Two of the greatest names in French classic automobiles, Delage and Delahaye, highlight a special exhibit at the Antique Auto Museum (AACA Museum) in Hershey this fall and winter, where six spectacular and diverse vehicles from Jack Rich's JWR Automobile Museum Collection are on display until January 10th, 2010. The famous marques, spanning a period from the early 1900s through the late 1940s, include a 1910 American Underslung Traveler, 1926 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster, 1932 Delage D8-SS Cabriolet by Chapron, 1939 Horch 853a Cabriolet, 1939/47 Rolls-Royce Phantom III ‘Vutotal’ Cabriolet by Labourdette and a 1948 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet by Figoni et Falaschi.

The 1932 Delage D8-SS Cabriolet (above) is one of the newest vehicles in Mr. Rich’s collection. A veteran of the Pebble Beach Concours, it was purchased in August of this year at the Gooding & Company auction in Monterey. Coachwork is by Chapron and the engine is one of Louis Delage’s 4050 cc OHV 8-cylinder masterpieces. The Antique Auto Museum at Hershey, a member of the Smithsonian Institute Affiliations Program, displays beautifully restored automobiles, buses and motorcycles in unique life-like scenes representing the 1900s – 1970s in a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco.

Thanks to Sports Car Digest for this lead.