This craft Barquette called ''Merlin Spécial'' was designed during the advent of the fashion for Italian Barquettes such as the Lancia D24. It was made on the basis of a completely rebuilt Peugeot 402 roadster and a prepared 203 engine.
After independence in 1962, it was shipped to the south of France where renovation work was then undertaken which could not continue due to the death of the restorer. It will be recovered by a person whose identity is unknown, and the vehicle will disappear from radar.
We will find his trace later in the United States of America.
