1951 Delahaye Roadster

Here's the last of my featured cars from the Mullin Collection, which leans towards the Coachcraft factory custom side of things... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

 

that is a beautiful car.

 

Very cl***y car, but the louvers are hotrod!

 

Love those cars..great lines.

 

Brain Chill!

 

Beautiful car. Needs 2 inches out of the top and a carson top!!--

 

I love the old delahayes.. Back when i was in school i participated in a design compe***ion and used the delahaye brand as my starting point. Years later it showed up on a hemmings blog..

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/02/07/new-delahaye/

 

ive lost contact with the guy but mark evertt or saltflatrat from west tenn is building a bonneville car using a 1937 delahaye v12 for the mill.

if anyone is familar with this gentalman please pm me.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/member.php?u=42603

here are acouple pictures of the motor, the car it came from and the car its going into






last here is one fully dressed

 

How about a 1949 Delahaye?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299831/Diana-Dors-convertible-sale.html

 

Hot damn! What a pretty car! That thing is like a physical incarnation of the ideal we know by the word style.

 

That thing is like a piece of elaborate jewelry. Imagine the time that must have gone into engine turning all of those covers.

 

I'll bet it look much better with the top down. That little bubble top doesn't flow with the body at all. Shurly an after thought.

 

Delahayes are pure ***

 

and style...and cl***y...
Check out the ones at Blackhawk Museum if you ever get a chance.

 

Here is Boyd Coddington's take on the Delahaye: