Coachwork by Fernandez & Darrin. The J12s were the largest and most luxurious of the French built Hispano-Suizas and were manufactured from 1931 to 1938 when Hispano-Suiza stopped auto manufacturing to concentrate on aircraft engines. The J12s were powered by a huge 9.4 liter OHV V12 that produced about 250 hp. This is a very early Danbury Mint model with a 2-D applique dash cluster and rudimentary engine bay. A later repaint in tutone green matched a Pebble Beach class winner.
Beautiful, here is another Hispano-Suzia. Franklin Mint did a good job on both.
The 1:1 was Kellner's work. I recently received as a present a book about Kellner; few pictures feature this HS and I was surprised to find out the rumble seat on the 1:1 has access doors with dog-leg hinges on both sides. The access to the rumble seat is from the running board, that's why there are no steps on the fender. You can see that FM replicated the side doors contour but it would've been a killer to make these doors open.
Thanks everyone for a really interesting Hispano-Suiza presentation. Rich, fantastic images as always. Love your pictures too Josh. Chav, I learned something new.
@rich-sufficool The silver one is a LE repaint 1500 or so. It is a bit difficult to find these days. This one of the late FM repaints along with the 1915 red Stutz, 1908 Maroon RR limousine, the red RR 1910 phaeton, the yellow 1904 MB, 1929 red/silver Bugatti Esders, 1930 blue Cadillac limo and few others, all LE of 1500.
@chav Great info Chav, I never noticed the rumble seat doors before. There is a golf club door on a Cadillac so I believe this could have been done in scale...and would have been very cool!
