1908 De Dion Bouton Bi 15/18 HP double phaéton
Sold: €77,480
"Exhibited at the CIA in Pantin For Hervé Ogliastro, his passion for cars covers many facets and very old cars, the ancestors, are one that is particularly close to his heart. Thus, after having bought this De Dion Bouton as a chassis, he found a body and had the car completely redone in the workshops of André Lecoq , where several missing parts and panels were manufactured. Several accessories were found, including the lighting elements (BRC acetylene headlights) and a pretty 1914 mascot "the policeman" signed Leverier.
The restoration was carried out in accordance with the rules of the art, strictly respecting the presentation and techniques of the time and, in its current presentation, with its sober green tint, its nickel-plated accessories, its dashboard instruments marked De Dion, its elegant oil can fixed on the awning and its twin-block four-cylinder, the car appears almost in original condition, without suffering from the too "new" appearance that often characterizes complete restorations. An interesting detail, on the left footboard we find in a wooden trunk, a driver's kit with a water tank thanks to which the latter could clean himself after a mechanical session on the side of the road. The invoices from Lecoq attached to the file allow us to detail the work carried out in 1990-1991, which totals more than 710,000 francs."
