1949 Delahaye 178 Cabriolet Chapron

1949 Delahaye 178 Cabriolet Chapron in Le tombeur, Movie, 1958

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

00:47:28 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
s13a ◊ 2021-10-27 21:14	Distinctive Chapron style, but less sure about the model (135, 175 or maybe even the longer wheelbase 178?). I can´t find this specific example with these longer wings ( which go all the way to the middle of the doors , see 1st thumb ) on coachbuild forum or elsewhere. I did find this page from some sort of magazine (?) showing 1949 (or at least it says that) Delahaye by Chapron with what looks like the same details to me, but no model name is given : Link to "hprints.com" -- Last edit: 2021-10-27 21:15:23
andrepa ◊ 2021-10-28 00:43	shares the face with 178 indeed, here a ~ 1950 sedan 1949 175 S wb 295cm here a similar 1953 178 wb 315cm
andrepa ◊ 2021-10-28 01:04	178 by perspective ratio comparisation 178 A/B ~ 50/50 175 A/B ~ 0,72 error in measurement cause wrong angle but precise enough to decide
Gongora ◊ 2021-10-30 22:41	an amazing research work andrepa