Richard Stafford
Senior Specialist, Head of Research
LOT 572
c.1937 Delahaye Type 134N Project Registration no. not registered Chassis no. 800037 Engine no. 800037
Sold for £34,500 inc. premium
Lot 572
c.1937 Delahaye Type 134N Project
The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|2 September 2023, 14:30 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum
c.1937 Delahaye Type 134N Project
Registration no. not registered
Chassis no. 800037
Engine no. 800037
Registration no. not registered
Chassis no. 800037
Engine no. 800037
• Rare Delahaye luxury model
• Rolling chassis, engine and gearbox
• Aluminium replica body
• Exciting and potentially most rewarding project
Based initially at Tours and from 1906 in Paris, Delahaye built its first automobile in 1895 and later branched out into commercial vehicle manufacture. Up to the mid-1930s its products tended to be worthy though unexciting, but then in 1935 came the first of a new generation which would change the marque's image forever - the T135 Coupe Des Alpes.
Emile Delahaye himself designed the early cars and remained with the company he had founded after its sale in 1897 to two Paris-based industrialists, Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane. He retired in 1901, leaving Delahaye in the capable hands of production manager Charles Weiffenbach and engineer Amédée Varlet. By this time the company had left its Tours home and been re-established in the Morane family's factory in the Gobbelins district of Paris.
The firm built single- and twin-cylinder models initially, and introduced its first four-cylinder car – the Type 11 – in 1903. By the outbreak of The Great War, Delahaye had established a reputation for quality and reliability and was ranked in the top ten of French carmakers.
Offered here is an what appears to be an original Delahaye 134N rolling chassis, complete with an engine and gearbox. An expensive luxury model, the Delahaye 134 was introduced in 1933 and built until 1940, from 1936 onwards as the 134N, and was powered by a 2,151cc four-cylinder engine producing 45bhp (50bhp 134N), which was effectively two thirds of the overhead-valve six of the 135 sports car. Transmission options were a four-speed manual or four-speed Cotal pre-selector, while the chassis boasted independent leaf-sprung front suspension, a live rear axle, and cable-operated Bendix brakes. The 134N reappeared briefly post-war and was last offered in 1946.
This example's chassis plate states 'Type 134N No. 800037' while the engine plate reads "Moteur 1.K.140" No. Du Moteur "800037". The replica body, completed by Steve McFarlane's Coachbuilders in bare aluminium, is in the style of a 135 MS Competition by Figoni et Falaschi. There are no documents with this lot.
• Rolling chassis, engine and gearbox
• Aluminium replica body
• Exciting and potentially most rewarding project
Based initially at Tours and from 1906 in Paris, Delahaye built its first automobile in 1895 and later branched out into commercial vehicle manufacture. Up to the mid-1930s its products tended to be worthy though unexciting, but then in 1935 came the first of a new generation which would change the marque's image forever - the T135 Coupe Des Alpes.
Emile Delahaye himself designed the early cars and remained with the company he had founded after its sale in 1897 to two Paris-based industrialists, Léon Desmarais and Georges Morane. He retired in 1901, leaving Delahaye in the capable hands of production manager Charles Weiffenbach and engineer Amédée Varlet. By this time the company had left its Tours home and been re-established in the Morane family's factory in the Gobbelins district of Paris.
The firm built single- and twin-cylinder models initially, and introduced its first four-cylinder car – the Type 11 – in 1903. By the outbreak of The Great War, Delahaye had established a reputation for quality and reliability and was ranked in the top ten of French carmakers.
Offered here is an what appears to be an original Delahaye 134N rolling chassis, complete with an engine and gearbox. An expensive luxury model, the Delahaye 134 was introduced in 1933 and built until 1940, from 1936 onwards as the 134N, and was powered by a 2,151cc four-cylinder engine producing 45bhp (50bhp 134N), which was effectively two thirds of the overhead-valve six of the 135 sports car. Transmission options were a four-speed manual or four-speed Cotal pre-selector, while the chassis boasted independent leaf-sprung front suspension, a live rear axle, and cable-operated Bendix brakes. The 134N reappeared briefly post-war and was last offered in 1946.
This example's chassis plate states 'Type 134N No. 800037' while the engine plate reads "Moteur 1.K.140" No. Du Moteur "800037". The replica body, completed by Steve McFarlane's Coachbuilders in bare aluminium, is in the style of a 135 MS Competition by Figoni et Falaschi. There are no documents with this lot.
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