1929 Graham-Paige Type 612 Tourer

A staggering 73,195 cars were sold in Graham-Paige’s first 12 months, a US auto-industry record at the time. High performance was a strong selling point in G-P’s early years, one example setting speed records at the Brooklands track in England while another held the Mount Washington climb record. Despite a succession of styling innovations - its Bluestreak and ‘shark nose’ models are among the most striking of the 1930s - Graham never fully recovered from the Depression years and built its last car in 1940.

This right-hand drive Graham-Paige Model 612 Tourer is on the shortest (112”, 2,845mm) wheelbase chassis and has the 190cu in (3. 1-litre) 62bhp six-cylinder engine. Imported by its previous owner, an important Parisian collector, from Montevideo, Uruguay in 1989, where it was used by the local Police Department for several years, it was then restored in Europe in the early 1990’s.

This typical ‘Al Capone Style’ car comes with a French Carte Gris de Collection. Cette Graham-Paige Model 612 Tourer à conduite à droite sur l'empattement de plus court (112 pouces, soit 2 845 mm) est équipée du moteur six cylindres 3,1 litres de 62 ch. Importée en 1989 par son précédent propriétaire, important collectionneur parisien, de Montevideo en Uruguay, où elle fut utilisée pendant plusieurs années par les services de police, elle a été restaurée en Europe au début des années 1990.

Cette voiture typique ‘style Al Capone’ possède sa carte grise francais de collection.