BOUVOT Paul

FRENCH ( 1922 - 2000 )

Paul BOUVOT born in Salins les Bains 1922-2000 was from childhood lulled by the sound of the motors that his father, car rental company in 1932 introduced him. He studied at the Lycée Hippolyte Fontaine in Dijon, the Terrot factory close to the location, irresistibly attracts. There Padovani meeting, CTO and experienced pilot, it entrusted him in 1938 a factory machine. The war interrupts this trajectory, it is in the Jura and works as a laborer to escape the STO. Resistance was organized in this country torn by line. The inevitable occurs Fink in 1943, he was captured and deported to Dachau. On his return, he became head of tractor manufacturer Labourier studies in Mouchard and fully built during two automobiles leisure, a berlinetta and a tray, it was found in 2002, restored and now runs in the Jura. Berlinetta missing since allowed him to meet an engineer of the Peugeot company gives it the task of structuring the design office. PAINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR Twenty years later, director of the service he had created (120 people) he could retire and devote himself to his art drawing, constantly and forever what he called his dream cars