1925 Hispano Suiza H6B Torpedo

The Spanish, and later French, company Hispano-Suiza was in business from 1904 until 1938 and the company's most successful model, the H6, designed by Marc Birkigt, was introduced at the 1919 Paris Auto Salon. The car was equipped with a 6-liter, 6-cylinder aluminum engine and an exceptional four-wheel braking system with servo assistance that was patented and sold to other manufacturers, including Rolls-Royce. Around 2,450 examples of the H6 were produced by the Hispano-Suiza factory in Bois-Colombes, just outside Paris. The coachwork on this H6B is by Million-Guiet & Cie, who were responsible for many of the period's finest bodywork on many marques, including Bugatti and Delahaye as well as Hispano-Suiza. This car was discovered in a shed under the banking of the Montlhery circuit in France where it had been hidden away in 1939 by collector Colin Crabbe, who restored and kept it for many years, taking it on a long tour of South Africa in 1968. It was later owned by Henry Petronis before its current owner bought it in 2010. It has recently been restored by Graham Moss in England.