The Sweep of Wheeled Art Deco
The Peak of aerodynamic Art Deco/wind tunnel gorgeousness the 1937 Talbot Lago C-SS clothed outrageously in this sweeping aluminum gown, set on a full Grand Prix Chassis!. In 1938 one of the 16 Figoni T150 super cars was purchased off the showroom floor, driven to LeMans and raced!!!! completing the full 24 hours and finishing........drum roll.......3rd over all!! Try that with anything today. This is one of only 2 produced with the enclosed fenders, and the only one remaining in original coachwork.
It debuted at the New York Auto Show, as the first American appearance, of the 'teardrop' shape, and is known as the Coupe' Amerique
Original, All-Alloy Modéle New York Coachwork with Fully Enclosed Front Fenders
Winner of the Prix d’Excellence at the 1938 Concours d’Elegance Fémina in Paris
Giuseppe (Figoni), an Italian emigrant – who changed his name to Joseph after he settled in France – had entered into partnership with another Italian, Ovidio Falaschi, in 1935. Their Delahaye 135MS roadster built for the Paris Salon of October 1936, was based on a drawing by automobile artiste Geo Ham born George Hamel in 1900; he had acquired early fame as an artist by drawing catalog illustrations for a small airplane builder and, subsequently, many action-filled scenes from Paris' Montlhéry automobile race track. The F&F Delahaye Type 135M brought the pair early renown. Norte that there had been some legal wrangling about the rights to the design until it was agreed – following a court case won by Ham – that all 11 cars, including the Paris Salon show car, would carry two body plates: that of F&F and that of Geo Ham.
The Sweep of Wheeled Art Deco
The Peak of aerodynamic Art Deco/wind tunnel gorgeousness the 1937 Talbot Lago C-SS clothed outrageously in this sweeping aluminum gown, set on a full Grand Prix Chassis!. In 1938 one of the 16 Figoni T150 super cars was purchased off the showroom floor, driven to LeMans and raced!!!! completing the full 24 hours and finishing........drum roll.......3rd over all!! Try that with anything today. This is one of only 2 produced with the enclosed fenders, and the only one remaining in original coachwork.
It debuted at the New York Auto Show, as the first American appearance, of the 'teardrop' shape, and is known as the Coupe' Amerique
Original, All-Alloy Modéle New York Coachwork with Fully Enclosed Front Fenders
Winner of the Prix d’Excellence at the 1938 Concours d’Elegance Fémina in Paris
Giuseppe (Figoni), an Italian emigrant – who changed his name to Joseph after he settled in France – had entered into partnership with another Italian, Ovidio Falaschi, in 1935. Their Delahaye 135MS roadster built for the Paris Salon of October 1936, was based on a drawing by automobile artiste Geo Ham born George Hamel in 1900; he had acquired early fame as an artist by drawing catalog illustrations for a small airplane builder and, subsequently, many action-filled scenes from Paris' Montlhéry automobile race track. The F&F Delahaye Type 135M brought the pair early renown. Norte that there had been some legal wrangling about the rights to the design until it was agreed – following a court case won by Ham – that all 11 cars, including the Paris Salon show car, would carry two body plates: that of F&F and that of Geo Ham.