Piecing Together The Delage Coupe

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Piecing Together The Delage Coupe

吉彩网网站 | By Dick Gordon

Published May 17, 2013 at 7:56 PM EDT

Photo: A 1937 Delage D8-120 A茅rosport Coupe outside the October 1937 Paris Salon

Host Dick Gordon of The Story speaks with David Cooper, the part-sleuth, part-mechanic who restored a rare 1937 Delage Aerosport Coupe.

There were only 12 ever built in the 1930鈥檚 in France.They were made by hand, and the interior was handpicked by the few customers.

Cooper says that finding the oversize chrome fenders and original chassis meant researching the story of Millicent Rogers, the American heiress who owned the car and outlined her specifications with her lipstick.

Hear . Also in this show: , the photographer-pilot who documented New York City鈥檚 hidden skyline gardens.

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Before coming to North Carolina Public Radio to host The Story, Dick Gordon was host of The Connection, a daily national call-in talk show produced in Boston, from 2001 to 2005. Gordon is well-known in the profession as an experienced, seasoned journalist with an extensive background in both international and domestic reporting. He was a war correspondent and back-up host for the CBC's This Morning, a national current affairs radio program. An award winning journalist, he has also served as a Parliamentary reporter, Moscow correspondent and South Asia correspondent for both radio and television.

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