This Delahaye for years harbored a secret identity

If you’ve ever laid eyes on a real Delahaye 135, you’re one of a not-very-large cadre of people. The French carmaker only ever assembled some 2,000 examples of the sporting machine, between 1935 and 1954, and not nearly as many survive.
The 1939 Delahaye in the collection of the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan is rarer still — though exactly how rare wasn’t known until recently. Their car, donated in 1985 and on display now at the Ca