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 called PreWarCar, 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.

Alfa Romeo

The remaining sections include cars like the 1954 Dodge Firearrow III Concept Car, a 1952 Chrysler D’Elegance concept, rare Lamborghinis and Ferraris, Bugatti, Panhard, Talbot, Delahaye,  and even a 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder.

Dodge                                                                                        Chrysler

Ferrari

Needless to say, this site is overwhelming.  The fact that you could even find a “project” Monteverdi, or a “barn find” Bugatti is unbelievable.  Even more astounding is the fact that many of them are reasonably priced, within the realm of mortals.  Check out the site, and if you run across any makes that are new to you, feel free to drop me a note.

1926 Graham Paige

Article courtesy of Chris Raymond

Photos courtesy of PreWarCar