French titleChassis n° C142138
Engine n° C142138- Unique model, incredible engine
- Ex-André Binda and Adrien Maeght
- Discovered by Henri Malartre
- Almost entirely original
- Mechanical reliability improved by Michel Magnin
- One of the most important French veteran cars in existence
 
This exceptional machine is certainly the oldest French Grand Prix car still in existence and is, moreover, very largely original.

The earliest information we have concerning it relates to the motorsport events in which Léon Molon, the Gladiator dealer in Le Havre, took part.

On 29 September 1906, he won his class at the Château-Thierry hill climb and then, three weeks later, he finished first among the four-cylinder cars at the climb at Gaillon, at an average speed of 91.84kph!
 
Gladiator, it may be recalled, was established in 1891 as a manufacturer of bicycles before moving into motorcycles and cars at the start of the century, in the successive hands of such well-known figures as Alexandre Darra...