1911 Delaunay Belleville Now Part Of Titanic Exhibit At The The Volo Museum

[Trulyvintage]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim

Edited February 5 by Trulyvintage
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[Craig Gillingham]

I believe it's this car, a 1911 Delaunay Belleville HB6.

 

 

[Terry Bond]

Correct. Car is well known. Think this photo was on Facebook recently where it was correctly identified. The radiator, cowl, etc are distinctive.

Terry

[Trulyvintage]

Yes

 

That is the car

that appears to 

have been sold

at auction in Germany 

in April of this year.

 

It is in the states.

 

I am waiting on

verification of 

height & length

to see if it will 

fit in my trailer.

 

 

Jim

[TAKerry]

A beautiful and stately automobile for sure.

[Walt G]

So happy the car is here in the states, means the possibility of seeing it in person are that much greater. They are magnificent cars. They were never really imported in quantity to the states , never had a strong selling agent like many European cars did especially in the NY, Philadelphia and Boston areas. The importation of European and English cars into the USA prior to WWI is a whole story never really told in depth  so readers could see where they were sold by location which influenced sales . SO many factors had to take place ( ease of qualified repair, who would repair, parts availability, how long it would take a car to arrive once paid for etc etc plus import tax) .  Yes, there were even special auto shows that featured only ( nearly) European cars , all in the era a few years after WWI.  Yes, I have information on that and even an original program of one of those import cars only shows.

[Trulyvintage]

Walt

 

I can’t share where this is

headed to until it is delivered

but it will be on public display.

 

 

Jim

[Trulyvintage]

My friend Greg Grams

sent me these images yesterday.

 

I could not transport this.

It was too tall for my

enclosed trailer.

 

You can see it in The Titanic Exhibit.

 

Just another one of more than

(40) permanent exhibits

(most of which were created

and designed by Mr. Greg Grams).

 

 

Jim