Buchet

France, 1911 – 1929

(1) Société Buchet, Levallois-Perret, Seine, 1911 – 1918

(2) Gaston Sailly, Moteurs et Automobiles Buchet, Billancourt, Seine, 1919 – 1929

In the first decade of the present century, Buchet were active competitors of De Dion and Aster, supplying proprietary engines to numerous motor cycle and car makers. Reyrol was among the latter. Though the Buchet productions included a monstrous 4.250cc racing tricycle in 1902 and a V8 aero-engine as early as 1906, Buchet did not offer a complete 4-wheeler (a taxi) until 1910 and their first private Buchet car for sale did not follow until a year later. The 12/20hp Buchet was a conventional sv monobloc 4-cylinder of 2.2-litre capacity with pump-and-trough lubrication, magneto ignition, 3-speed gearbox and bevel drive, selling in England for £275 complete. This was followed by an equally ordinary Buchet 6CV of 1100cc, sold as the Ascot in England which had grown up by 1920 into a 1½-litre car with a 4-speed gearbox, full electrics and wire wheels. The first post-war Buchet models for sale retained the pedal-operated transmission brake. With 1551cc engine and modernized braking arrangements it could be bought in England for £420 in 1922 and by 1924 Buchet versions were being sold with ohv and front-wheel brakes. The smaller Buchet 6CV had acquired the typically French arrangement of front-wheel and transmission brakes by 1926, and the two 4-cylinder types survived until the end of production. They were joined in 1928 by an unremarkable Buchet sv 1.7-litre 6-cylinder with magneto ignition and a 4-speed gearbox, for which 40bhp was claimed.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; MCS

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