The Market; all pre-war cars for sale

Prior to being the talk of the town, and the star of numerous Paris Motor Shows with the latest in couture automotive fashion, Delahaye had built a well-deserved reputation for producing cars of superior quality, in addition to commercial vehicles such as buses and fire trucks. This Type 87 Limousine is powered by Delahaye’s own 30 hp 1..

A smaller, more affordable companion to the Model A, the Type C remains affectionately known by Citroën enthusiasts as the Petit Citron or “Little Lemon,” due to initial availability only with a Yellow body finish. Debuted at the October 1921 Paris Motor Show, it was subsequently dubbed the “5HP” and then the “5CV” in recognition of its..

As the automobile that firmly put North America on wheels, Henry Ford’s Model T stands proudly as one of the most versatile and historically important motor vehicles ever built with over 15 million units being sold over the production run. The Ford Model T on offer here was previously part of the Schlumpf Reserve Collection. A copy of a ..

Established in 1919 by innovative engineer and successful industrialist André-Gustave Citroën, his eponymous company went on to become one of the largest automakers in France and the world’s fourth-largest automobile manufacturer by 1932. Committed to mass-production techniques, Citroën possessed a deep appreciation of Henry Ford’s assembly proc..

The C1 was the first car produced by Gabriel Voisin, founder of the aircraft company Avions Voisin. Rather than starting from scratch, Voisin purchased the rights to build a larger, more luxurious car based on a prototype Citroën. The four-cylinder engine of the C1 was of Knight design, utilizing sleeve valves for nearly silent running and featu..

The Delage Type DE was manufactured between 1921 and 1923, with some 3,600 built, and as few as 65 surviving today. It was powered by a 32 hp, four-cylinder side-valve engine coupled to a four-speed gearbox. This Delage DE bears the coachbuilding plate of M. Taubes of Paris, and is bodied as a particularly handsome torpédo-style tourer...

Speed records in the bicycling world date to the earliest days of their invention, and innovative methods of shielding the record challenger from headwinds saw great advancement with widespread availability of the motorcycle. Before long, two-wheeled vehicles were built expressly for this purpose, placing the motorcycle’s pilot as far rearward a..

Ettore Bugatti created the Type 40 in 1926 as the successor to the popular Brescia model. Only 796 units were produced with many receiving custom coachbuilt closed or convertible bodies. A capable touring car with excellent road manners, the Type 40 filled the void for many practically minded clients with more sporting tastes. According ..

When brothers Maurice and Georges Sizaire founded Sizaire-Frères in 1920, they were already well established in the French automobile industry, having founded two Parisian-based automotive manufacturing companies, Sizaire-Naudin as well as Sizaire-Berwick, around the turn of the century. The automobile industry was changing at a rapid p..

Louis-René Panhard and Émile Levassor partnered to build automobiles in 1890 using engines licensed from Daimler. Arthur Krebs, a pioneering French aeronautics and automotive engineer, joined the firm in 1897 as general manager and continued with the company through 1916. By 1908, both founders had died and the business passed to Panhard’s son H..