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Ex-Bernie Ecclestone 1939 Lancia Astura Series IV Convertible

Bonhams • Switzerland • 30 Jun 2024

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Ex-Bernie Ecclestone 1939 Lancia Astura Series IV Convertible

Switzerland • 30 Jun 2024

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1939 Lancia Astura Series IV Convertible, with coachwork by Pinin Farina, was formerly owned by Bernie Ecclestone and is rumored to have belonged to Benito Mussolini. The car has undergone recent extensive professional restoration, is finished in a two-tone blue/grey with grey leather trim, and comes with a Lancia Classiche Certificate and documentation of its history and restoration.

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Condition 

8

While the car has undergone extensive restoration, it is a classic car of considerable age, and while the restoration has addressed many issues, it is unlikely to be in perfect 'Pristine' condition. The description highlights the restoration work done, suggesting it was necessary to bring the car to its current state, indicating that it may have had noticeable wear before the restoration.

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4,995 kilometers (via 2007 MOT)

KXS 736

1939

Auction

413313

RHD

Switzerland

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Ex-Bernie Ecclestone 1939 Lancia Astura Series IV Convertible

Bonhams • Switzerland • 30 Jun 2024

Market Position:

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Description

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Delivered new in Italy • Lancia Classiche Certificate • Recent extensive professional restoration works • English registration document • Swiss customs duties paid Having established itself in the front rank of the world's finest cars with the Dilambda, Lancia further enhanced its exalted position with a succession of fabulous coachbuilt models on the Astura chassis in the 1930s.

One of the most gifted automobile engineers of all time, Vincenzo Lancia founded his own company in 1906, having previously been in FIAT's employ as chief test driver.

Introduced in 1907, the first Lancia car showed an independence of thought and defiance of convention that would remain associated with the marque well into the modern era.

Military vehicles, lorries, vans and aircraft engines followed, the latter enabling Lancia to accrue valuable expertise in the design and construction of V-configuration power plants.

The introduction of the Astura and Artena in 1931 marked a switch from Lancia's syste...

Price Analysis vs Other Asturas

£952,742

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£1,128,760

Median Price (Since 2020)

£1,828,020

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MOT Information

Expired

Expired on 4th Oct 2008

Latest MOT mileage:

4,995 kilometers

MOT History

Passed

On 5th Oct 2007, 4,995 kilometers


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