Van Den Plas Carrossiere 1928 - 1930

[Walt G]

What you see here is from two original Van Den Plas (  Brussels) sales catalogs that are string tied at the binding. they depict Packard and Minerva automobiles. Both have the images in raised areas on the paper they are printed on, so a die had to be made to stamp the paper to achieve this. The fenders, hood, wheels etc are all raised at the ink line they were drawn with. not an inexpensive process to do and to align the printed image up perfectly to. As you can see one catalog is from 1930 and that is the one that had the page listing what Van Den Plas had attended to display their coachwork at in 1928 and 1929.

I do have some really odd/unusual pre war coachwork material from all over the world not just from the USA . Most happy to share this with all of you. Other chassis shown in the catalogs with the Van Den Plas coachwork are Bugatti, Cadillac and Rolls Royce.

[alsancle]

Cool!

[allcars]

Fantastic piece!

 

[demco32]

On 7/7/2023 at 10:25 PM, Walt G said:

What you see here is from two original Van Den Plas (  Brussels) sales catalogs that are string tied at the binding. they depict Packard and Minerva automobiles. Both have the images in raised areas on the paper they are printed on, so a die had to be made to stamp the paper to achieve this. The fenders, hood, wheels etc are all raised at the ink line they were drawn with. not an inexpensive process to do and to align the printed image up perfectly to. As you can see one catalog is from 1930 and that is the one that had the page listing what Van Den Plas had attended to display their coachwork at in 1928 and 1929.

I do have some really odd/unusual pre war coachwork material from all over the world not just from the USA . Most happy to share this with all of you. Other chassis shown in the catalogs with the Van Den Plas coachwork are Bugatti, Cadillac and Rolls Royce.

https://www.vpoc.info/history

 

if anyone wants to know more about Van Den Plas coachbuilders.

[30DodgePanel]

On 7/7/2023 at 1:25 PM, Walt G said:

What you see here is from two original Van Den Plas (  Brussels) sales catalogs that are string tied at the binding. they depict Packard and Minerva automobiles. Both have the images in raised areas on the paper they are printed on, so a die had to be made to stamp the paper to achieve this. The fenders, hood, wheels etc are all raised at the ink line they were drawn with. not an inexpensive process to do and to align the printed image up perfectly to. As you can see one catalog is from 1930 and that is the one that had the page listing what Van Den Plas had attended to display their coachwork at in 1928 and 1929.

I do have some really odd/unusual pre war coachwork material from all over the world not just from the USA . Most happy to share this with all of you. Other chassis shown in the catalogs with the Van Den Plas coachwork are Bugatti, Cadillac and Rolls Royce.

 

That Double Cabriolet body design without the dual mounts is simple while stunning. I'd like to know if an example of this coach work still survives or did they all receive dual mounts?

 

Thank you so much for taking the time (in the past) to share these incredible items with us that we would otherwise never see. 

One could spend hours on a single piece in awe of the art, design and processes that you've described. 
Original photos are amazingly important and insightful, but these types of paper add a completely different aspect that most of us don't think about. 

 

Love it! 

 

[alsancle]

2 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

 

That Double Cabriolet body design without the dual mounts is simple while stunning. I'd like to know if an example of this coach work still survives or did they all receive dual mounts?

 

Thank you so much for taking the time (in the past) to share these incredible items with us that we would otherwise never see. 

One could spend hours on a single piece in awe of the art, design and processes that you've described. 
Original photos are amazingly important and insightful, but these types of paper add a completely different aspect that most of us don't think about. 

 

Love it! 

 

Some of the drawings show a Minerva AL chassis.  Not the Double Cabriolet,  but this close and mounted on a Minerva AL chassis.