The Cohender Mystery (update:1913 Cohendet)

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Recently we were lucky enough to be allowed to examine a very old family album. Obviously we were looking for photos with cars, and after a short 'yes!'. In many  photos the car pictured was a little "voiturette" which at a first glance seemed like an early Delage. The general size and lines, the shape of the radiator, and especially the two distinctive filler caps located behind the bonnet made us think in the french marque. Even the mono cylinder engine is in favour of this theory. We looked further and several pages later appeared the above picture. On the radiator you can clearly read "Cohender". By comparing from this angle with a Delage we can see some differences: the upper part of the radiator is straighter in the Cohender and both filler caps have the same "level" as the radiator filler cap, while in the Delages these two were always positioned somewhat higher.

We´ve tried to find something about this rare marque - if it is a marque..., but have not found anything. The photos were taken near Barcelona (registration: B-1052), but there is no info about any car factory with the name "Cohender". Here you can see the mystery Cohender located behind another bigger mystery car...

(Text Francisco Carrión)

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