I'd like to pay a little homage to a truly first-rate gentleman, a fellow I wish I could say I knew better, and unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the "Teardrop" Talbot-Lago he also owns, but with kudos to one of the most affable car guys I have ever encountered, here's probably the most striking photo you will ever see of the 1938 Dubonnet Xenia, owned by Peter Mullin. In the short conversation I had with Mr. Mullin, it became plain that we had the same variety of soft spot in our respective hearts for the "Teardrop" Talbot, oddly enough, "the blue one," (the were only six of these cars ever produced in 1937 and '38,) owned, as I recall, (and have recounted the tale,) by the Brooks Stevens Automotive Museum that was in Wisconsin when I was growing up. Here's to you Mr. Mullin, for the benefit of you, me, and everyone with the remotest ounce of automotive passion in them.
I like this...and truly, the classics don't get much classier than this Hispano-Suiza (and yes, for those of you who picked up on the etymology of the carmaker's name, it was indeed a Spanish-Swiss hybrid enterprise.)Love it.
This is what is referred to as a "Skiff" body, for obvious reasons...still perhaps not my absolute favorite, but pretty sharp for an early Rolls.
And, for the benefit of a friend, THIS is a 1929 "Northport" body Duesenberg, sometimes referred to as a "Dory" body, because the vast majority of it is made of wood. Actually all of the above (except the Xenia,) are made chiefly of wood. If you think it was just an American thing, well, you're wrong.
I'd like to pay a little homage to a truly first-rate gentleman, a fellow I wish I could say I knew better, and unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the "Teardrop" Talbot-Lago he also owns, but with kudos to one of the most affable car guys I have ever encountered, here's probably the most striking photo you will ever see of the 1938 Dubonnet Xenia, owned by Peter Mullin. In the short conversation I had with Mr. Mullin, it became plain that we had the same variety of soft spot in our respective hearts for the "Teardrop" Talbot, oddly enough, "the blue one," (the were only six of these cars ever produced in 1937 and '38,) owned, as I recall, (and have recounted the tale,) by the Brooks Stevens Automotive Museum that was in Wisconsin when I was growing up. Here's to you Mr. Mullin, for the benefit of you, me, and everyone with the remotest ounce of automotive passion in them.
I like this...and truly, the classics don't get much classier than this Hispano-Suiza (and yes, for those of you who picked up on the etymology of the carmaker's name, it was indeed a Spanish-Swiss hybrid enterprise.)Love it.
This is what is referred to as a "Skiff" body, for obvious reasons...still perhaps not my absolute favorite, but pretty sharp for an early Rolls.
And, for the benefit of a friend, THIS is a 1929 "Northport" body Duesenberg, sometimes referred to as a "Dory" body, because the vast majority of it is made of wood. Actually all of the above (except the Xenia,) are made chiefly of wood. If you think it was just an American thing, well, you're wrong.
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