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£82,900
1946 Delahaye 135MS Competition 'Special Course' Replica
United Kingdom • 17 Sept 2010
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This is a 1946 Delahaye 135MS Competition 'Special Course' Replica, built in the late 1950s on a Delahaye 135MS chassis. It features door-less, two-seat competition bodywork, a rebuilt engine, new Borrani wire wheels, and an overhauled gearbox. It has a history of successful participation in events like the California Mille and comes with EU import documentation and Delahaye factory correspondence.
Condition
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The car is described as being in generally very good condition. It has had some refurbishment work done, including engine overhaul, brake refurbishment, and a new gearbox installed. The car also has some desirable features, such as Borrani wire wheels and Marchal lights. While it's a replica and has been through several owners and events, the documented history and recent maintenance suggest a well-cared-for vehicle.
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800408
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Based initially at Tours and from 1906 in Paris, Delahaye built its first automobile in 1894 and soon diversified into commercial vehicle manufacture.
Its early products tended to be rather lacklustre, but then in 1935 came the first of a new generation that would change the marque's image: the T135 Coupe Des Alpes.
A fine sporting car, the T135 somewhat paradoxically borrowed its engine from one of its maker's trucks.
The 3.2-litre, six-cylinder, overhead-valve unit produced 110bhp on triple Solex carburettors, while the chassis featured transverse-leaf independent front suspension, four-speed synchromesh or Cotal gearboxes, centre-lock wire wheels and Bendix brakes.
Delahaye improved on the formula the following year with the 3.6-litre, 120/130bhp T135MS, and the competition 'Special' version was soon making a name for itself.
Indeed, it would turn out to be one of the outstanding road and track cars of the era, taking 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places in the run-to-sportscar-regulat...
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£82,900
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