Deco
Rides

Terry Cook, President
PO Drawer G
14 Schooley's Mt. Rd.
Long Valley, NJ 07853
908 876-9100
fax 908 876-1692

Cars Currently under Construction


Bugatti Delahaye
As of October 2007, DECO RIDES has five cars under construction. One is a clone of the Maharaja and the second is a front wheel drive Zephyr Sedan Delivery. The third, fourth and fifth cars are three different variations of the Boattail Speedster. The black BMW V-12 powered Car #3 shown below is getting treated to a crocodile interior and having stainless exterior body brightwork by Steve Pierce of One Off Technologies in Gilford, NH. The finished but yet unplated Bugatti Type 57 grille shell on this car can be seen at www.delahayeusa.com/reprogrille.html
Gary Brown of Brown's Metal Works in Indianapolis is building Boattail #6
with Bugatti Type 57 grille shell and BMW V-12 engine.
Because Gary Brown is focusing on completing the Sedan Delivery Project, the Bugnotti Project moved to Steve Pierce's Guilford, NH ONE OFF TECHNOLOGIES shop for stainless exterior body trim and faux crocodile interior. Then it was moved to Ramsey Mosher's RAMS ROD SHOP in Dover, DE for completion. Alloy fender skirt is by PANEL CRAFT of Bethlehem, NH. Brian Butler will paint it with black RM paint.

After years of gathering parts, at long last my own Maharaja "clone" is taking shape. It consists of rear 2/3 of a DECO RIDES Zephyr convertible body on a Fat Man frame stretched to 148 inch wheelbase, mated to a faux J-model front clip consisting of fiberglass DECO J-Model front fenders, Marcel repro steel grille shell, Fat Man steel hood with ultra trick curved louver side panels, V-12 engine. Ed Flanagan will take over from here.

Why so many cars? I have a short attention span and a vivid imagination. It takes more than a year to make most cars and I have too many concepts buzzing around in my head.

VARIATIONS ON A FAMILIAR THEME

The fourth car mentioned above is another Boattail on a roling a rolling Fat Man chassis with body on it, intended to look like the "Miss Runaground" wood upper body surface speedboat images shown below. Brandon Bussard in Warsaw, IN will be building that Ford powered car. Wood maestro Cliff McKillop of Rochester Hills, MI will be painting the car and creating the blond and mahogany wood appearance.This car will be outfitted with our steering wheel "pontoonlettes" as seen on www.decorides.com/wheelpants.html

Bugatti Delahaye

The third Boattail we are building will be another BMW V-12 powered car and will have our new Delahaye nose. Metal magician Paul Gamache of East Freetown, MA is preparing some exotic Figoni Delahaye flavored stainless steel exterior body trim for that project. All things considered, all three Generation Two DECO Boattails mentioned here will be of a considerably higher quality and appearance than any of the previous three Viper, Maserati, and C-5 Corvette powered boattails we have created and sold at auction. 

"BUGNOTTI"

Just for grins, here's a smorgasboard of Boattail possibilities:

Bugatti Delahaye
Bugatti Delahaye
Bugatti Delahaye
Bugatti Delahaye
Bugatti Delahaye