OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE

This appeared at the Paris Salon of 1955 in the form of the Paul vallée
Chantecler, a three-wheeler with a streamlined teardrop fiberglass body
tapering to a pointed tail. The bench seat was wide and comfortable,
the low sides and D-shaped steering wheel offering easy entrance.
The windshield was of very solid construction with sturdy posts, which
supported a convertible top and side screens. Conventional folding
top bows were eschewed in favour of a highly original T-shaped single
fiberglass bow, which retracted into the body. Flat spring-steel bumpers
in the front and rear were a useful addition to what was intended as
an urban runabout. one sometimes sees reference to the Triporteur’s
frame being used for the Chantecler, but the museum example refutes
this, as it was built with a conventional square-tube ladder frame with
angled swing arms and niemann rubber rings for suspension. It has
been fully and professionally restored, and it is beautifully presented.
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