1923 Voisin C5

1923 Voisin C5 in Hollywood, Mini-Series, 1980 Ep. 6

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

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Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2009-12-25 17:54	This is Rudolph Valentino in, I believe, his 1923 Voisin. Which is now at The Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar, California: http://www.pbase.com/gemc48/image/39217895 http://nethercuttcollection.org/Visitor.aspx although he owned many, including a Isotta Fraschini.
chicomarx ◊ 2009-12-25 18:39	A better picture from 1923: His 1924 Fiat Convertible: Mostly Italian cars of course. -- Last edit: 2009-12-25 18:44:52
bref ◊ 2009-12-25 20:12	C5
nzcarnerd ◊ 2009-12-26 19:06	That FIAT looks interesting - apart from the drum headlights it looks much earlier than 1924 - more like 1914. It is probably one of the big Poughkeepsie-built models rebuilt.
chicomarx ◊ 2009-12-26 19:44	The only source for that was http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2156238848/nm0884388 I found another reference to "Valentino's white Fiat" and this excerpt from Dark Lover: The Life and Death of Rudolph Valentino: So he clearly loved Fiats. -- Last edit: 2009-12-26 22:54:32