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Henri Chapron

Henri Chapron (1886-1978) was a French coachbuilder who set up in Neuilly and later worked from Levallois. He is known for bodies on Delahaye, Delage, Talbot and Panhard chassis and later for work with Citroën.1

Citroën DS "Le Caddy" Cabriolet by Henri Chapron
Citroën DS "Le Caddy" Cabriolet by Henri Chapron
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Key facts

Founded
c. 1919 (own workshop at Neuilly, at age 33)1 Independently researched
Founder
Henri Chapron (1886-1978)1 Independently researched
Headquarters
Levallois (Levallois-Perret), Paris suburb, France; first at Neuilly1 Independently researched

History

After training with major coachbuilders, Henri Chapron opened his own workshop at Neuilly aged 33, around 1919, and moved to Levallois, where workshops were established in 1927. In the early 1920s he built bodies for Delage, Panhard and Ballot, and the Delahaye 135 later became a major base for his work. He built some of the last Delahaye, Delage and Talbot bodies in the mid-1950s and then moved towards makers' own models, with renewed success through a partnership with Citroën. The source consulted gives no closing date.

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Milestones

  1. 1927
    Chapron's Levallois workshops were established.1

Sources

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  1. 1
    CHAPRON HENRI (1886-1978) Level C Encyclopaedia Universalis
    • Levallois workshops established in 1927
    • installa son propre atelier à Neuilly, at age 33
    • CHAPRON HENRI (1886-1978)
    • first Neuilly, then Levallois; Levallois workshops established 1927
    • atelier at Neuilly at age 33 (born 1886); Levallois workshops 1927; Delahaye 135; Delage, Panhard, Ballot; last Delahaye, Delage, Talbot bodies mid-1950s
    Accessed 2026-11-13

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