1936 Delahaye 135 Competition

Eli's Motorcars is honored to present you with one of the most significant, highly awarded cars of All-Time. The 1936 Delahaye 135 Competition Disappearing Top Figoni et Falaschi.

This is the 1936 "Talk of Paris" car, the beginning of the famed Figoni Streamlined Teardrop Period, a Figoni-Falaschi masterpiece.

This Delahaye has won all of the major concours awards with the exception of 1... That being the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. After having won Best Of Show at 'The Quail - A Motorsports Gathering' in 2010, the car would not be accepted as a contender for 10 years. This is now available to you as a turn-key specimen, ready to enter with a strong likelihood of winning the Pebble Beach Concours!

“This is one of the most elegant creations of Joseph Figoni and one of the most important Delahaye cars.”-- Club Delahaye France Archives

Figoni one of one (piece unique). Figoni design #581.
One of the most highly awarded cars in the world....Best of Show, Most Elegant, Best Paint, Best Pre-War, People's Choice, etc.
Classic Car Club of America (CCCA), First, perfect 100-points at every Grand Classic shown over twenty years. Premier level
One of a very limited number of Figoni Streamlined Competition cars remaining in existence and rarely available
First of the Figoni Streamlined Competition Convertibles with Figoni-patented Disappearing Top and folding windshield
Complete tool kit, correct French jack, all in concours condition
Piece Unique, The only car of this design
All matching numbers throughout, verified by Club Delahaye and Figoni records
Completely authenticated by Club Delahaye France, extensive provenance, history book, build sheet, etc.
Original Figoni Body #581
Original Engine & Chassis #46864
All owners known from new
Consistently judged to be among the very best.
Copy of original build sheet & Owner's Manual (English Version)

This 1936 135 Competition Disappearing Top Convertible is notable for many reasons, including its streamlined flowing objet d'art design by Joseph Figoni, with the Figoni et Falaschi patented (795.769) disappearing top, pioneered on this car (copy in car history book). It was specially ordered when new to be equally at home on a boulevard... or on a racetrack. It has a racing engine, gearbox and chassis.

It is restored to 100-point level for Concours d'Elegance competition, and is the winner of numerous prestigious concours awards. But most importantly, as the premier example of 1930s French coachbuilding, this beautiful automobile can be seen and valued as fine art, with all the implications for further appreciation that the fine art market commands. Mobile art; “A true movable feast for the eyes.”

“The chassis 46864 is correct in all respects”-- Club Delahaye France Archives
Rarely do competitive racing chassis and engine and imaginative aerodynamic coachwork come together in the same car. This was Figoni et Falaschi's signature style applied to a convertible... the new flowing streamlined coachwork for which Figoni-Falaschi would become internationally famous. It most dramatically illustrates Figoni’s famed streamlined creations, in this case for a wealthy Parisian named Wolf, a personal friend of Figoni’s. Wolf could afford the best of the best, so he challenged Delahaye and Figoni to create a car with elegant line, fine et elancée, with the fast and reliable Competition 3.5 liter six-cylinder engine, and the competition chassis... bearing in mind his intent to race the car and enter in rallies, as well as concours events and various showings for Figoni.

“This is one of the most elegant creations of Joseph Figoni and one of the most important Delahaye cars.”-- Club Delahaye France Archives.

Offered at $15Million USD

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