Epic 30s and 40s coachwork
Discussion
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
Not sure if I like this the way I like the patina old skool cars:
http://www.delahayeusa.com/delahaye-pacific.php
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.
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.
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
http://www.delahayeusa.com/delahaye-bugnotti.php
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.
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.
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