|
John Ford - Ford Publishing 5/05/03 johnford@2fords.net |
1937 Delahaye Cabriolet.
Emile Delahaye was born in Tours,
France in 1843. In 1888, he designed an internal combustion engine
for the shipping industry and made his first car in 1894. With
a view to promote the name Delahaye , Emile Delahaye decided to
enter famous motor races like Paris-Marseilles in 1896, with he
himself behind the wheel of Delahaye cars. The quality and results
of his cars convinced numerous and often prestigious customers,
and in 1897, Emile Delahaye realised that his firm was not big
enough to meet the demand of customers. His poor health also encouraged
him to look for a solution. Emile Delahaye joined with Léon
Desmarais and Georges Morane, but he gave up a short time after,
to retire to the French Riviera, where he died in 1905. After
the Second World War and in a context particularly hard for luxury
cars, the firm managed to survive through various changes to produce
it's last automobile in 1955.
These
pages designed and maintained by johnford@2fords.net
Web pages as little as $25.00 - Hosting as
little as $7.50mo. Paying more somewhere
else? Why? Email me now!