Gardner-Serpollet

[2] In 1886 the brothers formed La Société des Moteurs Serpollet Frères in Montmartre.

[1] In 1896 Léon Serpollet patented the flash boiler, which made steam a much more practical source of power for an automobile.

[5] On July 22, 1894 four Serpollet vehicles competed in the Le Petit Journal Contest for Horseless Carriages from Paris to Rouen.

Besides being an inventor and manufacturer, Leon Serpollet became the first driver of a non-electrically powered car to hold the Land Speed Record.

His ovoid steam car Œuf de Pâques (Easter Egg) reached a speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) over the flying kilometre on the Promenade des Anglais at Nice, France on April 13, 1902, exceeding the 1899 record of Camille Jenatzy's La Jamais Contente.

Gardner-Serpollet (steam) 5HP Double phaeton from 1900
1901 Serpollet Vis-a-Vis Typ_D, 1901, Collection Schlumpf, Mulhouse , France
PTL Serpollet double phaeton c. 1902
Racing two-seater 1902
1903 Gardner-Serpollet now at Larz Anderson Auto Museum
Phaeton 1906
phaéton tulipée 1905
1905 phaéton tulipée
on the road
coupé-limousine 1905
body by Kellner