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What happened to the Peugeot Dar'l Mat found in Sussex? (upd. indeed the Dorothy Patten car)

UPDATE II:

Stuart Graham found this Darl'Mat in a garden in Sussex. It had an extensive racing history. I tried to swap it for my Morgan, the owner said no! When he died it passed on to the Eastbourne Motor Museum and when that owner died the last I heard of it was that it had gone to Germany but was in a terrible state.

editor: anybody who knows what came of this car?

UPDATE II: the car is now in Holland with Tony Paalman.
UPDATE photo sent by Arnoud van der Sman of a Darl'Mat at Brooklands , see also his remarks under Comments. Could it be the same car?

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Comments

#8 Hans Zappeij 2013-05-11 21:15

I'm the present owner of this Peugeot Darl'mat. I would like to find the photo, mentioned by R. Mawer, published in the book of "Pathé News". Any other info about this car is welcome!
At the present we are restoring it.

#7 2013-04-04 10:12

In the 1950`s I came across a Peugeot Darl`mat of this type on a bomb site used car lot in Handsworth, Birmingham.
I had never seen one of these cars before and it was love at first sight.
I cannot remember what the asking price was but it was beyond my pocket at the time.
Also for sale was a Morgan Plus 4 which, I was told, had a Kieft tuned engine and had belonged to Pauline and Lionel(?)Mayman well known Midland race and rally competitors.

#6 2013-03-23 17:07

The registration plate of this car was "EYU9".

Unfortunately the car was found in a far more sorry state than the picture above...

#5 2013-03-23 12:36

Some years ago the daughter of the late owner contacted me and asked if I could find a buyer for the remains of this Peugeot. I brokered it to a Dutch restorer.

I have a lot of documents and period pictures of this cars which prove it is indeed the Dorothy Patten car.

#4 R.Mawer 2013-03-22 15:38

I have seen a very good photo of Dorothy Patten posing (somewhere in London,I think) by her Darl,Mat.I believe the Registration Number could be seen.Her name is given in the photo title.The present owner might like to find this photo.It was in a book of photos taken by "Pathe News".This was a film-making company,in England,who made short news films which were shown at cinemas,between the main films.This book was not published too long ago,so it should be possible to find a copy.BUT-if more than one book of Pathe photos has been published,you need the right one!

#3 2013-03-21 19:31

I believe it is the Dorothy Patten car which she raced pre-war and drove in early post-war events including the first Goodwood meeting in September 1948

#2 Ernst de jong 2013-03-21 18:29

The car is now in holland !

#1 2013-03-20 11:25

I don't know what happend to this Darl'mat. But I might have a picture of it while racing at Brooklands.
I will post this picture aswell.

I think it is the same car because there must be very little RHD Darl'mats
The Darl'mats were built on a Peugeot 402 chassis and , as far as I know, these only came in LHD.

Peter Mullin owns a RHD Darl'mat
but his is a Cabriolet and not a roadster like the one on this picture.

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