24/48-volt DC motor, three-speed controller with reverse, double chain drive, Platform front suspension with tubular axle and semi-elliptical leaf springs, tubular rear axle with full-elliptical leaf springs, and two-wheel mechanical brakes. Wheelbase: 73 in.Offered from the Harold Coker CollectionLong, interesting historyVery good, largely origina..
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If you don’t have anything to do on the first Sunday of November; this is your chance to take part in the 2015 London to Brighton and have a lovely day!The car on sale is a 1903 VCC-dated Gamage-Aster with a monocylinder Aster engine with 6 ½hp.This absolute stunning veteran car comes with an entry for the 2015 London to Brighton Run.The car ..
PLEASE NOTE THIS CAR HAS AN ENTRY FOR THE 2015 LONDON TO BRIGHTON RUN!
Adolphe Clement-Bayard was wide ranging entrepreneur who was involved in the manufacture of bicycles, motor cycles, pneumatic tyres, aeroplanes and airships and of course motor cars.
According to Georgano’s excellent Encyclopedia of Motor Cars he was already wealthy from the s..
1902 Rochet 4 1/2hp Vis a VisChassis number: 1369Registration number: BS8229Engine Number: 2627A particularly pretty & attractive early Paris built Vis a Vis style car. Being of 1902 origin it will be a reasonably early starter at about number 100 on the London to Brighton run which it has compleunted on a number of occasions.Smartly presented ..
1900 De Dion Bouton Motorette built in Brooklyn, New York, USA. These cars were built under license in the US for only a one year period. Only a handful of these cars still exist and perhaps two or three are actually in running order. This is a very early car being chassis number eight. It retains its original body and has a pleasant patina. It co..
This fantastic Thomas was owned by a collector in Buffalo, NY for many years. He bought it from a museum in Buffalo in the 90's when it closed. The Thomas was a very original and complete car when purchased and a restoration began. It is one of two known REAL 1903 Thomas autos to exist today.. When the passed away in 2000, his estate sold th..
1903 Acme Rear Entrance Tonneau twin cylinder.Car number: 3-15Registration number: Applied for.Dating Certificate: Applied for.A super little London to Brighton car dating from 1903. The Acme Car company started making cars in 1903 having poached an engineer from Mercedes in Germany who was tasked with designing their first cars. By 1912 The receiv..
1904 Oldsmobile Curved DashRegistration number: A8829A regular London to Brighton runner; this curved dash Oldsmobile is VCC dated & has completed the run on numerous occasions.The machine is in fine order having been maintained by the last owner without regard to expense. It is finished in a deep blue paintwork scheme with red chassis & ac..
3.5 HP twin-cylinder double-acting steam engine, solid front axle with transverse full-elliptic spring, live rear axle with full-elliptic leaf springs and single chain drive, differential brake, tiller steering. Asphalt paving magnate Amzi Lorenzo Barber and Cosmopolitan publisher John Brisben Walker formed their alliance to build a new motorcar i..
G.N. Georgano’s excellent Complete Encyclopedia of Motor Cars tell us that J. Frank Duryea set up the Hamden Automobile Company to build a car under that name though it is thought unlikely that they ever actually did make one. In 1901 he joined the J. Stevens Arms and Tool company of Massachusetts who put his design into production firstly as the ..