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Van den Plas
Carrosserie Van den Plas S. A. was a coachbuilder in Brussels and Antwerp Belgium. Its business operated from 1870 until 1949 under the names V.D.P., Van den Plas and Carrrosserie Van den Plas. It also operated in France under the name Willy van den Plas between 1924 and 1934.

Wheelwrights
The business belonging to Carrosserie Van den Plas began in Brussels in 1870 as V.D.P. wheelwrights. Then the manufacture of axles for horse-drawn vehicles was added and, from 1902, horse-drawn carriages. It was founded by Guillaume van den Plas, a blacksmith, and his three sons, Antoine, Henri and Willy who later set up a branch in Paris. In 1884 they moved from Brussels to Antwerp. With increased business they opened a branch in Brussels again in 1890. By 1900, they worked with De Dion Bouton, Berlier, Germain, Packard. By 1908 Carrosserie Van den Plas had a workforce of 400 men producing 300 special bodies a year and this soon increased to over 750. The Belgian business ceased production in 1934 and its French branch with it.

Coachwork
V.D.P. Rue Saint-Michel 32, Bruxelles 1000 Van den Plas Carrrosserie Van den Plas

La carrosserie Van den Plas, rue (du Collège) Saint-Michel Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (fancy suburb)

Locations
Brussels Antwerp France

London
The coachbuilder's name first appeared in the United Kingdom in 1906 when Métallurgique cars were imported with Carrosserie Van den Plas coachwork. The first Vanden Plas company in England was established by Warwick Wright (now Peugeot dealers) in 1913, building bodies under license from Carrosserie Van den Plas Belgium.