some photos from the 1910 Salon de l'automobile in the Paris Grand Palace

found in http://gallica.bnf.fr/Search?ArianeWireIndex=index&p=1&lang=EN&q=1910+Salon+de+l%27automobile where some photographer went car to car and took photos of the engines of the cars also

1937 Talbot Lago with Figoni and Falaschi body work, original owner was a Follie Bergere dancer who wed a Maharajah

Unusual French parcel delivery vehicle

Very sensible design!
Found on http://www.roadtransport.com

1939 Matford, joint venture between French maker Mathis and Ford (i'd never heard of it before yesterday!)

The Matfords were a joint venture between French maker Mathis and Ford. They came with either V-8/60 or V-8/85 power.

Thanks to Chris for the link to this photo! : http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4107859301_0218eec28c_o.jpg

Frank in the Netherlands needed help identifying this car, what make model and year? Chrisoncars.com knew immediately what it was! Power of the WWW!!

It has a unique hood ornament that isn't in the Hood Ornament ID Guide http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/hood-ornament-identifiaction-guide.html

Chris http://chrisoncars.com/ knew exactly what this was

Hi Jesse,
The mystery car on your blog is a ’39 Matford. The Matfords were a joint venture between French maker Mathis and Ford. They came with either V-8/60 or V-8/85 power. I think this one would’ve been a 60 car. There are photos of other Mathis cars that have a more ornate grille. Those probably got the 85s. How I know this shit, I have no idea.
Regards,
Chris

‘39
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2786/4107859301_0218eec28c_o.jpg
http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/ma/43camatfordLuftwaffebeiKrosnoinPolen_Baydeww2.jpg

’38 was very similar
http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/ma/matfordli_Baydeww2.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4565088824_41b3988392_o.jpg
http://imcdb.org/vehicle_224302-Matford-V8-13CV-F82A-1938.html

Here’s a shot of the ’37 ornament:
http://www.autogallery.org.ru/k/ma/37matford_Bay.jpg

1899 Peugeot De Dion Bouton was at the Encinitas 3rd Thursday of the month cruise

Emile Claveau, a designer of innovative cars..

this is the 1932

this is the 1956.

For a short bio, and full story: http://www.tbauto.org/claveau/ from the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum in Pinellas Park, Florida website.

For a online gallery of the vehicles at the Tampa Bay Auto Museum: http://flickr.com/photos/forwardlookguy/sets/72157601481866394/

I stumbled across this from http://www.kitfoster.com/archive/2007_04_01_archive.html

Alain Cerf is a man with a mission. Designer of packaging equipment made by his company Polypack, Inc., in Pinellas Park, Florida, he is understandably interested in innovative machinery. As a collector of automobiles he favors those with distinctive engineering: front-wheel drive, rear engines, unusual engines and suspensions. A native of France, he has a particular fascination with his countryman Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.
Alain has ensconced his collection of cars at his Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, an eclectic assembly of engineering masterpieces. Not surprisingly, many of them are French, including the groundbreaking Citroën 2CV, a Peugeot Darl'Mat, Voisin C7, Amilcar Compound and the last car of Emile Claveau.