Posted on 08/15/2010 12:14:11 PM PDT by I still care
A sports car once owned by the late British actress Diana Dors has sold for $3 million (£1.9m) at a California auction.
The 1949 Delahaye Roadster, which some have dubbed the most beautiful car in the world, was given to Dors when she was 17.
The sky blue car has been described by auctioneers as "extravagant and outrageous - a rolling sculpture".
Dors, who was seen as the British Marilyn Monroe, died in 1984 aged 52
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Nice body.
Nice body.
Cary Grant drove this?
Topper?
It gets a lot more than 9mph, I'll tell you. That car could blow the doors off most modern cars.
This isn't mine, but looks just like it. We are wresting with how much to restore it, as it is truly all original. We even have the original aluminum keys and hubcaps.
That's one slow Dodge.
Good grief, there’s a perfectly fine Buick Roadmaster convertible under there somewhere.
She was mistaken for Marilyn on some occasions.
Those SM coupes were great, the Maserati engine had issues with the timing chain that were very expensive as I recall.
First one I ever saw in person was owned and driven by Burt Reynolds. He apparently fell in love with the Transylvania County/Jackson County, North Carolina area while filming a rather infamous movie in the vicinity (the stereotypes perpetuated and magnified by which they’re still living down, lol) and built a home on a mountaintop there, named it World’s End or something like that.
‘Monroe was really pathetic.’
Jayne Mansfield’s wasn’t very nice either. At least she left a lovely daughter.
I guess my extreme reaction comes from the fact that I don’t like to be stared at, and you would be stared at if you were in either of these cars.
It’s true. When we drive in my 63 (which is not restored or considered a super desirable car like a Chevy Belair) people still do stare.
It’s fun, though. Wherever we go in it, someone always comes up and asks us about it. Older folk have stories and younger folk are always blown away, because they aren’t used to old cars the size of an aircraft carrier. (We measured it once - it’s about 20 feet from back to front).
The bright red inside with all that chrome and buttons also fascinates people.
I know a lot of autophiles would disagree but I think that’s really the fun part of owning a collectable car. You do meet interesting folks.
You got it. The whole point of the movie was the banker bought a car that wasn’t “staid” enough for his family.
See my post 44, where I sheephishly admit my error.
You can see what inspired Edsel Ford to create and build the first Continental in that one, can’t you? There’s a Delahaye formal coupe with a squared-off roofline that was an influence as well.
My first car was a ‘49 Ford coupe, the car my husband had when we first met was a ‘56 Cheve, I love to see those old things occasionally.
And to think that someone on here said she looked like Yassir Arafat in drag.
Golly! I never seen one of them voluptuous cars.
I think the first car my parents ever had was a 49 Ford (I’ll have to double check) and yes, we had a 56 Pontiac (GM)at one time. So that is a strange coincidence!
My dad turned the ‘49 Ford over to me when I got my drivers license in 1955. I remember the ignition was so worn out you had to giggle the key a certain way to get the old girl to start. I loved it! Up until then my transportation was a horse.
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