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1986 Renault 21 ex-Lévy and Goliath
No reserve
Estimate:
€2,000 - 4,000

Complete Description

Unregistered

- Built for the film Lévy and Goliath

- Utterly crazy appearance

- Unique, unlike anything else

- No reserve

 

This incredible car appeared in the film Lévy and Goliath, directed by Gérard Oury in 1987 and starring Richard Anconina and Michel Boujenah. Anconina played a diamond merchant and, through an unfortunate combination of circumstances, the diamond powder he was bringing back to Antwerp was replaced by cocaine. Without being aware that the two bags had been swapped, he delivered what he believed to be diamond powder to the Renault factory, where it was used for industrial purposes, but the cocaine had some harmful effects on the production line and resulted in the car we are offering for sale.

Built at Renault’s plant in Courbevoie, it is the same length as the goods lift there and the team who created it evidently had fun producing the craziest possible car. Behind the bonnet, which conceals a real engine, a platform accommodates a diverse array of parts, while there is a series of articulated doors on the sides. A second passenger compartment is mounted above the first, and it takes two people to drive the car: one at the top to steer it by means of a wheel at the end of a lengthened steering column, and the other underneath to operate the pedals.

Just as it was built for the film and ideal for a museum, this car is sure to delight cinema buffs and lovers of original inventions.

Comment:

Crédit photos © Peter Singhof

Auctioneer

Anne-Claire MANDINE
Auctioneer
Tel. +33 1 42 99 20 73
motorcars@artcurial.com

Contacts

Sophie PEYRACHE
Sale Administrator
Tel. +33 1 42 99 20 41
speyrache@artcurial.com

Absentee & Telephone Bids

Kristina Vrzests
Tel. +33 1 42 99 20 51
bids@artcurial.com

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