1938 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe | Old Car


An Extremely rare old car the 1938 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe. 1 of 12 built and 1 of 8 in existence.

– 1938/39 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe
– Chassis No. 51617, Engine No. 51617
– Coachwork by LeTourneur et Marchand
– Fully documented history
– Ordered new by French aviation pioneer Felix Amiot
– Siezed during WWII by the German government and sent to occupied Denmark in 1940
– After Denmark’s liberation in 1945 the car was confiscated by the newly re-established Danish government, where it was assigned a new documented title number D838120 and sold to national resistance hero Jens Lillelund
– Then passed on Danish industrialist Knud Vilhelm Count Shulin who sold the car to Hans Jorgen Beier in 1956
– Beier owned the car until 2013 when it was imported to Florida
– 4.7L inline-8 cylinder engine
– Cotal four-speed electric pre-selector gearbox
– Wheelbase: 133”