Epic 30s and 40s coachwork

[dinkel]

IMO the most beautiful cars ever were produced in the 30s and 40s.

What do you think?


Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Viotti Coupé, 1932


Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo by Touring, 1938


Talbot-Lago T26 Figoni cabriolet 1948

... I could go on.

[robinessex]

Well, they're bloody well aren't now, that's for sure. I blame CAD myself. A modern take on an 'old' style. Bloody fantastic !!!

Edited by robinessex on Sunday 21st February 10:47

[dinkel]

Boyd Coddington Delahaye:




Not sure if I like this the way I like the patina old skool cars:

http://www.delahayeusa.com/delahaye-pacific.php

[PKLD]

I don't know what this is but it was my favourite from the Paris Motorshow in 2014...

[rohrl]

Bugatti Aerolithe

[rohrl]

1931 Saoutchik-bodied, Voisin-engined Bucciali TAV.

[shirt]

countr trossi merc ssk



silly to blame CAD. blame consumers. if people wanted art deco streamliners we would be driving them.

[robinessex]

shirt said:

countr trossi merc ssk



silly to blame CAD. blame consumers. if people wanted art deco streamliners we would be driving them.

Really. Chcken and egg. You can't buy what isn't made !!

[wolfracesonic]

rohrl said:

1931 Saoutchik-bodied, Voisin-engined Bucciali TAV.

That looks like it's been chopped by Aaron at Gas monkey. Pretty cool none the less.

[Bungleaio]

They had a bash at bringing this style back I'm with the Plymouth prowler. It's didn't do too well.

Personally I'm not a fan of this style.

[Ace-T]

I think you may be right Dink.

I had not seen this one before rohrl but is is utterly wonderful!

rohrl said:

1931 Saoutchik-bodied, Voisin-engined Bucciali TAV.

[judas]

shirt said:

silly to blame CAD. blame consumers. if people wanted art deco streamliners we would be driving them.

Unfortunately not, safety rules make this sort of design impossible these days

[drivin_me_nuts]

rohrl said:

1931 Saoutchik-bodied, Voisin-engined Bucciali TAV.

What a stunning thing - and quite probably the real life car of the Ant Hill mob.

[rohrl]

1931 Voisin C20 V12 Mylord Demi-Berline

[dinkel]

Saoutchik did some biblical stuff:


1949 Delahaye 175 S Roadster


1951 Talbot-Lago T-26 Grand Sport


Saoutchik Hispano-Suiza H6C Dubonnet Xenia Streamliner 1938

Another favorite coachbuilder are Figoni & Falaschi:


Delahaye 135 M Narval Cabriolet


1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet


T57 - never found back... Google: figoni falaschi bugatti < that stuff is NSFW!

Luverly stuff.

[rohrl]

This is the Chip Foose designed Delahaye Bugnotti, inspired by the 1930's designs of Auburn, Delahaye and Bugatti.



http://www.delahayeusa.com/delahaye-bugnotti.php

[galro]

[shirt]

robinessex said:

Really. Chcken and egg. You can't buy what isn't made !!

really. they invented these thing called capitalism and consumer forces

[galro]

Alfa-Romeo 6C-2300B-Pescara by Pinin Farina:







Alfa Romeo 6c-1750 by Figoni:

[Zad]

I do, but I'm not a fan of the overly-streamlined ones. I can imagine some PH duffer of the day saying "Hah, cars these days are all starting to look the same". I prefer the earlier part of the era.



Gorgeous, but not very epic though. In objective terms, you'd swear a 1930 Kahn had got his hands on this Bugatti Royale. The chopped roof, mega stretched body and huge alloy wheels knocked up by a bloke on his lathe. Except for the crucial point, that they actually knew what they were doing.



Back then, if you were bored with the elephant-balancing-on-a-ball atop your radiator, you could even get away with having an illuminated naked girl there. I can just imagine what Kahn's interpretation of that would be. I don't think her knees would be together.