I don't know a huge amount about this car, only its name and from when it dates.
So 1 point for its name and date of build, and another for whoever can tell me (and prove!) who built it:
Up to the Experts...
:popcorn:
Delahaye 135 MS, 1952 ( but I am not absolutely certain for the year ). The coachbuilder is Faget-Varnet, but the body comes from a Ford Comète - so Faget-Varnet put the body on Delahaye chassis but the maker of the body is Facel, who bodied the Comète. For a prove, cfr the book Delahaye : la belle carrosserie française by Jean-Paul Tissot. I have seen myself this car at Rétromobile 2005.
Quote from: franck.kegelart on May 23, 2011, 07:53:00 AM
Delahaye 135 MS, 1952 ( but I am not absolutely certain for the year ). The coachbuilder is Faget-Varnet, but the body comes from a Ford Comète - so Faget-Varnet put the body on Delahaye chassis but the maker of the body is Facel, who bodied the Comète. For a prove, cfr the book Delahaye : la belle carrosserie française by Jean-Paul Tissot. I have seen myself this car at Rétromobile 2005.
Thank you for that comprehensive information franck! More than I knew...
chassis # 688127 / 801029 from 1953
Sporty elegance...
Please identify this car for one point
Ford Comète was here?
Partly yes
Something with FACEL body?
Not Facel body...
Well, let's take the long way )
French chassis of a french brand?
Yes
SIMCA?
No
Salmson 2300?
No
Prewar chassis rebodied?
No
Talbot Lago?
No
One of last Delahayes?
Yes
Faget-Varnet?
UPD. ~1953 Delahaye 135 MS CL Spéciale Faget-Varnet Coupe/Coach. Chassis #688127.
You earned your next point, whenever I have another chassis number of the base car: 1949 Delahaye 135 MS chassis (801029)
Further investigations gave me 1953 body on 1949 chassis No.688127 with engine No.801029, but no any photo of factory shield with numbers.
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