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One of a tiny handful of Graber one-offs on the P6 chassis • Acquired by the vendor in 1990 • An unfinished project • Offered with Swiss registration papers This elegant two-door coupé on the Rover P6 platform is the work of the Swiss Carrosserie Graber of Wichtrach.

Hermann Graber's designs were always executed to the very highest standards and his creations were necessarily expensive, costing far more than those of his British contemporaries.

Son of a master cartwright, Graber assumed control of the family firm in the mid-1920s and switched production to coachbuilt car bodies.

His first car, a FIAT 509 with drophead coupé coachwork, was displayed in 1927.

Dropheads were a Graber speciality; he concentrated on bodying high-quality chassis and in 1929 his Panhard et Levassor 20CV cabriolet won the St Moritz Concours d'Élégance.

In the UK he is best known for his work on the post-war Alvis chassis, Graber having acquired the distribution rights to the British manufacturer's prod...