Benefitting from 44 years of consistent care within a prominent museum collection, as well as a major restoration by a marque specialist that has been further refined by the current owner, this beautifully presented Delahaye 135 M is a striking example of the marque’s legendary model.

According to Club Delahaye records, chassis number 49304 was dispatched in early 1938 to Chapron, where it was clothed in the firm’s handsome cabriolet coachwork, including gorgeous pontoon fenders.

The Delahaye was sold into unknown Dutch ownership before being acquired in 1956 by the Automuseum Driebergen, then one of the Netherland’s most significant automotive museums.

In 1969 the museum’s holdings were sold to Evert Louwman and moved to his collection in Leidschendam, which has since evolved into one of the most significant collections in the world.

In August 2000 the highly original Delahaye was purchased by a collector in the UK who commissioned a no-expense-spared, nut-and-bolt restoration tha...