to be liquidated. Despite 48771 being advertised for sale, in mid 1938, not a single "sentimental patriot" expressed interest in buying it. Lacour secured storage for it in the South of France, near Lucy's new family home in neutral Monaco. The car was sold in 1945 to an unknown Nazi sympathizer, who commissioned Franay to design and build a low-slung attractive roadster body on the old Type 145 chassis. He vanished without paying Franay, who managed to have the car seized. Franay bought it at auction. Since then, two different cars have surfaced with credible claims to be the 'Million Franc Delahaye', with two different collectors (Peter Mullin in 1987 for the Mullin Automotive Museum and/or Sam Mann) both claiming the privilege of owning this unique piece of automotive history. References See also Delahaye Popular Front (France) Auto races in France 1937 in French motorsport Contemporary French history