An implementation of bodywork

Typically for twenties and thirties of the 20^th century, there was a big variety of implementation of car bodywork. It was a period of phaetons, cabriolets, landaulets, roadsters, tudors, coach and limousines. This fact was given by the character of the car production of that time, the structure of the purchasing clientele and its lifestyle.

Therefore, a car maker Wikov produced its vehicles in a rich variety of bodywork at that time which depicted and described in its company literature. In the contemporary nomenclature the cars were:

Phaeton was opened, four-door, four-seat or six-seat vehicle with simple cloth reclining roof and removable door frames with transparent filling instead of windows.

Wikov 70 phaeton

Roadster was opened, double-door, double-seat vehicle, with two standby seats at the back, equipped with a simple cloth reclining roof which had usually a hinged front window, removable door frames with transparent filling instead of windows and a boot in one part with its bodywork.

Wikov 35 roadster (in a conservative implementation of bodywork)

Roadster – aérable was closed, double-door, double-seat vehicle, with two standby seats at the back, equipped with a simple cloth reclining roof which had launching door windows and a boot in one part with its bodywork.

Wikov 35 roadster aerable

Cabriolet was closed, four-seat vehicle with wide two doors and two launching side windows, equipped with a reclining roof and with an outside accessible boot, separated or as one part with bodywork.

Landaulet was closed, four-door, four-seat vehicle with four side windows, two of them were front launching, equipped with a hinged rear roof and a boot with bodywork.

Faux – cabriolet was depicted and described in a company literature as “a four-door, four-seat vehicle with four windows, made of metal, with roof covered with imitation leather or cloth and with boot” (separated from the bodywork).

Wikov 7/28 in the version referred to in the period brochures as “Cabriolet for four people, four doors”, later as Faux-cabriolet”

Conduite intérieure (tudor) was closed, four-seat vehicle with wide two doors and four side windows, two of them were front launching, with firm roof and usually outside accessible boot, separated or as one part with bodywork.

Wikov 35 Conduite intérieure (tudor)

Coach (sedan) was closed, four-door, four-seat vehicle with four side windows, all launching, with firm roof and outside accessible boot, separated from bodywork.

Limousines was closed, four-door, from four up to six-seat vehicle with six side windows, four of them could be launching make to order or all of them launching, with firm roof, with an additional roof or with hinged luggage rack at the tail of the vehicle. A six-seat version was glass separating wall behind a driver.

Wikov 35 limousines (in a conservative implementation)

The best true English paint were used for bodywork of Wikov vehicles. They were applied to Wikov bodywork with spray gun. Customers could not only choose the implementation of the bodywork but also a colour for their vehicle from a wide range of colours.