Author: Société des Automobiles Delahaye
Title: Société Des Automobiles Delahaye Catalogue 1937-1938 . First Edition
Description: Paris: Delahaye, 1937-. Original wraps. 12pp. 20.5 x 18cm. 1933 was a turning point in the make’s history. From that year on, the Morane family directed Delahaye towards the manufacturing of prestige cars and the participation in famous motor racing events, while maintaining the production of commercial vehicles and of fire fighting equipment. The takeover of the make Delage in 1935 made its contribution to this reorientation, which in the end was crowned with success...For 1937 Automobiles Delahaye offer three models... The smallest, 4-cylinder 134N has a new range of lower bodies but mechanically it remains unchanged compared to the previous year.. Launched last year the imposing, luxury type 148 is available as a spacious saloon or limousine built by Autobineau (with interiors by Letourner & Marchand) on an all-new, longer chassis. Weighting over 1.5 ton it received hydraulic brakes — first for Delahaye. The power unit is well proven in many competition events, a 6-cylinder 3.6-litre engine allowing top speed of 125 km/h. The 135, which was introduced in 1934, grew from a modest version of a saloon into a top-of-the-range sports car bodied by the most famous French coachbuliders and costing in excess of 50,000 francs. Its success is supported by many wins in various sport competitions. In the spring this model received a new bulging grille, which by the end of the year become widespread across the whole range... Throughout its history, from 1898 to 1954, the firm was directed by the Morane family : Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane first, then François Desmarais (Léon’s son) and Pierre Peigney (Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane’s nephew). But the make owes a great deal of its success to Amédée Varlet and Jean François, the designers of the successive Delahaye studies and models, and also to the untiring Charles Weiffenbach, the so-called “Monsieur Charles”, director of manufactures and in charge of competition department. .
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Title: Société Des Automobiles Delahaye Catalogue 1937-1938 . First Edition
Description: Paris: Delahaye, 1937-. Original wraps. 12pp. 20.5 x 18cm. 1933 was a turning point in the make’s history. From that year on, the Morane family directed Delahaye towards the manufacturing of prestige cars and the participation in famous motor racing events, while maintaining the production of commercial vehicles and of fire fighting equipment. The takeover of the make Delage in 1935 made its contribution to this reorientation, which in the end was crowned with success...For 1937 Automobiles Delahaye offer three models... The smallest, 4-cylinder 134N has a new range of lower bodies but mechanically it remains unchanged compared to the previous year.. Launched last year the imposing, luxury type 148 is available as a spacious saloon or limousine built by Autobineau (with interiors by Letourner & Marchand) on an all-new, longer chassis. Weighting over 1.5 ton it received hydraulic brakes — first for Delahaye. The power unit is well proven in many competition events, a 6-cylinder 3.6-litre engine allowing top speed of 125 km/h. The 135, which was introduced in 1934, grew from a modest version of a saloon into a top-of-the-range sports car bodied by the most famous French coachbuliders and costing in excess of 50,000 francs. Its success is supported by many wins in various sport competitions. In the spring this model received a new bulging grille, which by the end of the year become widespread across the whole range... Throughout its history, from 1898 to 1954, the firm was directed by the Morane family : Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane first, then François Desmarais (Léon’s son) and Pierre Peigney (Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane’s nephew). But the make owes a great deal of its success to Amédée Varlet and Jean François, the designers of the successive Delahaye studies and models, and also to the untiring Charles Weiffenbach, the so-called “Monsieur Charles”, director of manufactures and in charge of competition department. .
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- Book number: 51-5893
- Book number: 51-5893
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