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1913 Delaunay-Belleville Tourer

Object type
Motor cars

Object number
1986.0042.0001

Description
A 1913 Delaunay-Belleville Tourer. The yellow body is a replica, which was fitted in the 1970s, and it has black mudguards and running boards. The interior has been refurbished and it is upholstered in brown leather. The car has a 3.75 litre four-cylinder engine and a four speed gearbox. Engine number 5243V. Chassis number IA4.

Collection name
Green's Motorcade Museum collection

Collection statement of significance
The 'Green's Motorcade Museum collection' consists of a restored yellow Delaunay-Belleville 3.75 litre tourer manufactured in Paris, France in 1913 and an associated dating certificate issued by the Veteran Car Club of Australia. This prestigious car is thought to have been imported to Australia by the prominent Osborne family of Gundaroo, NSW. It was later owned by the Sibley family, also of Gundaroo, and several private collectors before being acquired for the National Historical Collection in 1982.

Representative of a coachbuilt marque favoured by royalty, this Delaunay-Belleville reflects the rise of the automobile industry in the early twentieth-century and the import of increasingly sophisticated European and American vehicles to Australia. This car also offers insights into the domestic life of two prominent families in the NSW Southern Tablelands during the early twentieth century and the collection of car culture in the private sphere.

Manufacturer
Delaunay-Belleville

Restorer
Green's Motorcade Museum

Place made
France

Place of restoration
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date made
1913

Date of restoration
1968 - 1970

Associated person
P J. Osborn
Original owner, vehicle registration number then was 10550

Associated organisation
Green's Motorcade Museum

Associated place
Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia
Osborn family at Bowylie Station via Gundaroo, and Sibley family

Associated place
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Bob Beer

Associated place
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Murdoch McDonald

Associated place
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Green's Motorcade Museum

Associated place
Old Parliament House, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
At the opening ceremony on 9 May 1927?

Associated date
1917
Owned by P J B Osborn

Date of event
09/05/1927
Alleged to have been at the opening of OPH

Associated date
1955
Ownership transferred to Bob Beer

Associated date
1956
Ownership transferred to Murdoch McDonald

Associated period
1968 - 1970
Restored by George Green and Max Walsh in Sydney

Associated date
1982
Ownership transferred to the NMA

Materials
Wood, Metal - non specific, Leather, Canvas, Brass, Glass, Rubber, Textile - non specific

Dimensions
Length: 4040mm
Width: 1680mm
Height: 2220mm

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