Keeping the Rookie puzzles topped up again.....
For one point identify the make, model, year and coachbuilder.
This is a bit of a guess, Delage D6, 1939 with a Chapron body?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on April 25, 2012, 12:21:26 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.......
It's a French car?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on April 25, 2012, 01:13:35 AM
It's a French car?
The base car is French but the bodywork is not....
Is Hispano Suiza French? Looks like maybe a Van Vooren body?
Quote from: Avalanche on April 26, 2012, 01:29:40 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....
Is it a Talbot-Lago?
Was it an expensive car when new?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on April 30, 2012, 09:16:22 PM
Was it an expensive car when new?
I would imagine so - it's a coachbuilt car not a production line one.
ok, how about a Georges Irat? is the body English made?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on May 01, 2012, 04:57:02 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.
Salmson, 1937 or earlier?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on May 01, 2012, 07:28:43 PM
Salmson, 1937 or earlier?
More expensive than a Salmson (I believe) and you are a decade out with the year...
There can't be too many possible cars left, Hotchkiss 686?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on May 03, 2012, 06:59:52 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..... ;)
Delahaye? I haven't said that before because the hubcaps and radiator sides don't look right (to me).
Quote from: Craig Gillingham 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).
Yes it's a Delahaye!
I agree with your comments but perhaps the owner/coachbuilder was responsible for that?
Here's another view -
Hmm.. That isn't how I was picturing the front to look. Is the coachwork Swiss?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on May 04, 2012, 12:59:09 AM
Hmm.. That isn't how I was picturing the front to look. Is the coachwork Swiss?
Not Swiss but it is European
Experts?
Pennock?
It's a 1947 Delahaye by Vanden Plas...at least that's how I have it listed.
1947 Delahaye 135 bodied by Roos
Quote from: bentleybob on May 09, 2012, 06:28:46 AM
1947 Delahaye 135 bodied by Roos
Yes! and another one bites the dust...
A few more pics.., one being a period colour one..
Thanks for the extra photos Rob.