Exquisite 120-year-old car with wooden steering wheel, horn and leather seats for sale – it could be yours for £240k

A VINTAGE car the features a stunning woody steering wheel, horn, and leather seats could beryllium yours for £240,000.

An exquisite Twin-Cylinder Four-Seat Side-Entrance Tonneau from 1904 is heading to auction successful remarkably bully information contempt its 120 years.

The conveyance crimson, manufactured by French carmaker Darracq, boasts a car horn and leather upholstered seats.

In 1905, the Darracq won the some the Circuit des Ardennes and Vanderbilt Cup races, repeating the second triumph successful 1906, thereby demonstrating that Darracqs were durable arsenic good arsenic fast.

The listing of this car is held by Bonhams who said: "Our vendor purchased this Darracq successful 2006 from classical car dealer, Martin Daly.

"[He] was selling the car connected behalf of the past owner, Mr Hugh Crawford Balfour, who had acquired it successful 2003.”

"Seeking to uncover its history, the vendor sought the proposal of VCC stalwart, the precocious Malcolm Jeal, for galore years Chairman of the Club's Dating Committee.

"This Darracq was formerly portion of the celebrated Sword Collection and determination is simply a representation connected record dating from pre-1962 of it successful the collection.

"It is probable that 'A 4489' was sold successful 1 of the Sword Collection income during the 1960s.

"The car is known to person been owned subsequently by Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Chairman Air Chief Marshal Sir John Rogers and Historic Sports Car Club CEO Mr Graham White."

Some works person been undertaken and the snazzy car has featured successful aggregate publications.

The listing read: "While successful the existent ownership 'A 4489' competed successful the London to Brighton Run from 2006 onwards until and including 2019, with lone 1 twelvemonth of non-attendance and 2 failures associated with the gearbox (now rebuilt) and tyre blowouts.

"Eleven Runs person been successfully completed (just 1 since the motor rebuild).

"The Darracq has besides appeared connected the beforehand leafage of The Times paper connected Monday 4th November 2013 edition, transcript connected file, and was utilized by Goose Productions for their advertizing run successful 2014.

"It has besides featured successful assorted magazines. Hanging successful the RAC Club determination is an oil coating of 'A 4489' travelling implicit Westminster Bridge successful the institution of Prince Michael of Kent astatine the instrumentality of different vehicle, driven by its past proprietor who was Chairman of the RAC astatine the time.

“The Darracq has not been utilized since the Covid outbreak and has been cautiously stored successful the owner's afloat heated centrifugal location with the different cars successful his collection.

“'A 4489' has provided the proprietor and his household with large amusive and adventures implicit the years, with galore blessed memories; however, the clip has present travel for different custodian to instrumentality implicit the reins and bask ownership arsenic overmuch arsenic they have."

Creator Alexandre Darracq, who was calved successful Bordeaux successful 1855, made his luck successful the bicycle industry's roar years of the precocious 19th Century earlier turning his attraction to powered transport.