1916 American LaFrance Speedster
American LaFrance is one of America’s oldest and most widely-known
fire apparatus manufacturers. Founded in Elmira, New York as LaFrance
Manufacturing Company by Thruxton Slocum LaFrance in 1873, the company
initially built hand-powered equipment during the horse-drawn era. In
1903, they m..
1907 Renault 20/30hp Roi Des Belges.Registration Number: LN2851Chassis Number: 8179A simply stunning early large engined 5 litre Renault. This car is in impeccable condition having been carefully conserved & maintained over several decades by the current oner who is now ready to part with it due to his advancing years..
Very good looking brass car, a real eye cather!Restored in the 1970-80’s with a speedster body.Startermotor on 12 Volt battery for easy start.LED lights in headlights for safety.In good condition , easy to drive.New Radiator core fitted.4 Liter engine with enough power and a great exhaust sound.3 Speed gearbox mounted on the rear axle.
Founded by Louis Renault and his brothers Marcel and Fernand in 1898, the company that would become France’s biggest automobile manufacturer started humbly enough, with a solitary 1¾hp De Dion-engined prototype, the sprung rear axle of which would soon be copied by many contemporaries. Production at the Billancourt factory was soon under way on a l..
A simply stunning early large engined five litre Renault. This car is in impeccable condition having been carefully conserved & maintained over several decades by the current owner who is now ready to part with it due to his advancing years. Draped with brass wherever one looks, the spectacle is a real eye full.
The engine at just under five l..
It was in 1904 that Richard-Brasier gained the first of its two consecutive victories in the Gordon Bennett Cup. First run in 1900 in France, the latter took its name from founder James Gordon Bennett Jr, millionaire owner of the New York Herald newspaper and himself a keen sportsman. Contested by national teams, the races were hosted in the countr..
1908 Mercedes Simplex 6 litre RennwagenSimplex Engine number: 2770This car is a reconstruction of the mythical racing car Mercedes N°35 that wan the Grand Prix de Dieppe in 1908 in the hands of Christian Lauthenschlager.The three racing cars Mercedes Grand Prix 1908 (N°35, N°19, N°2) that were produced have been destroyed. N..
1915 Jeffery 27hp. RaceaboutAs far as our research goes this may be the only one ever produced or at least the only one left around, no chassis records are left from the Thomas Jeffery Motor company for the early days models.This car comes to us from sunny Portugal where it was stored for decades in a museum, it is in perfect worki..
The Model K was the top model of the 1910 Oakland range with a big 5200 cc, 40 HP , L-Head Engine. This is the last “big” car build by Oakland before bought by General Motors and one of the very few excisting Oakland Model K’s.This car was displayed at the Long Island Auto Museum , New York , USA and published on the museums postcard series from..
Very rare French / Swiss build car from the brass era4 cylinder , 1800 cc , T-Head Double Phaeton Coachwork by Henri Gauthier, Lyon This car has an amazing history file , its starts on day one of the car , with the original contract made between M. Fabre-Sapin/Central Garage of Limoges and a Monsieur Paul Colas of St. Léonard on 14th May..
WANTED Fabrique Nationale (FN) car & motorcycle parts 1907 - 14
Interested in parts or info for 1907 - 1914 FN cars. Shown in the second photo are the brass steering column flange, aluminium 5 spoke steering wheel ..