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£285,042

Horch 853 Cabriolet 1938

France • 5 Feb 2015

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AI Listing Summary

This 1938 Horch 853 Cabriolet is a luxurious and refined car from the 1930s. It features a stylish cabriolet body with a two-tone blue/grey livery, a 4.9-liter straight-eight engine, and a four-speed overdrive gearbox. The car was fully restored in 1990 and is in excellent condition.

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Condition 

8

The car was fully restored in 1990, including overhauling the engine to 'like new' condition and re-trimming the interior. The ASI identity certificate notes that the body and mechanicals have been restored to original specification. The description notes the car is worthy of inclusion in the most exclusive private collection.

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Chassis No:

853400

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LHD

Châssis n° 853400 Moteur n° B50887 Un des « pères fondateurs » de l'industrie automobile allemande, August Horch né à Winningen en 1868, reçut suivit une formation technique dans une école d'ingénieurs à la suite de laquelle il travailla pour un constructeur de machines marines à Leipzig.

Il fut ensuite directeur des usines automobiles de Karl Benz à Mannheim, mais un désaccord à propos de l'approche trop conservatrice de son employeur l'incita à rechercher des commanditaires afin de pouvoir financer sa propre entreprise qui allait être fondée en 1904 à Zwickau, en Saxe, sous la raison sociale Horch & Cie Motorwagenwerke AG.

Horch estimait dépassées les « voitures sans chevaux » à moteur arrière de Benz et sa première automobile de 1900 était dotée d'un moteur bicylindre monté à l'avant et d'un pont arrière moteur mû par un arbre de transmission, première application de cette innovation en Allemagne.

Suivirent des modèles à quatre et six cylindres et Horch participa activement aux é...

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£279,076

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£294,007

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£478,045

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