Founded in 1903 by Louis Delaunay and Marius Barbarou, Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville was one of the premier constructors of automobiles in France prior to WWI. Drawing from his experience working for both Clément and Benz, Barbarou was responsible for the styling of the rounded grille synonymous with Delaunay-Belleville automobiles. The compan..
In 1904, Peugeot debuted the Type 69 Bébé at the Paris Motor Show. It weighed a mere 770 lbs., measured just 110" long, and was powered by a single-cylinder, 652 cc engine. The Bébé proved immensely popular, representing 80% of Peugeot’s production at the time.
In 1911, Ettore Bugatti endeavored to create a lightweight yet robust car of..
In the early days of motoring, cyclecars were a popular choice in Europe due to their low cost and fuel efficiency. These vehicles were extremely light four-wheeled machines that used small motorcycle-type engines and the French-built Bedelia is noteworthy as one of the longest-lived and most famous of all cyclecar models. The first Bedelia was ..
Founded in 1903 by brothers Maurice and Georges Sizaire in Courbevoie, a suburb northwest of Paris, Sizaire-Naudin produced voiturette-style sports and racing cars. First unveiled at the 1905 Paris Motor Show, their innovative single-cylinder sports cars featured a sliding-pillar independent front suspension aided by a transverse leaf spring. Th..
An unusual and stylish ‘airline’ sports saloon of a design that seems to have been favoured by William Arnold. As well as the streamlined 'tail', features include louvred bonnet & scuttle and broad, chrome waistline mouldings. We have just carried out some refurbishment, new clutch, etc, and a great deal was spent by the last owners on maintena..
1916 Talbot 4 CYX Tourer by Walter Whitbourne of Melbourne Registration number: SV 7832 Chassis number: 7424 Engine number: 4CYX 725 1916 Talbot 4CYX. The car has been fully restored to concours condition & as a result is presented in impeccable o..
By the late 1920s the trend for ever-heavier coachwork on the Rolls-Royce 20hp had inevitably had a detrimental effect on performance. Rolls-Royce’s solution was to increase the comparatively small six-cylinder engine’s capacity from just over three litres to 3,699cc which, together with a stronger crankshaft allowing increased rpm, raised its outp..
1929 Rolls Royce Phantom 1 Park Ward Indian Hunting car Chassis number: 76OR Registration Number: UV7914 Coming on the market for the first time in 40 years. This car was exported from India after the war & was based in Switzerland prior to being acquired by the current owner 40 years ago. We are currently..
1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 coach work by Barker the Royal Coachbuilder, chassis number GFE40 , Black and Maroon Coachwork with Red leather interior. Superb shape with spare wheel on boot lid, invoices for work carried out. Please call for further details.
•One of about 108 built and only few preserved Type Q cars with chain drive and 10.5 litre capacity and approx. 50 hp •Racing configuration rebuilt according to original specifications•Probably original engine•History partly known, last many years in a Swiss collection•According to a recent expert analysis, the material of t..
"The K3 Magnette must rank in the history books as the most famous and successful of all the record breaking MGs. With only 33 examples produced durin..