PreWar Cars

Posted on Nov 10, 2018 in Antique | Comments Off on PreWar Cars

Every once in a while I find some great cars on eBay. This week, I found something more incredible than anything I have ever seen. It is calledPreWarCar, and it is a classified listing of some of the rarest, most astonishing cars ever made.

These are true automotive legends and icons, and reading through the pages is like a lesson in automotive history. The first section is for Concours cars, and here are some highlights: 1936 Delahaye Competition 135 Disappearing Top Convertible by Figoni et Falaschi, 1937 Horch 853 Stromlinien Coupe, 1922 Hispano Suiza H6C Coupe/Chauffeur Landaulete, and a 1919 Turcat-Mery PJ6 Torpedo Grand Sport by Million-Guiet. The latter car is only available to a French resident, and the car is only allowed outside of France for limited exhibitions. Photos are in order of mention, left to right.

Delahaye & Horch

Hispano Suiza & Turcat – Mery

The Barn Finds include cars like a 1938 BMW 327 Cabriolet, a 1932 Panhard et Levassor x72 6CS RL Conduite Interieure 7 Passenger, a 1931 Packard 8-33 Dual Cowl Phaeton dubbed the “birthday Packard”, and a 1937 Lancia Aprilia.

BMW & Panhard et Levassor

Packard & Lancia

The Veteran section includes a 1904 De Dion-Bouton Type Y open 2 seater, a 1895 Vincke, a 1904 Renault Type T rear entrance Tonneau, and a 1904 Star 7hp Tourer.

De Dion-Bouton & Vincke

Renault & Star

The Brass Era cars include a 1910 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Balloon car, a beautiful 1911 Simplex Model 50 Four Passenger Tourabout, a 1909 Renault Type BH 50hp Roi de Belges, and a 1914 Lozier Model 84 Meadowbrook Runabout.

Rolls Royce & Simplex

Renault & Lozier

The Vintage section is especially nice, with cars like a 1929 Stutz Series M Four Passenger Dual Cowl Speedster, a 1929 Cord L29 roadster, a 1927 Bugatti 37R/BC050, a 1929 Duesenberg Murphy J Convertible Coupe, a 1928 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Castaga Roadster, a 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I Brewster Ascot Phaeton, a 1927 Minerva AFS Roadster by D’ Leteren, a 1926 Voisin C7LTorpedo Sportive, a 1938 Delahaye 135 MS, and a 1928 Rolls Royce Springfield Phantom I Town Car.

Stutz & Cord

Bugatti & Duesenberg

Isotta Fraschini & Rolls Royce

Minerva & Voison

Delahaye & Rolls Royce

There is even a tab for post war cars, which brings to a section of the site that includes another 13 subsections. Here, there is another Concours section, which includes cars like a 1949 Delahaye 135 MS Coach Ghia Aigle, and a 1962 Facel Vega Facel II Coupe.

Delahaye & Facel Vega

The Project Car section includes a 1948 Delahaye 135 M with coachwork by Henri Chapron, a 1973 Monteverdi 375L coupe, and a 1949 Talbot Lago T26 Sedanca Deville by Saoutchik.

Monteverdi

Delahaye & Talbot Lago

The Post War section includes a wonderful collection of Delahayes, a 1946 Fiat 1100S Mille Miglia Berlinetta, a 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Sport, and a gaggle of Talbots.