Early twentieth century car connoisseur David Scott-Moncrieff once opined: “One drives an Alfa, one is driven in a Rolls, and one buys the girlfriend a Delage.” His remark reflects the era in which the Delage D8-120 was introduced—when there was a tantalizing sexiness to luxury cars that made them seem almost illicit. Indeed, the Delage ...

The Car of Tomorrow The future looked brighter after this French beauty’s debut at “The World of Tomorrow,” 1939 New York World’s Fair. No one guessed that the car of tomorrow was running on empty. After the racing success of its Type 145, Delahaye’s production version, the Type 165, was chosen to represent France at

California car dealer Skip Berg later discovered the Type 54’s O. Uhlík roadster body and placed it on a Type 54 assembled by Uwe Hucke. The Bugatti Owners Club gave the resulting car a new designation: Chassis BC-70. It is now owned by the Mullin Automotive Museum.

This car began life as a Type 43 race car largely based on Ettore Bugatti’s masterpiece, the Type 35 Grand Prix. In 1927 Type 43s with supercharged engines were among the first supercharged models to be offered to amateur drivers. The combination of the light chassis’ short length, narrow wheelbase, and supercharged engine made it suitable for

The Mullin Type 45CR is the first chassis produced in the second “89” series. Construction began in April 1911 at the French Hispano-Suiza branch in Paris. Albert Roulinat of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne ordered the car new on September 4, 1911. An avid sportsman, Roulinat participated in several competitions and rallies before he was forced to ...

A Car with a Soul According to Peter Mullin, the Wanderer will never be restored. Its story is preserved in its seats, its headliner, and its fellow cars from the Schlumpf Reserve Collection. The Auto Union Wanderer came to the Mullin Automotive Museum as part of the Schlumpf Reserve Collection— a group of 62 unrestored cars previously

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Mullin Automotive Park at Enstone Airfield is designed as a collection of buildings forming a crescent within a parkland site. The museum, close to Chipping Norton and the Soho Farmhouse members club, will look at the past and the future of motoring.

Peter Mullin purchased the car in 1987 and sent it to England for restoration by Crosthwaite and Gardiner, where the engine was rebuilt and the original racing body re-created. In 2006 Jim Stranberg of High Mountain Classics reviewed the drawings for the Type 145, 155, and 165 engines and determined that Chassis 48771’s engine was the original

A â•œNiceâ•š Blue Car For those interested in restoration, the Delahaye 135 MS in the Mullin Collection is a road map for experts and enthusiasts who want to know what a truly original Type 135 MS looks like. This vehicle, Chassis 800727, is a remarkable, near-original example of Delahaye’s Type 135 MS chassis and