A collection like none other. Meticulously and beautifully restored automobiles from the Brass (1890-1919), Vintage (1918-1929), Pre-War Classic (1930-1946) eras, as well as select rare models from the Modern era.
This Hispano Suiza belonged to the late Erich Haller from Muttenz/Basel Switzerland. It was before fallen from a Lorry and Erich was able to buy it from the insurance and restored it together with the old craftsmen from Basel Coachbuilder Köng. In 1999 it was finished and I was able to drive it back in August 1999. later we saw Hallers at Villa d‘Este with it and on most of the prestigious Concours‘es! Plus: Mr. Haller‘s even fabulous Mk VI Bentley, coachbuilt by Mulliner in black and green with red leather interior is now part of the Bentley works collection at Crewe, England.
Hispano Suiza started in 1901 in Barcelona, Spain and built cars, trucks and buses. They did not make any aircraft engines until WWI in 1914. For the war, they developed a massive V-8 engine, (not a V-12) of 18.5 Liters. There was also a 12.5-Liter version. The H6(B,C) model was developed in 1919 and was heavily influenced by the V-8 aero engine but not a direct copy. The H6 was 6.5 Liter, 6-cylinder so a completely different block, crankshaft and crankcase design from the aero engine. This car was a Hibbard & Darrin coach but was much more conventionally 1920s in look up to the 1980s when someone "restored" the car to look as it does now.
The very first one I saw was in 1957's auto show. The one I saw was dark blue. The stainless steel top just shown in contrast along with the quarter panel cover. The floor carpet pile seemed to be an inch thick was dark blue also. After seeing the sticker price, i turned to my friend and said, "Any one paying over $13,000 for a car is crazy!". If I only knew.
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