FEATURED AUCTION
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TRUE GREATS SALE
The Lindley Hall, Elverton St, London SW1P 2QW
Wednesday 4th Dec 2019
FEATURED AUCTION
COYS AUCTIONS
TRUE GREATS SALE
The Lindley Hall, Elverton St, London SW1P 2QW
Wednesday 4th Dec 2019
1924 DELAHAYE TYPE 97 ‘DOUBLE PHAETON SKIFF’
Chassis No: N24484
Estimate: £30,000 - £40,000
During WWI, Delahaye manufactured military trucks, FN rifles and parts for Hispano-Suiza aero engines. Two-bearing crankshafts were a feature of many Delahaye engine designs of this period, including one of its first post-war offerings, the Type 84, which was powered by a 2.9-litre side-valve four.
The successor Type 84N gained a ball bearing crank before being replaced towards the end of 1924 by the Type 92, the 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine of which employed a more conventional three-bearing bottom end.
Recently returning from a 1,000-mile round-trip to the Angouleme ‘Circuit des Remparts’ races in France, this wonderful Labourdtette styled Delahaye Type 97 is in excellent condition throughout.
Having clearly been worked on by very skilled craftsmen and mechanics over the years, most recently a completely new stainless-steel exhaust system was fitted so the car is well and truly ready for its next custodian.
All in all, this car is fabulously evocative, wonderfully conceived and constructed in the charming style of the period.
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