Showing posts with label Du Pont. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Du Pont. Show all posts

Thursday, April 07, 2022

Based on his World War I marine engine business, E. Paul duPont launched a motorcar division in 1919. The cars were assembled for an elite market from only the finest outsourced components.


E. Paul Du Pont, a member of the same well-known family that made a fortune producing paint and chemicals.

Based in Wilmington, Delaware, Du Pont Motors, Inc. was established during World War I to manufacture marine engines for use during the conflict. When the war ended and marine engines were no longer needed, the company shifted to automobile production. Their first car, the Model A, debuted in 1919 at the Commodore Hotel in New York, a venue that ensured the new automobile would be noticed by all of the right people.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

some photos I particularly like from this weekends Palos Verdes Concours


why these? I like hoof ornament chrome reflections accentuating the shape,

the grill having the race cars number painted in it



this big DuPont has grates in the running board for slush, snow, mud, dust, rocks... and all the other things you don't want to track onto your nice carpet



I like gauges... they are gadgety, highly precise, mechanical, and instrumental






Just do it




Tuesday, March 31, 2009

the beauty of designs, part 2 of "online Concours de Elegance" I started last July, here are the Pre WW2 vehicles

1903 Ford model a runabout

1904 Auburn runabout
1909 highwheeler

1910 Hotchkiss Type V

1910 Baker Electric Victoria Roadster

1911 Leon-Bollee G1 Double Berline de Voyage

1921 Farman Super Sport Torpedo

1923 Kissel Model 6-45 Speedster

1925 Rolls-Royce P1 Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/1925-rolls-royce-aerodynamic-coupe.html

1927 Voisin C7 sedan

1929 Ruxton Roadster http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/05/ruxton-legendary-in-classic-american.html

1929 Alfa Romeo 6c1750 supersport

1929 Du Pont Model G Speedster

1931 Bucciali Tav-8-32 Sedan by Saotchik

1931 Packard Waterhouse Convertible Victoria

1932 Daimler Double-Six Sport Saloon

1933 Mitsubishi PX33 4WD Diesel
1934 Hupmobile Aerodynamic

1936 Panhard Dynamic

1937 Chrysler Airflow

1937 Willys sedan

1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta coachwork by Touring