The Mullin Automotive Museum is set to stun Monterey Car Week crowds next month by exhibiting no fewer than eight incredible French classics at Pebble Beach.
Some of the finest examples of French design and engineering will be making the trip to Monterey, with some taking to the track at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and McCall’s Motorworks Revival, while others will star on the concours lawns of Pebble Beach and The Quail.
“It's always a great honour to participate in events during Monterey Car Week,” said Peter Mullin, founder of the museum. “We love to spend time with fellow enthusiasts, exercise the cars and use these iconic pieces of rolling sculpture the way they were intended – on the road and at the track.”
Three of the cars will be campaigned by Peter and his son Tim at Laguna Seca during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The oldest car out of the blocks will be a 1927 Delage ERA which was ordered new by the Prince of Siam (main image). Its racing career was extended into the 1950s thanks to being fitted with a two-stage supercharged ERA T-type racing engine.
Another Delage, this time from 1946, will also take to the track in anger. The D6-3L was originally bought and raced by Henri Louveau, who drove the car to second-place finishes at both Le Mans and the Spa Grand Prix. It was later re-bodied in the 1950s and it wasn’t until being acquired by peter Mullin in 2002 that its true race history was uncovered.
A 1950 Talbot-Lago Type T26 designed and built for inaugural Formula One season will also test its mettle at Laguna. Once described by The Autocar as ‘the fastest production chassis in the world’, the 4.5-litre streamlined Grand Prix racer is capable of achieving speeds up to 166mph.
