All right, here is the information my dad sent me about the book and what it says:
"The book that it is in is Automobile Quarterly Vo. 51 #3. You will not find it in any library or bookstore. It is a subscription book only. They publish 4 volumes a year. I have subscribed to them for quite a few years now. The tsar's cars were mentioned in an article about Delaunay automobile history. The pictures I sent you are of a Delaunay-Belleville which was one of the Tsar's favorites. It is in now housed in the Fondation Pierre Gianadda museum in Martigny, Switzerland. This is what was printed in the book:
"The greatest Delaunay story is that of the cars used by the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II. They were housed in four royal garages: at the winter palace in St. Petersburg, the Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof palaces near St. Petersburg, and the Livadia Palace in Yalta. Inside, maintenance tools were reported to be stored on white-marble plinths.
"It is not clear which Delaunay was the tsar's first, a 1906 triple phaeton or a 1906 28hp Burlington-bodied landaulet. By 1913, the tsar had 10 Delaunays. One of the most dramatic was a one-of-a-kind 1910 Kellner-bodied limousine notable estory roof to help ventilation. It was too early to see high-style bodies then, but the handsome curves in the front fenders, contrasting with a polished, louvered hood, foretold what was coming in automotive design. The limousine was painted dark blue with a cream line picked out with gold. Inside was rosewood cabinetry. The car was set on a 161 inch wheelbase with aial 70hp, 6-cylinder engine, especially interesting for the time with an almost square 134mm x 140mm bore and stroke. Other features included a Sauer compressed-air self-starter.
"The tsar's automobiles led the motorization of Russia. By 1908, there were automobile clubs in St. Petersburg and Moscow; the first automobile show was held that year in St. Petersburg. French and German cars dominated; only one American make was there. Just 200 cars were estimated to be in St. Petersburg, then a city of 2 million, with a half dozen on the streets at any one time. That fact provides context for the two Delaunay touring cars that arrived in Moscow on May 19, 1908, timed with the end of a St. Petersburg to Moscow race. For photographer Maurice-Louis Branger, the cars stopped at landmarks in the city such as the Kremlin gates and St. basil's Cathedral. Just their presence was an extraordinary event."
