{"id":8823,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8823"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T13:43:16","slug":"delahaye-135-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/delahaye-135-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Delahaye, 1939, 135 M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delahaye 135 M, Henri Chapron, 1939<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1879 the engineer Emile Delahaye took over a firm established in 1845 that produced machinery for the bricks industry. He named the company after him and converted it to the production of internal-combustion engines and in 1894<\/strong> he started making cars.
\nDelahaye remained active until 1954\u00a0and greatly represented, together with Bugatti, Hispano-Suiza, and Delage, the French \u201cgrandeur\u201d in motoring history.
\nThe 135 model,<\/strong> both in touring and racing versions, was perhaps the one that granted the highest international reputation to the French brand. The 135 model was dressed by the most \u201cflamboyant\u201d creations of the great French coachbuilders. On the car shown in the Museum, you can notice the building quality and\u00a0care which Henry Chapron<\/strong> put in the soft hood: it is possible to place\u00a0it in the \u201cmilord\u201d<\/strong> position, partially closed to protect just the rear passengers.
\nThis car is euqipped with a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox,<\/strong>\u00a0the ancestor of the modern automatic gearbox. It had 4-speed and 4 reverse gears!
\nIn 2008 the car was the protagonist of the movie \u201cWild Blood\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0where\u00a0Luca Zingaretti<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Monica Bellucci<\/strong>\u00a0drove the refined 1939 Delahaye 135. The movie was launched at the Cannes Festival of Cinema di Cannes in the same year by the film director Marco Tullio Giordana.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiordana reflects on the Italian population during the Fascist regime by talking about two characters who really existed. The human and artistic parable of Luisa Ferida<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Osvaldo Valenti<\/strong>, two famous actors of the Fascist cinema that joined the Republic of Sal\u00f2. The movie was nominated twice and won an award during the\u00a0Nastro d\u2019Argento<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0 2\u00a0David di Donatello\u00a0<\/strong>nomination.\u201d
\nSource\u00a0https:\/\/www.mymovies.it\/film\/2008\/sanguepazzo\/<\/em><\/p>\n

2004,\u00a0Shooting, Fasoli Gioielli.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2007, Shooting, Calze Levante.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2008, Wild Blood<\/a><\/strong>, with Monica Bellucci<\/strong> and Luca Zingaretti.
\n<\/strong>2012,\u00a0Shooting, Ruoteclassiche<\/a>.
\n<\/strong>2014, Concorso di Eleganza\u00a0\u201cStelle sul Liston<\/a>\u201c.
\n<\/strong><\/em>2014, Videoclip, Mod\u00e0<\/strong>,\u00a0La sua bellezza.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2016, Videoclip, Annalisa<\/strong>,\u00a0Il diluvio universale.<\/a>
\n<\/strong>2018\u00a0Mostra Passione Volante, Delahaye.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n