Among their many varying interests in the world of car collecting, Frank Kleptz and his son David were avid competitors in the Great American Race (now known as The Great Race) during its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. This enormously challenging open road rally is for cars at least 45 years old, pitting competitors against the clock, the elements,..
Short-lived Belgian make Believed resident in Belgium from new One of only a very few built Present ownership since the 1970s An older restoration Running condition Established manufacturers of railway carriages and tramcars, the Belgian firm of SA des Automobiles Germain built motorcars from 1898 to 1914, later models having sleeve-valve en..
Desirable six-cylinder two-door roadster One of only 541 built for export in 1916 Present ownership since 1979 Running condition Inventor David Dunbar Buick built his first automobile in Detroit, Michigan in 1903. More designer than businessman, Buick's lack of talent in the latter role led to numerous changes of ownership in the firm's early ..
In the current collection since 1981 Restored in Belgium in the mid-1980s Road registered with a valid Contrôle Technique Running condition Around 1909, Frederick Osgood Paige and Harry Mulford Jewett joined forces to establish the Paige Detroit Motor Company, which built cars from 1909 to 1927 to the highest engineering standards. Eventually,..
Air-cooled four-cylinder engine Present ownership since 1990 Restored in Belgium in 1993 Starts and runs with a valid Contrôle Technique America's longest-lived and most successful air-cooled automobile, the Franklin was the work of engineer John Wilkinson, whose innovative design, produced in prototype form for the New York Automobile Company..
Purchased in the USA in 1973 Engine overhauled in 1977 Little used since Starts and runs with a valid Contrôle Technique Scottish-born inventor David Dunbar Buick built his first automobile in Detroit, Michigan in 1903. That first Buick was a twin-cylinder touring car with 'valve-in-head' engine, 37 of which were completed in the first year of..
4-cylinder 20/24 HP Engine Exceptionally rare and useable Veteran car Recorded history from new and offered for the first time in circa 50 years. The story of the gifted engineer Eugène Brillié is a fascinating one. His association with Gustave Gobron and the founding of the Gobron-Brillié motor manufacturing concern propelled him to notoriety..
There are few early American motorcars that can be put into the category of true quality and greatness; Locomobile, Packard, Simplex, Mercer, Lozier, ALCO, Pope Hartford etc..are among them, but at the very top of the list is Pierce Arrow made in Buffalo, New York. Started by George N. Pierce in 1901, the Pierce began as a single cylinder Motter..
For sale in our forthcoming auction in Paris during the Retromobile show, on 2 february 2024UnregisteredChassis no. 3468VEngine no. 3468V- Owned by the same family since new- Exceptional original condition- Powerful six-cylinder engine “Delaunay-Belleville – the car built to last”. This exa..
For sale in our forthcoming auction in Paris during the Retromobile show, on 2 february 2024French title Chassis no. 423- Ex-Paul Jamin, bought from the Bollée family- Perfect running order- High performance, four-cylinder 6.3-litre engine! As the copy of a certificate from the manufacturer shows,..