Do you really want to wipe away all its charm and patina?

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An art-deco masterpiece with a beautiful patina was what we noticed when looking through the cars in our online marketplace. We are talking about this 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6B with coachwork by Million-Guiet offered for sale by Christoph Grohe.

1925 Hispano-Suiza H6B Million-Guiet

Hispano-Suiza has of course a rich history with amazingly designed cars and the H6B is one of them. It was designed for the luxury market and was the first model that was built completely in the Paris factory and is most likely the best-known one (although this is up for debate). The power came from an aircraft-derived six-cylinder engine, with machined steel cylinders with integral combustion chambers in a cast aluminium block, with two valves per cylinder, driven by a single-overhead camshaft and a pressure-lubricated crankshaft turning on seven main bearings. The engine produced 135 hp with truly impressive torque and smoothness. To stop these heavy and powerful machines, the car was equipped with advanced servo-assisted four-wheel brakes.

Between 1919 and 1930 around 2200 H6B’s were built in Paris and sold to the rich and famous worldwide. Like the car for sale here.

Christoph told us that the car (with chassis 11057) was ordered new in 1924 by Parisian banker Mr Cahen d’Anvers. After having had the car in his ownership for five years he decided to replace the body with a fashionable art-deco designed lightweight Toutalu one by Million-Guiet, brevet J.A.A. de Viscaya.

In 1935 the French family left for Argentina after which the Hispano-Suiza changed hands several times. The fourth person owned the car from 1965 to 2006.

This static but elegant black Hispano seats 4 people and has a blue-grey velour interior. In the 1980s, the original engine (30.1080) was replaced by engine nr 30.1409. Both are from the same year of production (1925). The mechanics (engine, gearbox, front axle) were restored around 30 years ago and are still in running condition.

Some TLC is needed for it to enjoy many more years on the road. The car is advertised as a serious Concours d’Elegance contender, but wouldn`t it be a real shame to wipe away the originality and patina of this H6B?

More information about this Hispano-Suiza can be found here.

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