]

Sleeve valve engines tend to smoke a fair bit, especially when starting from cold.

[@adoreslaurel]

Very strange and ugly feature is that strut used to brace the front guards/fenders, why did he do that? but the french are known for doing quirky things with car design, also most unusual for a continental car is that those shown were in RHD?

[@dale409]

Most high quality French cars of the period were RHD as standard, I am not sure why but It may have allowed the chauffeur to exit quickly and open the rear door for the passenger to exit safely onto the footpath.

[@adoreslaurel]

Dale Allen That is as good an explanation as any.

[@seancostello387]

+john brown That brace was used because the front fenders were so light that they needed to be supported by the radiator. They are not standard round tubing either- they have the profile of an airfoil! Nice feature since Gabriel Voisin got his start making aircraft.

[@captainboggles]

@@dale409 also, because any cars of real standing in the day (ie Rolls, Bentley etc.,) were British, RHD was De Rigeur.. up to the thirties, like spotting real bugattis, all RHD

[@capitan_camote_picante6370]

Garage Queens.. 😕

[@jawkneekat]

Great car porn! Thanks!

[@RideswithChuck]

Car porn!

[@lefunk22]

Every time I hear them pronounce it "Voy-sarn" I want to smash the screen. You've got almost 20, 000 subscribers, it'd be worth, (and be far more professional) to take a few minutes to find to right pronunciation of the [very simple] word/s online and get it right.

[@dlwatib]

Nothing is simple when the French get through spelling it.

[@captainboggles]

avion voysan? what the hell is he doing? backing into the oncoming traffic?? in that? and the ez start in that voisin? ok, but what the hell the 'driver' reve the shit out of in on a cold engine with cold oil. ... unbelivable amateurs.. what a mom n pop affair.

[@gil7555]

c'est simplement du pur génie ! des véritables oeuvres d'art...qui n'auront jamais d'équivalent même aujourd'hui, parmi les productions haut de gamme allemandes.le génie français est irremplaçable. ..! même disparu dans ce cas précis.