An ‘older restoration’, this 2¾hp sidevalve ‘flat tanker’ comes with Swansea V5 registration document recording the last change of keeper as in 1996. The machine has been on display in a major Austrian motorcycle museum in recent years, although not registered in that country, and is currently resident in Germany.
Dating from the second year of four-valve Rudge production, this Vintage ‘500’ was supplied new in Wien, Austria by Alois Wutte, whose dealer plaque remains fixed to the front mudguard. Apparently substantially original, the machine has not been used for some time and thus will require re-commissioning before further use.
This FIAT 503 saloon was first registered on 4th April 1928 in Earls Court, London and had five owners up to 1930. The car changed hands again in January 1952 and was next sold (in 1970) to one A Smith, who restored it. Mr Smith owned the car until his death in 2006, when his son sold it to the current owner. Right-hand drive, like many Italian car..
This 4-Seater Chummy was manufactured at Austin’s Longbridge factory 15 July 1927. During what might have been a final journey to a breaker’s yard in the 1950s. While still complete and largely original on acquisition, sensitively applied refurbishment carried out during the last year has included repainting the bodywork in Kingfisher Blue, tri..
The car offered here – chassis number ‘4724’ – is one of only two known surviving examples of the Type 30 bodied by favoured coachbuilders Lavocat et Marsaud. According to factory sales records, ‘4724’ was produced in December 1925, invoiced to Dubuisson, of St Quentin, near Lille, presumably the local Bugatti agent, and delivered on 28..
Considerable mechanical refurbishment (invoices available) was undertaken by the immediately preceding owner, and the vendor has continued this process, bringing ‘SM3914’ to the peak of perfection over the course of the past few years. Much of this recent renovation has been entrusted to specialist vintage car restorer, W J Huckle, of Sleaford,..
Unlike its revolutionary Lambda V4 predecessor, the Dilambda did not use a stress-bearing body but reverted to a separate chassis. A new design, the latter possessed exceptional torsional rigidity, a virtue necessitated by its independent front suspension. Narrow-angle vee-configuration engines were a Lancia speciality, the Dilambda’s 3,960cc ove..
This Wolseley dates from those immediate post-war years and is most handsomely presented in dark green livery with black wings and Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels, the mahogany door cappings adding a pleasing Edwardian flavour. It is equipped with a two-piece, folding, mahogany-framed windscreen and further weather protection is afforded by a beige hoo..
Finished in black with red leather upholstery, including the rumble seat, the car features imposing dual side-mount spare wheels, mahogany running boards, and correct drum headlamps, tubular bumpers, period trunk and triple lamp rear light. Paintwork, interior and the cloth-covered top bows are in excellent order, while all instruments are correct ..
‘This model was introduced to meet requests for a smaller, less expensive car in keeping with the trend after the First World War towards smaller cars for a wider market. Construction was simplified - but standards of workmanship were not compromised.’ - Edward Eves, Rolls-Royce, 75 Years of Motoring Excellence. Chassis number ‘GVO45’ was d..