Collet was a one-off French sportscar project created by Michel Collet, a former industrial-design student whose father, René Collet, ran a coachbuilding business on the Rue de la Croix Nivert in Paris. Unable to afford a factory-built Alpine berlinette, Michel Collet decided to build his own equivalent, drawing inspiration from the Fournier Marcadier, the Lola GT, and the Ford GT40. Work began in 1964, with Collet building the tubular chassis…
