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Labourdette Skiff
Designer: Labourdette
Chassis Num: 12198
Engine Num: 301224
 
Sold for $517,000 at 2009 Gooding & Company.
In 1922 a French heiress, Suzanne Deutsche de l Meurthe, ordered a Hispano Suiza with a Labourdette skiff body. Records show that it was delivered to her the following year, but the car subsequently disappeared until the 1970s, when it was found and purchased by a French collector. At the time of its rediscovery, the car was in the possession of the Labourdette family, and the rear of the body had been modified to fit another type of chassis. Today, the body has been returned to its original conformation and united a correct chassis. The car has been positively identified by body numbers as well as details that match the records and photographs of both Hispano Suiza and Labourdette. The goal of the restoration was to save what is though to be, despite the disappearance of the original chassis, the only original Labourdette skiff body on a Hispano Suiza.

Auction Sales Information
AuctionPebble Beach Auction : Gooding & Company
Estimated Value:$500,000-$700,000 
Sale Price$517,000

EventGroup 
Pebble Beach Auction : Gooding & Company1901-1924 
58th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'EleganceJ1 - European Classic Open 1922-1934 
 
Hispano Suiza K6 1937 Hispano Suiza K6
Chassis: 16069
Engine: 333192