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£31,583

1904 Darracq Model 8/10hp Open Tourer

France • 2 Feb 2024

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This 1904 Darracq Model 8/10hp Open Tourer, chassis number 421 and engine number 41405, presents a charming Genevieve-style tourer with a rich history. Having resided in Australia and the Netherlands for significant periods, the car boasts a Classic-Data valuation certificate from 1998, indicating a condition grade of 1.5.

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The car has a Classic-Data valuation certificate dated 31.07.1998 on file, which rates the car's condition as 'Grade 1.5'. This suggests that at the time of the valuation, the car was in very good condition, with only minor imperfections. The listing also mentions that some reconditioning may be required.

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• Charming Genevieve-style tourer • Resident in Australia for many years • Shipped to the Netherlands in 1971 • Resident in the Netherlands for 26 years Born in Bordeaux in 1855, Alexandre Darracq made a fortune in the bicycle industry's boom years of the late 19th Century and like many of his contemporaries subsequently turned his attention to powered transport.

Darracq's new venture was financed by the sale of his Gladiator bicycle business to Dunlop, though he continued to make bicycle components in his new factory at Suresnes, Seine.

After two false starts that saw him abandon electric carriage manufacture and then attempt unsuccessfully to sell the built-under-licence Léon Bollée voiturette, Darracq launched his first successful internal combustion-engined automobile in 1900.

Darracq was a businessman rather then an engineer and had recruited designer Paul Ribeyrolles to be responsible for its production.

That first 6½hp single-cylinder voiturette was followed by a range of tw...