1927 RENAULT 40CV TYPE NM SPORT CABRIOLET In vendita all'asta

1927 RENAULT 40CV TYPE NM SPORT CABRIOLET In vendita all'asta

  • 1927
  • TBC
  • Rivenditore
  • GB
    Regno Unito

Descrizione

Bonhams are delighted to offer at our forthcoming ?Les Grandes marques du monde au Grand Palais? Rare Collectors' and Fine Motor Car Auction on Thursday 7th February 2019 at The Grand Palais, Paris, France, 142 select motor cars. The full online catalogue can be viewed at - details above. For further images and information on this lot, please follow the link.

1927 RENAULT 40CV TYPE NM SPORT CABRIOLET
COACHWORK BY HENRI BINDER, PARIS
CHASSIS NO. 286836
?Renault's Vintage-era flagship
?Delivered new to New York, USA
?Restored in Europe in the 2000s
?Present ownership since 2012
?Concours winner at Zoute in 2018

?360, 000 - 440, 000
?330, 000 - 400, 000

Founded by Louis Renault and his brothers Marcel and Fernand in 1898, the company that would become France's biggest automobile manufacturer started humbly enough, with a solitary 1?hp De Dion-engined prototype, the sprung rear axle of which would soon be copied by many contemporaries. Production at the Billancourt factory was soon under way on a large scale, demand for its products being enhanced by the performance of Renault cars in the great inter-city races so popular in France at the turn of the 19th Century.

From the outset Renault engineering was of the highest quality, and the arrival of multi-cylinder models really put the company on the map. By the start of the 1920s Renault's largest model was the six-cylinder 40CV Type GX, the engine of which displaced 7? litres and would be enlarged in 1921 to a mighty 9. 1 litres for the Type NM. Other notable features included revised rear suspension arrangements for improved stability, and foot pedal operation for the rear brakes.

In 1926 the NM provided the basis for a new speed record car, intended to take back Renault's 24-hour record, broken in September 1925 by Bentley. Using two different bodies - an open two-seater for the shorter attempt and a streamlined single-seater for the longer - the special 40CV broke the three-hour and 24-hour records, and set new best marks at 1, 000 and 2, 000 miles, and 1, 000, 2, 000, and 3, 000 kilometres.

Renault exported many luxury chassis to the USA in the 20th Century's early years, including the 40CV offered here. The company's American agency proudly described the Renault in its advertisements as 'the car that will last forever'. Carrying imposing coachwork by Henri Binder, this 40CV was sold new in New York and is described in the factory despatch records (copy on file) as a 'Sport' model with 'Cabriolet Pillion' body.

Brought back to France in 2002 by Bruno Vendiesse and Fran?ois du Montant, the car was then completely restored to a very high standard, the engine being rebuilt by recognised specialist Lauren Rondoni, and in 2012 was sold to the current owner. Since restoration this quite magnificent Renault has won a 2nd prize at the Chantilly concours and been judged 'most beautiful restoration' at Zoute in 2018. Presented in exceptional condition, this rare and important example of Renault's Vintage-era flagship is offered with an extensive history file containing a French Carte Grise and full details of the restoration.

Renault 40CV Type NM Sport cabriolet 1927
Carrosserie Henri Binder, Paris
Ch?ssis n? 286836

?Vaisseau amiral de Renault des ann?es Vintage
?Livr?e neuve ? New York, ?tats-Unis
?Restaur?e en Europe dans les ann?es 2000
?Aux mains de l'actuel propri?taire depuis 2012
?Vainqueur au Concours de Zoute en 2018

Fond?e par Louis Renault avec ses fr?res Marcel et Fernand en 1898, la compagnie qui allait devenir le premier constructeur fran?ais commen?a assez humblement avec un prototype ? moteur De Dion de 1 ? ch, dont l'essieu arri?re suspendu allait rapidement ?tre repris par de nombreux autres constructeurs. La production prit rapidement une dimension industrielle ? l'usine de Billancourt, la demande ?tant stimul?e par les performances des voitures Renault dans les grandes courses de ville ? ville si populaires en France ? la fin du XIXe si?cle.

D?s le d?part, la m?canique des Renault afficha une grande qualit? et l'arriv?e de mod?le multicyclindres ?tablit d?finitivement la maque. Au d?but des ann?es 1920, le plus gros mod?le de Renault ?tait la six cylindres 40 CV Type GX, dont le moteur faisait 7? litres de cylindr?e et allait ?tre port? ? 9, 1 litres sur le Type NM. Les autres traits remarquables comprenaient la suspension arri?re am?lior?e pour une meilleure stabilit? et des freins arri?re command?s par p?dale.

En 1926, la NM fournit la base pour une nouvelle voiture de record de vitesse destin?e ? reprendre le record des 24 heures de Renault, battu par Bentley en septembre 1925. Utilisant deux carrosseries diff?rentes, une deux places ouvertes pour la tentative la plus courte et une monoplace a?rodynamique pour la plus longue - La 40 CV sp?ciale battit les records des 3 heures et des 24 heures ?tablissant de nouveaux jalons aux 1 000 et 2 000 miles et aux 1 000, 2 000 et 3 000 kilom?tres.

Renault exporta de nombreux ch?ssis de luxe aux ?tats-Unis au d?but du 20e si?cle, dont la 40 CV propos?e ici. L'agence am?ricaine de la marque d?crivait fi?rement la Renault dans ses publicit?s comme ? la voiture qui dure pour toujours ?. Arborant une imposante carrosserie Henri Binder, cette 40 CV a ?t? vendue neuve ? New York et est d?crite dans le bon de livraison de l'usine (copie au dossier) comme un mod?le ? Sport ? avec carrosserie ? cabriolet Pillion ?.

Ramen?e en France en 2002 par Bruno Vendiesse et Jean-Fran?ois Dumontant, la voiture a ?t? alors enti?rement restaur?e au plus haut niveau, le moteur enti?rement refait par un sp?cialiste r?put?, Lauren Rondoni, et en 2012 a ?t? vendue ? son actuel propri?taire. Depuis la restauration, cette Renault tout ? fait magnifique a remport? le 2nd prix au concours de Chantilly et a ?t? jug?e ? plus belle restauration ? ? Zoute en 2018. Dans un ?tat de pr?sentation exceptionnel, ce rare et important exemplaire du vaisseau amiral de Renault de l'?re Vintage est vendu avec un dossier historique complet contenant la carte grise fran?aise et tous les d?tails de sa restauration.

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