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The image features a Delahaye 135, a classic French luxury and racing car.
Model History:
The Delahaye 135, also known as the "Coupe des Alpes" after its success in the Alpine Rally, was first introduced in 1935. A modified version, the 135M, was released a year later with a more powerful engine.
Racing Success:
The Type 135 gained significant fame for its achievements in motorsports, including winning the Monte Carlo Rally in 1937 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1938.
Design and Features:
The 135 was available in various body styles, including open and closed versions, and also as a rolling chassis for custom coachbuilders. Notable features on some models included patented designs by Figoni & Falaschi, such as the front fender design, ultralight tubular seats, disappearing soft tops, and windscreens that could recede into the body.
Post-War Challenges:
Despite its pre-war success, Delahaye faced financial difficulties after World War II due to a heavy French government tax on large displacement engines and the high costs associated with custom coachwork.
Legacy:
The Delahaye 135 remains a significant example of post-war French luxury and automotive design, often featured in concours d'elegance and vintage touring events.
21 ème Rallye Automobile International du Pays de Fougères
Beuvron en Auge , Le pays d'Auge , Calvados 14 , Normandie , France
1949 Simca 8 cabriolet / 1966 Ford Mustang cabriolet
I've some other photographs of this attractive convertible, but all of them with soft top. Here it is covered with a hard top.
Designed by Pininfarina.
1288cc,
900 kgs.
New Dutch license number: Aug. 17, 2001.
Peugeot 304 Cabriolet production: 1970-1975.
Amsterdam-C., Dijksgracht, May 18, 2014.
Oh, this car is white all right.
White paint, a white ragtop, white hubcaps . . . must be the California look! :-) And to think, this car has Pennsylvania plates.
This is a 1990 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet - marketed as just the Cabriolet in North America - featuring a 1.8-liter inline four with just 94 horses. It remained popular after the Mark 1 Golf/Rabbit on which it was based was replaced by the second-generation Golf, and given the success of the Mark 2, I think it was a mistake for VW not to make a convertible based on that car. Fiat and Talbot had introduced new compact convertibles in Europe in the early eighties, and Ford soon followed up with a European Escort convertible (which, sadly, was never offered in North America). Automotive journalists expected Volkswagen to respond with a Mark 2 Golf convertible, but that never happened.
Oh, well, the old Golf convertible still sold well, As usual, the majority of American customers were women.
Taken with my flip phone.
Zó... die staat!
Amsterdam
Datum eerste toelating 28-4-1993
Datum eerste registratie Nederland 24-11-2001
Datum laatste tenaamstelling 12-3-2010
A Bugatti Type 57S Corsica Cabriolet at the Techno Classica Essen.
© Dennis Matthies
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A Citroën 2CV Hoffmann Cabriolet at the Nordenhamer Oldtimer-Tage.
© Dennis Matthies
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I'm not sure that the big plastic bumpers do the old Mk1 shape any favours.
Sadly I haven't been able to get a photo of any Mk1 hatchbacks yet. I did catch sight of one yesterday outside a garage, but wasn't able to stop.
Jean-Albert Grégoire, polytechnicien et docteur en droit, créa Tracta en 1927, pour exploiter son brevet de joint homocinétique.
Au printemps 1955 il débute l'élaboration d'un prototype de voiture de sport dans les locaux de Tracta à Asnières.
Il envisage, après des essais concluants, de la présenter en mars 1956 à Genève, mais finalement, sa présentation est avancée de deux mois, et eut lieu le 15 janvier de la même année à Dearborn (siège historique de Ford-USA) à l'International Sport Car Show. En effet, lancer sa voiture en première mondiale aux States, grand débouché commercial potentiel fut une opportunité à ne pas manquer, que l'ingénieur s'empressa de saisir. Malheureusement, le 25 décembre, le prototype est accidenté sur l'Autoroute de l'Ouest... tout semblait compromis mais grâce à un travail acharné, le prototype fut réparé et bien présenté à Dearborn trois semaines plus tard.
La carrosserie du cabriolet Grégoire-Sport est l'oeuvre du carrossier Chapron. Dessinée par Carlo Delaisse, elle est caractérisée par un empattement fort court et un porte-à-faux très important ; en effet, le moteur, comme dans la Hotchkiss-Grégoire, occupe une position en porte-à-faux avant. De l'avant elle présente une grande calandre grillagée, rappelant quelque peu celle des Hotchkiss Monceau et Agay présentées au Salon de Paris 1954. C'est indéniablement une voiture élégante bien qu'elle manque d'ampleur. L'habitacle est tendu de cuir. Les roues fil sont des Robergel. La finition générale est impeccable comme toujours chez Chapron. La mécanique est celle de feue la berline Hotchkiss-Grégoire mais dopée par un compresseur Constantin à 125 ch. Pourtant, si elle connut un succès d'estime lors de l'exposition, on ne peut vraiment pas parler de succès commercial : la Grégoire-Sport souffre de ses techniques de fabrication artisanales et d'avant-garde (chassis et carcasse coulées, carrosserie formée à la main, compresseur Constantin hors de prix) mais aussi de ce qu'il n'existe aucun réseau d'après vente pour elle.
Caractéristiques techniques :
13 CV, 4 cylindres à plat, soupapes en tête, refroidi par eau, 2188 cc (90x86 mm), compression 6,9, puissance 125 ch à 4500 t/min avec un carburateur double-corps Solex de 35/40 et un compresseur Constantin.Traction avant, boîte 4 vitesses (1° non synchro).Freins hydrauliques avec disques à l'avant, tambours à l'arrière. Direction à crémaillère, volant à gauche. Roues AV/AR indépendantes, ressorts hélicoïdaux à flexibilité variable et stabilisateurs brevetés. Pneus : 185x400.Empattement : 240 cm. voies AV/AR : 144cm/.132 cm.L : 450 cm, l : 175 cm, hauteur à vide : 136 cm.Poids : 1150 kgVitesse : 175 à180 km/h.Prix affiché : 3.500.000 F (à titre indicatif, une 2CV A coûte alors 346.200 F...)
Ford 5.0L 225 HP OHV V-8 provided the power. which was transmitted by a standard 5-speed manual or automatic overdrive.
One of the very first lots of Matchbox I bought as a child and kept in mint and boxed condition was a blue Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet very much like this, sadly it was also one of the first I stupidly sold on Ebay many years ago! :-(
Thanks once again to my Fairy Diecast Angel Mikaela I know have one again in my collection. A few chips here and there on account of it being a charity shop rescue but that gleaming dark blue paint colour is still very much intact and instantly reminds me of why I bought one back in the late 1980's.
A great and inspiring model for Matchbox to make back then due to the popularity of the real vehicle in an era when FORD badged vehicles still had a lot of kudos in areas of the market it wouldn't now. Very well cast with ESCORT branding at the rear and clear lense lights up front.
PEUGEOT 205 Cabriolet
Ed ecco l'auto del Presidente LIVIO che non era in gara ma di transito per verificare se tutto funzionava bene.
La notizia che ha dell'incredibile che LIvio vuole vendere la Fiat 600 della moglie Paola , se fossi al suo posto prima di vendere la Fiat 600 piazzerei la Peugeot 205 una volta per tutte e mi prenderei un bel 2 Cv con capote !
Ps : Scherzo Livio , certo se avessi preso il Peugeot con un colore più vivo o un colore da rally mi piacerebbe di più !
Manifestazione organizzata dal G.A.S. Valli del Noce www.gasnoce.it/default.aspx
5 Edizione CACCIA Al Tesoro con Auto Storiche in Valle di Non Trentino
5 Edition Treasure hunt with Historical Cars in Valle di Non Trentino Italy
Forcella di Brez Tn
05.06.2011