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Solved - MJW #908 - Delahaye 135 DHC by Roos 1947
« on: April 24, 2012, 06:17:10 AM »
Keeping the Rookie puzzles topped up again.....

For one point identify the make, model, year and coachbuilder.

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2012, 12:21:26 AM »
This is a bit of a guess, Delage D6, 1939 with a Chapron body?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2012, 12:50:59 AM »
This is a bit of a guess, Delage D6, 1939 with a Chapron body?
Good guess but I'm afraid it's not a Delage, nor built in 1939 and Chapron didn't build the body.......

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2012, 01:13:35 AM »
It's a French car?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2012, 05:00:54 AM »
It's a French car?
The base car is French but the bodywork is not....

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 01:29:40 PM »
Is Hispano Suiza French? Looks like maybe a Van Vooren body?
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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2012, 01:50:33 PM »
Is Hispano Suiza French? Looks like maybe a Van Vooren body?
Hispano-Suiza is French or Spanish but it's not that.
Coachwork is not Vanvooren (that's French) and not that either....

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2012, 12:02:10 AM »
Is it a Talbot-Lago?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2012, 01:13:35 AM »
Is it a Talbot-Lago?
Not that either.....

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 09:16:22 PM »
Was it an expensive car when new?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2012, 03:28:49 AM »
Was it an expensive car when new?
I would imagine so - it's a coachbuilt car not a production line one.

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2012, 04:57:02 AM »
ok, how about a Georges Irat? is the body English made?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2012, 08:33:12 AM »
ok, how about a Georges Irat? is the body English made?
Not a Georges Irat - you were closer with your previous replies.
The coachwork is not British.

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2012, 07:28:43 PM »
Salmson, 1937 or earlier?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2012, 02:16:37 AM »
Salmson, 1937 or earlier?
More expensive than a Salmson (I believe) and you are a decade out with the year...

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2012, 06:59:52 AM »
There can't be too many possible cars left, Hotchkiss 686?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2012, 07:17:45 AM »
There can't be too many possible cars left, Hotchkiss 686?
Hotchkiss - not that marque.
Not so many remaining but it is one of the best known..... ;)

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2012, 07:31:27 AM »
Delahaye? I haven't said that before because the hubcaps and radiator sides don't look right (to me).

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2012, 11:23:30 AM »
Delahaye? I haven't said that before because the hubcaps and radiator sides don't look right (to me).
Yes it's a Delahaye!
I agree with your comments but perhaps the owner/coachbuilder was responsible for that?

Here's another view -

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2012, 12:59:09 AM »
Hmm.. That isn't how I was picturing the front to look. Is the coachwork Swiss?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2012, 03:32:49 AM »
Hmm.. That isn't how I was picturing the front to look. Is the coachwork Swiss?
Not Swiss but it is European

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2012, 01:47:39 AM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2012, 02:49:39 AM »
Pennock?

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2012, 04:24:47 AM »

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Re: MJW #908
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2012, 04:52:34 AM »
It's a 1947 Delahaye by Vanden Plas...at least that's how I have it listed.