The First Dent ? (UPDATE III: 1913 type DM)

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Few days are better memorised than "The Happiest Day" of our life. And most just married couples like to dream of a future with fortune and happiness symbolised by a great -often borrowed - car. This fine brass Renault (year? type?) looks like a perfect choice. Still we have a few question marks. Why is it a left hand drive; an export model maybe? And what is the reason in this otherwise delicately styled photo to use a car with a clear dent in the left front wing. Did it happen on the way to church? Was it a the nerves of the groom playing up? Was it a careless parking mother in law? In this respect it is intriguing to see the bride's eagerness to take over control. Did she already loose confidence in the chauffeuring abilities of her brandnew husband? Or is it a subtle hint to their first evening together? Many questions brought up by one simple postcard. Contact Us (collection editor JB)
UPDATE III by Stig Fransson:"I'm sure the car must be 1913 Renault type DM because I've two of them as I've restored. The photo seems for me be very similar as my car."
UPDATE II is a very good picture analysis by Brian Norfolk:"I think the driver is taking the photograph, the groom is sitting in the front left hand side and the bride is in the back of the car, leaning forward over the drivers seat and supporting herself on the steering wheel. See her dress outline in the rear of the car." Editor: ok, that's settled, it is a RHD. Remains that we hope to hear the exact year and type.
UPDATE by Rod Amos:"I suggest that the Renault may not be left hand drive at all. The bulb horn is on the right hand side and this would have been on the side of the driver. Perhaps the illusion is simply a trick of perspective." (editor, you maybe-maybe are right. In that case the bride is on the running board. At the same time the postion of the man's body does not allow to think he on the far side of the car...)

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