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Pourtout

Pourtout was a French coachbuilder founded in 1925 by Marcel Pourtout, first at Bougival and from 1936 at Rueil-Malmaison. It bodied Peugeot, Delahaye, Bentley, Talbot-Lago and many other French and foreign chassis, and the firm still exists as a body repair shop.1,2

Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Spécial Sport (Pourtout)
Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Spécial Sport (Pourtout)
Photo: Kévin Pourtout · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Key facts

Founded
19251 Independently researched
Founder
Marcel Pourtout1,2 Independently researched
Headquarters
Rueil-Malmaison, Paris area, France (from 1936; earlier Bougival)1 Independently researched

History

Marcel Pourtout (1894–1979) began in 1925 in a small workshop at Bougival with about ten workers and moved in 1936 to the former Hurtu factory buildings at Rueil-Malmaison. The firm bodied chassis from a long list of makers including Voisin, Hispano-Suiza, Panhard, Bugatti, Peugeot, Bentley, Delage, Delahaye, Talbot-Lago, Healey and Simca. Its designer Georges Paulin was executed at Mont Valérien in 1942, and after the war the firm moved toward industrial and advertising vehicles under Marcel's sons, with Claude Pourtout taking over the company. Pourtout still operates today as a specialist body repair shop at Rueil-Malmaison.

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Milestones

  1. 1925
    Marcel Pourtout opened a small workshop at Bougival.1
  2. 1936
    The firm moved to the former Hurtu factory buildings at Rueil-Malmaison.1

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

  1. 1
    Présentation - Carrosserie Pourtout Level A Carrosserie Pourtout
    • opened "dans un petit atelier à Bougival (Yvelines)"
    • 1936 move to Rueil-Malmaison
    • opened "dans un petit atelier à Bougival (Yvelines)" in 1925
    • founder Marcel Pourtout
    • moved in 1936 to the former Hurtu factory buildings at Rueil-Malmaison
    • 1925 Bougival start; 1936 move; marques; postwar industrial vehicles
    Accessed 2026-11-13
  2. 2
    The Three Musketeers Part 3 Level C Veloce Today
    • Marcel Pourtout (1894–1979) handed control to his son Claude
    • Marcel Pourtout 1894–1979; Claude successor; Paulin executed 1942; today a repair shop
    Accessed 2026-11-13

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