Georges Paulin

Georges Paulin (1902-1942) is a Dentiste, Héros of Resistance of the Second world war, Designer, Inventeur of the first system of Hard Signal (hoods into hard retractable) automated for car baptized Eclipse in 1934.

Biography

From 1930, Georges Paulin, Dentist of profession and impassioned Automobile , devotes its leisures and its inventive spirit to draw body.

In 1934 it invents and deposits a Brevet first system of Hard Signal (hoods into hard retractable) automated for car baptized Eclipse in 1934.

The idea is born from the distrust which is his with respect to the hood, whose multiple defects are well-known: failing rigidity of the reinforcement, misses sealing, vulnerability and bad resistance to time. Georges Paulin also observed the disadvantage which the dismountable roof left with the garage represents - an American formula. In the system which it develops, the metal roof disappears automatically in the trunk from the car. The operation, which takes only five seconds, is ordered by a linkage compensated by sandows, a simple solution, economic and of easy replacement, which proved reliable in aviation. It is the dealer Peugeot Emile Darl' chechmate who introduces Georges Paulin to Marcel Pourtout with the end of the year 1933. George Paulin, who made a first unfruitful experiment with another carriage-builder, is in the search of a company serious, ready to implement her invention. The first car built according to the technique of the Eclipse is a delivered Panhard in November 1934. Thus is established the collaboration which joins together George Paulin and Marcel Pourtout and, in 1935, the Peugeot 401 Eclipse and Peugeot 601 Eclipse, integrated into the range Peugeot, leaves the workshops of Bougival. The patent is then yielded to the firm of Sochaux and the Peugeot 402 Eclipse are built under license with Garenne. Initially actuated by an electrical motor, the ordering of the linkage is done then manually - for reasons of reliability. Primarily gone up on half-compartments, the technique of the Eclipse is also applied to trucks.

Giving up his dentist's surgery for the automobile trade of draftsman, Georges Paulin will become the appointed designer of Marcel Pourtout. In this respect, the Peugeot 601 Eclipse realized for Marcel Pagnol in 1935 deserves a very detailed attention. By signing a line avant-gardist of style entirely pontoon, Paulin appears a pioneer of the Design Automobile. This exceptional creation will take part in several contests of elegance with the complicity of the actress Josette Day, wife of Marcel Pagnol. She will gain the first price of the contest of Monaco in 1935, before appearing in the film Schpountz turned by the writer and scenario writer in 1937. Paulin will also exert his talent on famous the Peugeot 402 Darl' chechmate Sport, which will be illustrated with the 24 hours of Mans of 1937. Fruit of the exemplary collaboration which links Peugeot, Pourtout and the dealer of the street Malar, the Peugeot 402 Darl' chechmate Sport enjoys a splendid line. Georges Paulin will disappear tragically in 1942, shot by the Nazi S with the Mont Valérien.

After the war, the principle of the retractable roof in the trunk is taken again by Ford on its Fairlane 500 Skyliner of 1957 and is built until in 1959. This Cabriolet in four places is a pretty business success, equal to that of the Ford Thunderbird in 1957. Taking into account the gauge of the vehicle, the system however proves extremely complex, requiring five electrical motors, 183 meters of wiring, ten relays and eight circuit breakers. A gas works! The formula is started again and brought up to date in 1996 by Mercedes-Benz and its Mercedes-Benz Classe SLK. Then, the step is quickly encased by Peugeot with the Peugeot 206 DC, then the Peugeot 307 DC. Renault Mégane II Half-compartment-Convertible and several other manufacturers also let themselves allure, so that there is extremely to bet that the hood in fabric will be relegated soon to the ray of the out of date accessories.

Models equipped

See too

  • Cut convertible
  • Emile Darl' chechmate
  • Museum of the Adventure Peugeot

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