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£189,750

1904 Darracq 12hp Twin-Cylinder Four-Seat Side-Entrance Tonneau

United Kingdom • 1 Nov 2024

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AI Listing Summary

This Darracq, formerly part of the Sword Collection and owned by the RAC Chairman, boasts a rich history and extensive maintenance records, including an engine rebuild in 2019. It features original components, a detachable canopy, and an electric starter, having successfully completed eleven London to Brighton Runs since 2006.

Condition

6

While the car has been carefully stored and maintained, it's a classic with original features and some modifications. The description mentions original interior parts alongside replacements, indicating a blend of originality and restoration. The car's history of participation in events and occasional repairs suggests it's in good, but not pristine, condition.

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Reg Number:

A 4489

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• Formerly part of the famous Sword Collection • Formerly owned by the Chairman of the RAC • Present ownership since 2006 • Eleven successful L-B Runs since acquisition • Engine professionally rebuilt in 2019 (one L-B since) 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.

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