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£448,425

1919 Hispano-Suiza H6 Torpédo by Duvivier

France • 31 Jan 2024

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This 1919 Hispano-Suiza H6 Torpédo, chassis number 10003, was the first production H6 and was originally delivered to King Alfonso XIII of Spain. It has been fully restored in green and black, winning awards at Pebble Beach and Villa d’Este, and includes a copy of a Geo Ham painting depicting its royal duties.

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Condition 

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The car has been fully restored and won awards at Pebble Beach and Villa d’Este. However, the chassis number plate is a reproduction and the engine number has been restamped, indicating not all original parts remain.

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Transmission:

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Chassis No:

10003

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RHD/LHD:

RHD

Chassis 10003 was the first production H6 to be delivered to an individual—King Alfonso XIII of Spain—a Hispano-Suiza customer in fine standing for many years.

The car was photographed at the French factory prior to delivery.

Alfonso XIII was then photographed in the back of the H6 and starred in a Hispano-Suiza advertisement featured in the 21 April 1921 issue of L’illustration magazine; additional images of His Majesty with the car are included in the history file.

According to an article on published in the Hispano-Suiza Society Newsletter in Auugst 2005, King Alfonso XIII owned this H6 from 1919 until 1931, and afterward it was owned for a number of years by Patricio Chadwick of Spain, before the current collection acquired it in the early 1990s.

In this ownership it has been fully restored in rich green and black, complete with the royal crest of the House of Bourbon on the rear doors, and with a few minor alterations including a bonnet with an additional louvre and modificati...

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