25 Feb 2006
Marvelling at French Design
Darne, France, Panhard
interior of 1936-1939 Panhard & Levassor Dynamic
Steve Bodio takes up the discussion of the wondrous eccentricity of French design begun by Donald (at 2Blowhards) focussing on the 1930s Panhard Dynamic, a French automobile featuring a central driver’s position and curved (“Panoramique”) windows, and turns to the subject of the Darne double-barreled shotgun with its remarkable sliding breech.