Salon Privé 2015: Pre War Luxury and Touring - GTspirit
The first car was the 1902 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Two-seater Runabout. The earliest car on display at this year’s Salon Privé, the Oldsmobile is an interesting contrast to the cars of today. 2,500 were built during 1902 with a total production run of somewhere close to 19,000. The Oldsmobile features a flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine producing around 5 hp. It was intended as a two seater town car with two forward... The first of the Mullin Automotive cars is the 1934 Voisin Type C27 Roadster. French company Voisin started off producing aeroplanes before moving into the Automotive market in the 1920’s. Chassis 52001 is one of few coach built examples, produced by Joseph Figoni. Only two Voisin Type C27 Roadster were produced. Mullen acquired the car during a curious transaction with the previous owner, Jacques Buson who demanded a rare aircraft engine in exchange. Next up is the 1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Sedanca Coupé, Bentley had become insolvent by 1931 and was purchased by Rolls-Royce who attempted to turn business around. Following on from the first Rolls-Royce era Bentley, the 3 1/2 litre, the 4 1/2 litre proved very successful. Source: gtspirit.com
