Coys Auction - Techno Classica Essen
Essen
Germany
Saturday 2 April 2011
Motor Cars 15:00
Admission by catalogue only - admits two.
Estimate: €40,000 - €50,000
Registration Number: EU Registered
Chassis Number: CD7965
Le Baron was one of the many prominent coachbuilders that sprung up in the 1920s to provide bodies for luxury cars. Until the late 1930s, most of the great prestige carmakers; Rolls-Royce, Hispano Suiza, Duesenberg and Packard often supplied only a running chassis which wealthy buyers would outfit with custom bodywork at substantial extra cost. Le Baron was founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1920 by Thomas L. Hibbard and Raymond Dietrich, formerly of Brewster. The company originally was called Le Baron, Carrossiers Inc., and served as design consultants. In 1924 they merged with the Blue Ribbon and Bridgeport Body Companies to become simply Le Baron, becoming body builders as well as designers.
Only about 150 examples of this very rare Chrysler De Luxe with the 6 litre