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36997 messages, Last post on May 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM
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#35623 of 36997 Re: New> [stickguy] by andys120
Jan 24, 2013 (5:45 pm)
Replying to: stickguy (Jan 23, 2013 2:12 pm)
The maroon car w the big snout is a Perana Z1, the body is by Zagato, the motor by Chevrolet (LS6) and the chassis by Perana of South Africa. I guess I like it better than most of you. It reminds me of specials like the Bizzarinni Strada and the Gordon-Keeble.
- explorerx4 (Jan 24, 2013 6:04 pm)
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#35624 of 36997 Re: New> [andys120] by explorerx4
Jan 24, 2013 (6:04 pm)
Replying to: andys120 (Jan 24, 2013 5:45 pm)
Gordon-Keeble. Like this one? #35625 of 36997 Re: Million dollar ride> [andys120] by grahampeters
Jan 24, 2013 (6:50 pm)
Replying to: andys120 (Jan 24, 2013 5:41 pm)
G'day That looks gorgeous. I think it is French post war from the lines, but not sure of coach-builder or underlying chassis.
The shadow just below the top of the screen, makes me think it might be a Sedanca De Ville rather than a coupe or sedan body. However they pretty much disappeared before the second world war, so suspect it is a coach-built vehicle
Cheers
Graham
- grahampeters (Jan 25, 2013 12:07 am)
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#35626 of 36997 Re: Million dollar ride> [grahampeters] by grahampeters
Jan 25, 2013 (12:07 am)
Replying to: grahampeters (Jan 24, 2013 6:50 pm)
G'day This has been niggling at me all afternoon. Sort of like a Chapron body, possibly on a Delahaye chassis. But I am not sure that is right.
There was also a gorgeous body on a Talbot Lago with approximately this shape to nose, but proportions look wrong.
Cheers
Graham
#35627 of 36997 Re: Million dollar ride> [andys120] by magnette
Jan 25, 2013 (5:48 am)
Replying to: andys120 (Jan 24, 2013 5:41 pm)
This is a Delahaye - probably a 235 - and the body looks really swoopy and curvy, so is the coachbuilder Sauchock (? spelling)?
- andys120 (Jan 25, 2013 7:33 am)
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#35628 of 36997 Re: Million dollar ride> [magnette] by andys120
Jan 25, 2013 (7:33 am)
Replying to: magnette (Jan 25, 2013 5:48 am)
You guys are on the ball, it is indeed a 1949 Delahaye 175 with a Sedan DeVille body by Saoutchik. Saoutchik was probably the most flamboyant of the French coachbuilders that dominated auto styling during the 30s and 40s. Changes in French tax laws killed their business in the 50s and the Italians took over.
The pictured car went for $1.8 million
Barret-Jackson last week.
#35629 of 36997 ??? by lemko
Jan 25, 2013 (7:38 am)
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#35631 of 36997 Re: ??? [lemko] by michaell
Jan 25, 2013 (7:46 am)
Replying to: lemko (Jan 25, 2013 7:38 am)
Vauxhall Corsa (?) - 80's vintage.
- lemko (Jan 25, 2013 8:21 am)
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#35632 of 36997 Re: ??? [michaell] by lemko
Jan 25, 2013 (8:21 am)
Replying to: michaell (Jan 25, 2013 7:46 am)
Right make. Wrong model.
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