Diana Dors' Delahaye

[@hesse13]

This is not a car. This is a piece of art.

[@joefoley1480]

yes you are right it is art but I think it is hideous and ridiculous.

[@joefoley1480]

@Michelle lee yes it does look like its out of a fable and it's still a ridiculous bloated monster

[@clarissaflowers6200]

All of the modern cars look hideous compared to this beauty! I wish all cars were made with this unique character today.

[@williamenriquesanchezcolme753]

That is true.

[@jamesfox2579]

LOVE Diana, her Car AND the Music!💕

[@marstondavis]

Not only was Diana Dors a beautiful woman, but she owned one of the most beautiful automobiles ever made. God almighty, that is a stunning ride...and that's what her husband said!

[@jazzfan6]

I see what you did there. 🤪

[@juniorarbigaus9433]

The most beautiful car in the world❤️❤️❤️

[@jimscott6831]

Beside the Auburn boat tail .

[@gregorytimmons4777]

Art Deco and vintage sci-fi on wheels. Fantasic automotive sculpture.

[@fotorabia]

Art Deco is 20s-30s..this modernist-futurist.

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

That’s not just a car, it’s a massive statement! Absolutely superb..

[@vielstein]

One of the most beautiful cars ever .

[@icegiant1000]

Absolutely stunning. Rolling artwork. To bad those film clips were in B&W, the color doubles how amazing this car looks. Wow.

[@RByrne]

What a work of art. Hopefully it gets driven once in a while. I would like to see the engine on this one.

[@ob1kenob738]

As it exits the garage and the sun hits that chrome, just WOW!

[@bobduvar]

Made in France. Driven in United Kingdom. This car was able to run until 180 km/h !! Wow !! amazing for the era !

[@DeanMk1]

That's 111.6 mph. Pretty fair for any era! Gorgeous car for a gorgeous girl. =)

[@koenhuyvaert8476]

Oké it's made in France I did not know for sure 🙂👍🙋‍♂️.

[@patrickmaillard5860]

And all this was hand-made in France in the 40's. Delahaye provided the chassis and motor and it was coachbuilded by Jacques Saoutchik in Paris with a unique custom design (nautic and Art Deco inspiration). The most famous coachbulders of the time were: Jacques Saoutchik, Figoni & Falaschi, Gangloff, Henri Chapron ....

[@RobertPlattBell]

I saw this car at the Amelia Island Concours and thought I was having an LSD flashback. Fantastic!!

[@jecarification]

WOW'' WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CAR ! NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO NICE !

[@constantdarkfog49]

Delahaye was a true work of art, just gorgeous, no other like them. Wow.

[@bobmitchell8012]

Yes there was...Talbot Lago and Delage......to name a few.......you need to get out more.

[@nemesisracing1]

one of the most beautiful cars ive ever seen

[@RagtimeAnnie]

Wow - That is obviously an Earth Shaking Automobile ! The cameraman is shaking so violently from the tectonic roar of the engine, I am astonished he was able to remain on his feet to get what little live footage there was. Amazing !

[@swingmanic]

I love the fire extinguisher on the front seat - Oozes confidence that it won't burst into flames at any minute! :-)

[@marc639]

swingmanic she smoked and was always getting her dress on fire

[@erniew5805]

i keep it on the floor in the back seat better safe than sorry. mine is a CO2 so no dust.

[@pamelaabbott2126]

mar c n

[@steelman86]

swingmanic ...almost all concours require a fire extinguisher to be in a car being shown and it was probably put out of view upon arrival. Fabulous piece of automotive art but this video and the early locations shown sucked! This car deserves BETTER!!!

[@D8W2P4]

It's not a bad idea to have a fire extinguisher on your car whether it's a worn out rust bucket or fresh off the show room floor. Because IC or electric you're driving something that runs on highly flammable substances.

[@unclemunch]

I believe it's a 1949 Delahaye Type 175 Saoutchik Roadster. Jacques Saoutchik was the carriage maker for some of the most beautiful cars ever built, working for Delahaye, Delage, Bugatti, Talbot-Lago and even Cadillac.

[@krokodyl1927]

ricardo ricky Thanks for that info. You have my respect & appreciation for doing the homework for us all.

[@bobfitz7169]

Delahaye

[@krokodyl1927]

Edward Carney Saoutchik

[@koenhuyvaert8476]

En I think made in France?

[@krokodyl1927]

koen huyvaert IDK, but Saoutchik was French.

[@propulsar]

Six-cylinder 4.5-litre engine triple-carbureted 175S capable of about 160 km/h (99 mph), these figures were subject to variation depending on which sort of body was fitted, and which coachbuilder made it. Coachbuilder Jacques Saoutchik seemed oblivious of weight, and applied flamboyant heavily chromed brass embellishments on his extended enclosed fendered bodies.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Simply fantastic. Good grief, what an incredibly wonderful/beautiful designed car. Thank you so much for taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards.

[@richardbrown1189]

That must be the coolest car in the world! Beautiful and ridiculous at the same time, a real star's car. It looks totally impractical - it's massive, yet it only has two seats and a hopeless boot.

[@kindbluey]

Wow! A work of art. Sounds splendid also. :)

[@ralphmoore69er]

Absolutely fabulous. Such an elegant work of art. A supertanker for the pavement.

[@megaswenson]

I just looked-up Diana Dors. She had quite an amazing life. Surreal, actually, like that car...

[@motorcop505]

Bunny Biedenharn She really was something else. There’s a bio pic of her that you might enjoy. She was quite talented. Her version of Come By Sunday puts all others to shame.

[@billcobbett9259]

Britain's answer to Monroe. Born Diana Fluck- on the idea of seeing her name in lights. she said 'if that 'L' doesn't light up I'm in trouble'

[@jazzfan6]

@@billcobbett9259 I read a story that she returned to her hometown once for a celebration honoring her. The local pastor was supposed to introduce her, and he was very nervous about leaving the "L" out when he said her name. He rehearsed his speech over and over. When the time came, he stepped up to the microphone and said, "Here she is, ladies and gentlemen, Swindon's favorite daughter -- our own Diana Mary Clunt!" (Actually, I think that Diana Dors liked to tell that one, too.)

[@bilout17480]

une pure beauté, une ligne à couper le souffle! Magnifique, gardez-nous ce précieux bijou!

[@racketman2u]

Diana Dors' Delahaye! They don't make alliterations like that any more!

[@kimvibk9242]

They also don't make Wonderful Wicked Women like that any more...*sigh*

[@coyotterestoration1754]

LMAO!

[@gregorytimmons4777]

@@kimvibk9242 I guess if you want to deny that the torch was passed to the present day version of the glamorous starlet with the coming out years ago of debutante and socialite Paris Hilton.

[@sum12see]

I have never seen,heard or even imagined a creation as this!😱...Thats a masterpiece of craftsmanship.....Wow😮!!!!!

[@mjc5509]

Noone but DORS could ride in this car and look perfectly at home

[@troybrown6012]

Incredible lines and style. NICE

[@jukejointjulia]

I’ll pay up to the owner and make my own travel arrangements & accommodations just for a simple passenger’s spin in this hot ticket! Drop-dead gorgeous! Die-hard Diana fan here - the gal had impeccable taste! 💙

[@drwho534]

When there we're 'stars' not just mere 'celebs', who has real class and style. Sadly a bygone era.

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

Why is it so impossible for some people to say something nice about one era without dumping all over another? I like a lot of music and pop culture from times long ago but even back then the same sort of people who trash modern culture now trashed their culture then. Do we just need to hate everything new after we reach a certain age? "Darn these flappers with their loud jazz! Darn these vapid Hollywood types with their gaudy jewlery! Darn these young people who are different from formerly young people!" Sadly, a timeless mindset. Nice car by the way. Lovely bodywork.

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

@Just Mingled Thank you for the kind words. I'm 31. I remember people utterly trashing boy bands in the 90s as the death of "real music" and being made fun of for liking a few songs by a few of these groups. Years later I was stunned to hear people lovingly gushing about the Backstreet Boys reunion tour and how much better music was "back in the 90s".

[@teeswatertom]

Pure Art!

[@euro1859]

Amazing times,a beautiful automobile for a beautiful lady,rip diana.

[@metalmicky]

Built for speed........and the car looks pretty fast too!

[@gf1001]

What a FANTASTIC CAR I loved Diana but never heard of a Delahaye wonderful suited Diana to a fault thanks for sharing.

[@tommyd.743]

WOW! I bet you saw THAT coming at you. What a beauty. A real piece of art. 😘 The cars nice too.

[@richardelliott8352]

What an automotive statement. I grew up reading about hot rods in the southern california 60's car culture, so the first time I became aware of the Delahey brand was by seeing a group at a car museum, and it was an astounding moment . They are cars like no other, real Paris playboy stuff. This one is quite an example, although I have never seen a bad one. By the way, the "suicide" doors were used so women with big fluffy skirts could enter and be seated in the car more gracefully. Perhaps someday I will hear an interview with the owner of the car tell about the journey to get, or keep, the car in show condition, and the characteristics of the car in operation.

[@hebneh]

In Diana's case, the suicide doors allowed a woman with big fluffy bosoms to enter and be seated in the car more gracefully.

[@christophertmunro4503]

As beautiful a work of art on 4 wheels as I have ever seen before in my life!!!!

[@stephenhayston4314]

She was perfect for that car

[@cfchh1905]

Amazing car - wow, can´t stop watching this vid. Words can´t describe the matchless beauty of this icon.

[@RogerDDog]

Wow... Stunning! Immaculate! Outrageous! I'd heard of the Delahaye back in the 60s but never saw one. That is the car for Diana Dors alright. Perfect example of pure kitsch in the most beautiful sky blue colour and immaculate chrome, big sweeping and iconic. A real head turner as Diana was in her day!

[@Ingefurly]

WOW! Somewhat as 7 meters of car with 2 seats and pratically no luggage stove! Great days!

Roberto Furlan mhm the blond busty girl on the right seat was enough luggage! :-))))))

[@paulperfect226]

What a beautiful car , this car looks like a movie star !

[@trickyrjb1]

Oh, the blue!! You could not tell fromm the black and white! Such a spectacular machine!

[@Djamoekjouw.]

What a beauty! Real car art!

[@steveturpin4242]

OMG...it's stunning! Thanks for this vid.

[@stephenmoore7155]

Stunning example of the designers and builders skills

[@RonnieFry]

Looks great, loved Diana, wish we could have seen more of the car and motor etc. And perhaps a bit of commentary on it. (I'm not familiar with Delahaye Automobiles)

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

Did they make their own engines or did they buy them from a large manufacturer, My guess is they did not make the drive train Like Rolls Royce used GM products for a time and AMC used Ford engines

[@LessonLearnt101]

WOW what an amazing car . Now that is a work of Art got all the curves in all the right places , I guess just like Dianna Dors herself . Truly amazing car .

[@curtn7076]

maybe the most artistic and beautiful car ever made.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

Wow, supercool car. Enjoyed the music too.

[@tonydam]

If Betty Boop had a car this would be it ... Stunnnnnnning

[@robertalexander7661]

WOW,!!!! What a beautiful car!!!! Nothing but class and style!!!!!! Driving that would definitely make a statement!!!!!!

[@ManuCarsGallery]

Saoutchick coach builder also made a Cadillac with this similar extraordinary chrome face and grille. Marvelous car !

[@GoliathAngelus]

Love it!! Rare very rare,,we mostlikely see more of such cars in cartoons than in real life

[@Heimrik01]

+GoliathAngelus Indeed sir ! I believed so as well ! You see this car in Tex Avery's cartoons with the big wolf crying and shouting like crazy when he sees a sexy girl like hell, the sole car as sexy as the girl in the cartoon is that one !

[@GoliathAngelus]

Just thinking the same !!

[@mikeyerke3920]

So Art Deco it hurts. I love it.

[@howardmckenna]

Coachbuilding at its finest. Bravo Saoutchik!! Loving that glass steering wheel.

[@etherealcereal4424]

Looks like a Figoni et Falaschi product. Absolutely gorgeous piece of craftsmanship.

[@Seregium]

It's awfully beautiful

[@johnhardman3]

It's gallons-per-mile-laughable!

[@alfresco4976]

Now I know who Jessica Rabbit was based on!

[@rancidpitts8243]

Any of the movie Sex Kittens of that era had the Jessica Rabbit look.

[@alfresco4976]

@@rancidpitts8243 I did an image search and she even had the red sparkly dress!

[@rancidpitts8243]

@@alfresco4976 I bet they all did, and a black one as well.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

That's correct

[@bigredc222]

Have you seen Jayne Mansfield.

[@stutzbearcat5624]

I'm glad they have the shots of the engine - that was interesting!

[@gulfgypsy]

What a beautiful, beautiful, beast of a car!

[@inkblot131]

Final thought? What a gorgeously aerodynamic automobile!

[@richardhoulton4016]

inkblot131 Probably has the aerodynamics of a brick....but I take your point

[@55pilot]

What a beautiful attempt at streamlining and drag reduction.

[@MarkJT1000]

Diana or the car? 😃

[@garethbarlow5278]

Yeah nah. Less to do with anything functional than pure Art Deco design from Mssrs Figoni and Falaschi. A feature of their designs from a time drag was not a design consideratin.

[@55pilot]

Both!

[@alannoorkoiv6281]

Oh Diane!, you were certainly something in the day...

[@ZnenTitan]

Boy, wasn't she?

[@MrVxrman]

She was a beauty indeed 🌹

[@rogerbeltz2370]

1949 Delahaye 175 S Saoutchik Roadster

[@ElectedOfficial1]

This is awesome!! Oh I want to meet Diana Dors, but it's too late. She WAS a British Marilyn Monroe who lived much longer. Diana gives us an idea of what Marilyn would have looked like, had she lived to Diana's young and older age.

[@btinsley1]

thank god diana didn't crash it....oh that's right, there was no texting back then...

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

What an extraordinary car... it’s front end has echoes of a 1950’s Humber Super Snipe, but the main stretched out streamlined body of the car is like something out of a Salvador Dali painting... just amazing! Must have been quite a performance to change a wheel though... I mean how the heck do you access them?!

[@faircommander]

it is a very rare Delahaye Saoutchik Roadster; maybe one of the most beautiful car ever; in my opinion;

[@shanedarden369]

Talk about a land Yacht .. But absolutely a Mona lisa of cars

[@G56AG]

What can you say, its an incredible work of art!

[@andrewthornhill7042]

This is the sort of car you'd expect a star like Dors to drive! No compromise!

[@Dabooshky]

This amazing and I guess unique car deserves a super cameraman to shoot a perfect smooth HD quality document of it!

[@yank-tc8bz]

They just don't make cars like that anymore. Such a pity.

[@harrybriscoe7948]

+yank1776 they didn't make many like that back then either

[@christophergreen5735]

These were hand formed one-off vehicles. Qualified people ('tin benders' ) will be happy to build one just like it today... if someone's willing to pay for all that skilled work.

[@Mr61grod]

You could make 40 Hyundai’s out of all that metal .

[@rabit818]

This car screams Hollywood.

[@doddyvanstraaten2774]

rabit818 RANK Film Studios more like!

[@ZnenTitan]

Diana Dors might have British, but her spiritual home is MGM in sunny wide open California.

[@discobiscuit6849]

That car is stunning just like Diana Dorrs.

[@gizmotony1234]

that is the sweetest car i have ever seen !

[@the10thleper]

Stunning! So beautiful.

[@abhayajoodha3113]

It's absolutely bonkers... I love it!!!!

[@66bgrs]

the two songs on this video are called 'come by sunday' and 'the point of no return' and are on the cd 'swingin' dors' by diana dors which is still available check amazon.com

[@chrisrebar2381]

Absolutely brilliant styling and engineering

[@pensans1]

Great car, great woman, great singer

[@faerieSAALE]

ONE OF THE MOST SUBLIME AUTOMOBILES EVER CREATED. IT CANNOT BE SURPASSED. PERFECTION. And DIANA DORS isn't a bad singer either.

[@66bgrs]

diana dors and this beautiful car go together two of the most beautiful ever!!! i'd like to ride both !!!!!!!

[@MrVxrman]

Enjoyed that 😎 Many thanks for sharing 🙂🍻👍

[@gvet47]

I hope that sounds better than when they drove it out of the garage. Futuristic car and looked well ahead of its time.

[@richardelliott8352]

I would suggest that it was the top state of the automotive art of the time, and just needed time to warm up, since show cars don't get driven a lot.

[@exzentrische]

Nice Music. Beautiful Car.

[@BegoneJonah]

Diana Dors could sing? I didn’t know that. I like those two songs almost as much as the car...

[@martinannand9966]

Yes indeed she could sing. There is a Vynil record of hers called "Songs for swinging Dors" When it was made the cover had two doors on it and the record itself was pink! I know because I had one back in the '50s

[@robertlucdf]

Beautiful! Crazy! Just crazy!

[@nobodyyouknow222]

As tasteful and capable as Ms. Doors herself.

[@edtin1834]

A very beautiful automobile, has line resembling the owner. A masterpiece of automobile art. With that looong wheelbase, it probably wasn't very easy to drive.

[@mitzyismad]

Surprised at the turning circle available to the driver. I really thought those spatted front wheels were going to make for some 'backing and filling'> Beautiful piece of art.

[@AlfradoBerad]

She Knew how to get in a sports car :-)

[@richiecasuccio2497]

You’re right a lady with class!

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Everynight is taffy pull night at my house..not just thursday.

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

WOW! DAMN, that's not a car, that's a moving artwork with wheels...

[@shostakov66]

great song!!! she could sing.

[@sonnylatchstring]

1:00 I've heard engines of harvesters running more smooth than this contraption

[@edgy8481]

Essentially truck engines

[@donaldredline1538]

What kind of motor was in this thing???