1958 DB unknown Panhard

1958 DB unknown in Coupe des alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally, Documentary, 1958

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Alessandro58 ◊ 2025-12-05 12:25
Alessandro58 ◊ 2025-12-05 12:26	#103 Fabre René - Fabre Jacques, DNF -- Last edit: 2025-12-05 19:36:13
fred1969 ◊ 2025-12-06 18:40	Nice but strange car...I look for but I didn't found nothing about it...It could be a DB Panhard but I don't reconize well the Panhard design. I think it's a kind of proto made for this race The front remind me more Gordini style...
zodiac ◊ 2025-12-06 21:25	I'm interested.
dsl ◊ 2025-12-07 00:54	5609HC75 was a 58 plate. Can't add anything else except looks front-engined, which probably rules out anything based on eg 4CV so Gordini, Alpine etc unlikely.
fred1969 ◊ 2025-12-09 18:57	This link tell us that #103 René Fabre drive a DB Panhard during the "coupe des Alpes" 1958 (gave up) https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/109386-rene-fabre/ http://panhard-racing-team.fr/?page_id=14815 so, HBR 4 or 5 modified special rallye ? -- Last edit: 2025-12-09 19:53:32
scoub2 ◊ 2025-12-09 23:10	Clearly a Panhard-engined car, judging by the brakes and the hood opening over a front-mounted engine, but certainly not the aerodynamics of a DB creation.
fred1969 ◊ 2025-12-10 09:08	dsl wrote 5609HC75 was a 58 plate. 75 = plate registred for Paris. unable to find any picture about this car but I think it's a kind of proto based on Panhard DB coach 1956 modified (front) http://panhard-racing-team.fr/?page_id=1532 -- Last edit: 2025-12-10 22:57:06