Delahaye 135MS Vedette: Continued work on the back
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Delahaye 135MS Vedette : the rear wings are fixed
Mathieu Bois is making good progress in the restoration of the bodywork. It’s not easy to show on the pictures but the plan is respected.The Vedette will be back at JWA Classic on July 2nd for the rest of the… Read More »Delahaye 135MS Vedette : the rear wings are fixed
Exceptional barn find
Stored near Paris in a basement garage.The car has not been moved since 1965. The car is a Delahaye 135M bodied by Henri Chapron.She was exhibited as a prototype at the Paris Motor Show in October 1948.She will be sold… Read More »Exceptional barn find
Delahaye 135M Cabriolet Grand Luxe – Chapron – The steering wheel is back.
The steering wheel (leather coverded) of the Delahaye is back. It has been installed and adjusted. The dashboard has received its leather covering. The fuel hoses had been changed. Soon, when the weather allows it, a video on the road.
Upgrading the fuel hoses
About two years ago, we had a hose problem on the Delage. A hose that was sold to us as a high quality hose started leaking in two places. So we decided to change the hoses on all our vehicles… Read More »Upgrading the fuel hoses
The dashboard is installed
The re-varnishing operation was a success.As well for the dashboard as for the wooden parts of the doors. Unfortunately, we are still waiting for the steering wheel.We have to wait.
Missing !
During the 80’s, the car was stored in a barn in the countryside, far from Paris. The barn was not especially protected against theft.The thieves were certainly aware that an exceptional car was in this barn, unattended.And so, what had… Read More »Missing !
1962 – Hubert S. buys the car
Purchased at the Paris Salon in 1947, the car will change hands in 1955.Hubert S. will buy her, on the advice of the Chapron company in 1962. He will sell it only in 2017, 55 years later.Hubert lives in Versailles,… Read More »1962 – Hubert S. buys the car
The Vedette model
It is difficult to say how many Delahaye 135 were bodied by Chapron with a Vedette body.By searching the documentation available in the specialized press and on the internet, one can think that there were seven.But the photos of all… Read More »The Vedette model
The Vedette at the Salon de Paris
It is on April 6, 1947 that the Delahaye factories delivers to the coachbuilder Chapron the chassis 800.486.The choice for the bodywork will be a 2-seater convertible with disappearing top named “Vedette”.It will be presented at the Paris Salon in… Read More »The Vedette at the Salon de Paris
