Description CHASSIS PLATE PHOTO ADDED Restored in the 1980s; wheels and gearbox more recently rebuilt; extremely rare French-built Edwardian car in good running order The Brasier marque originated in 1901 when engineer Henri Brasier left Mors to join Georges Richard who had been building cars since the late 1890s at Ivry on the outskirts of Paris.

The cars were initially sold under the Richard-Brasier brand, becoming plain Brasier after 1905 following Georges Richard's departure to found Unic.

In 1904 Brasier shot to fame when one of his cars won the prestigious Gordon Bennett Trophy, a feat he pulled off again the following year.

Available in two-, four- and six-cylinder formats ranging from 9hp – 40hp, the cars sold well (around 1,000 a year) until war broke out in 1914 when production switched to making aero engines.

The company went into a slow decline after World War One, being acquired by the bicycle manufacturer Chaigneau in 1926 before falling victim to The Great Depression...