mounted front headlight and red leather interior appointments
and matching carpets provided by Hermès, the French luxury
goods purveyor.
Like chassis number 46756, this roadster has quite a history to
tell. First, it was purchased by the Brazilian ambassador to France,
who returned the car to F&F to have the central headlight removed
and to add bumpers. After World War II began, the car was sold
to a Frenchman, who attempted to hide it. He was unsuccessful,
but fortunately that was not the end for this beautiful roadster.
An Italian officer spirited the car away to Italy, where it turned up
again in 1947. The car was returned to Figoni’s workshop, where it
was restored.
The car passed through two more owners in France, and was
painted blue, before it was sold to current owner Miles Collier of
Naples, Florida, in 2001. At that point it had been driven less than
5,000 miles, but its age dictated a mechanical refresh and a repaint.
It remains in the Collier Collection today.
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