Panhard Dyna X
The Panhard Dyna range started out as a design by Jean Albert Gregoire for the 1946 Paris Motor Show. This design was built of aluminium because of a steel shortage and was exhibited as the 'AFG Dyna' (Aluminium Francais Gregoire). Panhard bought the rights to the AFG Dyna as a way to survive in the postwar era since the French government was encouraging a contraction in French auto makers and Panhard would not be supported. Jean Panhard bought the design and developed this into the Panhard Dyna X in 1948. The 1948 X84 had a flat twin air-cooled engine of 610cc, resized to 745cc for the X85 and 851cc for the X87. The Dyna was also sold as a 4-door Decouvrable, 3-door Break or Commerciale, and also a 2-door Cabriolet. Sales of the Dyna X ended in 1954 after 47,000 had been sold. Panhard launched the replacement Dyna Z in 1953, putting it into production with an aluminium body in 1954.
aa Panhard Dyna X86 1950 badgep
aa Panhard Dyna X86 1950 badgep
Panhard Dyna X86 1950 - badge on rear bumper
aa Panhard Dyna X87 1952 badged
aa Panhard Dyna X87 1952 badged
Panhard Dyna X87 1952 - badge on bonnet. The name 'Dyna' referenced the outlandish pre-war Panhard Dynamique.
ab Panhard Dyna X86 1950 grille
ab Panhard Dyna X86 1950 grille
Panhard Dyna X86 1950 Engineer Jean Albert Grégoire designed a small FWD aluminium car in the 1940s. Jean Panhard bought the design and re-engineered it, including enlarging the flat twin from 350cc to 610cc for production and then 745cc for this Dyna X86.
ac Panhard Dyna X86 1950 head
ac Panhard Dyna X86 1950 head
Panhard Dyna X86 1950. Jean Panhard changed Jean Albert Gregoire's design for the AFG-Gregoire, and downsized its two circular grilles for the production model. In 1950 the grille was further simplified to this round centre.
Panhard Dyna X87 1952 front
Panhard Dyna X87 1952 front
Panhard Dyna X87 1952. Jean Panhard transformed Jean Albert Gregoire's original AFG design from a 2-door car to a 4-door car. The wing-mounted indicators were given late in 1950. The Dyna was also sold as a 4-door Decouvrable, 3-door Break or Commerciale, and also a 2-door Cabriolet.
Panhard Dyna X87 1952 rear
Panhard Dyna X87 1952 rear
Panhard Dyna X87 1952. Panhard's stylist Louis Bionier developed the Dyna X from the AFG original. It then Dyna evolved from 1948 acquiring more decoration each year which deemed it to be 'Baroque' and was nick-named 'Louis XV'. It only acquired paired rear lamps in 1950.
s Panhard Dyna X 86 1950 side
s Panhard Dyna X 86 1950 side
Panhard Dyna X86 1950. Engineer Jean Albert Grégoire designed the Dyna X for postwar France so that his Aluminium company (AFG) would manufacture the body. Jean Panhard simplified the design with a steel chassis to save costs, but its complexity made it more expensive to produce than the Renault 4CV. It was built on an 84-inch wheelbase
Panhard Dyna Junior 1953 front
Panhard Dyna Junior 1953 front
Panhard Dyna Junior 1953. Built on the Dyna X87 platform the 1953 Dyna Junior had a 851cc flat twin engine of 37 or 41 bhp.
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 front
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 front
Panhard Dyna XP 1951. The Dyna X became the basis of many specials. This one was built from aluminium aircraft tanks after the original body was heavily damaged
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 head
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 head
Panhard Dyna XP 1951. The minimalist styling of this special built from a crashed Panhard Dyna X didn't even include a windscreen for the driver when first constructed.
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 rear
Panhard Dyna XP 1951 rear
Panhard Dyna XP 1951. This special built on a Panhard Dyna X is known as the 'Ice Tray'
Panhard Dyna Z1 1956 front
Panhard Dyna Z1 1956 front
Panhard Dyna Z 1956. Panhard gave its Dyna X an 851cc flat twin air-cooled engine which was gradually uprated, achieving 50bhp for the 1958 Tigre model.
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