Hemmings Find of the Day – 1924 Amilcar C4

We’re assuming the “H.Duval, 93 Rue Thiers, Boulogne/Siene” on the coachbuilder’s plate attached to this 1924 Amilcar C4 currently for sale on Hemmings.com is the same Carrosserie Charles Duval in Boulogne-sur-Seine that made a name for itself building roadster bodies for Amilcars (as well as Derbies, Tractas, Bugattis, and Chenard-Walckers) from 1929 to 1936. That’s the only reference we’ve found to Duval so far. The other plate attached to the Amilcar, which reads “Carrozzeria Belloli Stoppa Ascona,” probably only points to a garage in Ascona, Switzerland, that did some work on the Amilcar at some point in its existence.

One interesting little factoid arises from that plate, however: Ascona lies on the shores of Lake Maggiore, from which that 1925 Bugatti Type 22 was recently pulled and sent to auction. But while the Bugatti sold for 260,500 Euros (about $366,000), the Amilcar is being offered out of Macedon, New York, for just $39,000.

As for 93 Rue Thiers, assuming I have that address right, certainly no coachbuilder operates out of that address anymore.