A rare 1949 Delahaye 175 Cabriolet once owned by Sir Elton John has been listed up for sale through an online auction and is already attracting quite a lot of attention.

This Delahaye is a left-hand drive model and was originally built for the Maharaja of Mysore in India as a sunroof coupe. In the early 1970s, it was purchased by an American businessman before it was sent to Europe and auctioned in 1979. Sir Elton John purchased the car in 1980 and is thought to have owned it until 1983.

Before long, the car was converted into a Cabriolet and later returned to the United States and joined the Petersen Automotive Museum collection in 2001. It is located in LA and is being sold by the museum on Bring A Trailer with its previous UK registration plate, historical documentation, and a clean California title.

In addition to originally leaving the factory as a hardtop, the car was previously finished in silver before being repainted in the current shade of red. It includes yellow Marchal headlights, grille-mounted Marchal fog lamps, flush pop-out door handles, rear fender spats and chrome trim around the lower perimeter. The car is also sitting on chrome 18-inch wheels shod in Michelin Comfort Cord S.S. tires.

The car, which has approximately 2,700 km (~1,700 miles) on the clock, sports a 4.45-liter inline-six engine with three Solex downdraft carburetors. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed transmission with electromagnetic clutches that allow for gear selection without using the clutch pedal.