Delahaye 135 MS cabriolet Wallpaper
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Delahaye 135 MS cabriolet 1937 - wallpapers: When I first met one of these elegant automobiles in Paris, I embarrassed myself. I intended to compliment a fellow on his lovely car when I said in my college French, "C'est une belle Delahaye," pronouncing the name "della-hay." The fellow scowled in oh-so-French indignation and responded "Ceci, c'est une Delahaye!"--pronounced "del-uh-eye," that middle "uh" so subtle it almost eluded my American ears. At least I got the first part right: The car in question, like the car featured here today, was indeed belle, as in beautiful. Delahaye was one of a handful of classics that epitomized the Golden Age of automobiles built by the Grands Carrossiers of France. In more familiar terms, these were the cars of the rich and famous, in a decade when millions of people around the world stood in breadlines for food and wore out shoe soles in search of work. In the thirties, being rich was rare indeed. Yet those lucky few who were still wanted the best, and one of the best was Delahaye. By 1930, Delahaye was one of France's most venerable automobile companies. Its founder, Emile Delahaye, was born a generation before our Civil War began. By the time he was 35, he ran a ceramics manufacturing business in Tours. He rode the crest of the first wave of experimentation with steam and internal combustion engines, patenting his own gas engine in 1888. He displayed his first automobile at the very first Paris Motor Show, held in a corner of the 1894 Cycle Show. Two years later, at the age of 53, he piloted one of his own autos in the Paris-Marseilles road race; his car was the first to race on pneumatic tires (the two Delahayes finished 4th and 6th overall). When Delahaye's health began to fail, his customer and friend Georges Morane, together with Morane's brother-in-law, invested in the company, allowing a move to larger quarters in Paris. Delahaye retired to the Riviera in 1901, leaving the Morane family in charge. The Moranes in turn hire...
Delahaye 135 MS cabriolet 1937 - wallpapers: When I first met one of these elegant automobiles in Paris, I embarrassed myself. I intended to compliment a fellow on his lovely car when I said in my college French, "C'est une belle Delahaye," pronouncing the name "della-hay." The fellow scowled in oh-so-French indignation and responded "Ceci, c'est une Delahaye!"--pronounced "del-uh-eye," that middle "uh" so subtle it almost eluded my American ears. At least I got the first part right: The car in question, like the car featured here today, was indeed belle, as in beautiful. Delahaye was one of a handful of classics that epitomized the Golden Age of automobiles built by the Grands Carrossiers of France. In more familiar terms, these were the cars of the rich and famous, in a decade when millions of people around the world stood in breadlines for food and wore out shoe soles in search of work. In the thirties, being rich was rare indeed. Yet those lucky few who were still wanted the best, and one of the best was Delahaye. By 1930, Delahaye was one of France's most venerable automobile companies. Its founder, Emile Delahaye, was born a generation before our Civil War began. By the time he was 35, he ran a ceramics manufacturing business in Tours. He rode the crest of the first wave of experimentation with steam and internal combustion engines, patenting his own gas engine in 1888. He displayed his first automobile at the very first Paris Motor Show, held in a corner of the 1894 Cycle Show. Two years later, at the age of 53, he piloted one of his own autos in the Paris-Marseilles road race; his car was the first to race on pneumatic tires (the two Delahayes finished 4th and 6th overall). When Delahaye's health began to fail, his customer and friend Georges Morane, together with Morane's brother-in-law, invested in the company, allowing a move to larger quarters in Paris. Delahaye retired to the Riviera in 1901, leaving the Morane family in charge. The Moranes in turn hire...
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