Solved - MJW #908 - Delahaye 135 DHC by Roos 1947

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woodinsight

April 24, 2012, 06:17:10 AM
Keeping the Rookie puzzles topped up again.....

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

Craig Gillingham

#1
April 25, 2012, 12:21:26 AM
This is a bit of a guess, Delage D6, 1939 with a Chapron body?

woodinsight

#2
April 25, 2012, 12:50:59 AM
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.......

Craig Gillingham

#3
April 25, 2012, 01:13:35 AM
It's a French car?

woodinsight

#4
April 25, 2012, 05:00:54 AM
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....

Avalanche

#5
April 26, 2012, 01:29:40 PM
Is Hispano Suiza French? Looks like maybe a Van Vooren body?
Dale

woodinsight

#6
April 26, 2012, 01:50:33 PM
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....

Craig Gillingham

#7
April 28, 2012, 12:02:10 AM
Is it a Talbot-Lago?

woodinsight

#8
April 28, 2012, 01:13:35 AM
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on April 28, 2012, 12:02:10 AM
Is it a Talbot-Lago?
Not that either.....

Craig Gillingham

#9
April 30, 2012, 09:16:22 PM
Was it an expensive car when new?

woodinsight

#10
May 01, 2012, 03:28:49 AM
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.

Craig Gillingham

#11
May 01, 2012, 04:57:02 AM
ok, how about a Georges Irat? is the body English made?

woodinsight

#12
May 01, 2012, 08:33:12 AM
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.

Craig Gillingham

#13
May 01, 2012, 07:28:43 PM
Salmson, 1937 or earlier?

woodinsight

#14
May 02, 2012, 02:16:37 AM
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...

Craig Gillingham

#15
May 03, 2012, 06:59:52 AM
There can't be too many possible cars left, Hotchkiss 686?

woodinsight

#16
May 03, 2012, 07:17:45 AM
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..... ;)

Craig Gillingham

#17
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).

woodinsight

#18
May 03, 2012, 11:23:30 AM
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 -

Craig Gillingham

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

woodinsight

#20
May 04, 2012, 03:32:49 AM
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

woodinsight

#21
May 09, 2012, 01:47:39 AM
Experts?

bentleybob

#22
May 09, 2012, 02:49:39 AM
Pennock?

woodinsight

#23
May 09, 2012, 04:24:47 AM

RayTheRat

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

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