£29,900
1926 Delage DI 14hp Drophead Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 11 Sept 2010
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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£29,900
1926 Delage DI 14hp Drophead Coupé
UK • 11 Sept 2010
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1926 Delage DI 14hp Drophead Coupé, registration YP 7589, boasts a well-documented history, including time in the Klein Collection and features in Thoroughbred & Classic Cars magazine. While the car has been used regularly and shows its age in areas like the hood, it maintains a desirable patina and originality, with a rebuilt engine and recent service.
Condition
6
The car is described as being in generally good condition, with original features and a patina that suggests it has never been restored. While the hood is showing its age, the dashboard, cappings, door and side panels are original and in excellent order. The car has been well-maintained, with some mechanical work done in the past, and is reportedly easy to drive.
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10,000 miles
YP 7589
1926
Auction
DI 18266
RHD
United Kingdom
£29,900
1926 Delage DI 14hp Drophead Coupé
Bonhams • UK • 11 Sept 2010
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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Description
A 1926 advertisement placed by Delage's main UK agents, J Smith and Co, reads as follows: 'The Delage 14 HP car offers really exceptional value.
The chassis specification includes 4-wheel brakes, 4 speeds, 4 cylinder O.H.V engine, 5 bearing crankshaft, etc.
With English coachwork of the very highest quality it is a car for outstanding elegance.' It is believed that 'YP 7589' was supplied new in August 1926 to a Frenchman living in the UK.
The well-constructed original coachwork is by the Brighton-based firm of Brigden & Co and incorporates some unique features.
A letter in the car's history file records a conversation with an elderly gentleman who was a trimmer at Brigden's and remembered the car on account of its mouth-like, double-opening windscreen.
Other information on file records that that 'YP 7589' spent some 20 years on museum display as part of the Klein Collection in the USA until it was re-imported to the UK in the 1970s.
The car became known to the Delage club and to ...
Price Analysis vs Other DIs
£11,200
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£22,658
Median Price (Since 2020)
£32,625
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 7th Sept 2011
Latest MOT mileage:
94,002 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 8th Sept 2010, 94,002 miles
Passed
On 4th Aug 2009, 93,733 kilometers
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