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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 350cc Dollar has the Chaise unit-construction overhead-cam engine. Restored in the 1990s, this rare machine has not been started while in the current owner’s possession and thus will require re-commissioning before further use.

BS 9588 is undoubtedly one of the most original surviving Hispano-Suizas with formal coachwork. J Saoutchik of 46 Rue Jacques Dulud, of Neuilly in Paris, were the favoured coachbuilders for this chassis, the quintessentially French Coupé de Ville coachwork demonstrating that the original owner spared no expense in the specification dictated to J S..

‘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..

By the end of the 1920s Renault had become a massive operation, as prominent in the field of commercial vehicle manufacture as that of cars, and this left-hand drive light van is based on the Type NN chassis. We are advised that the vehicle was restored by Beaufort Restoration Services (UK) Ltd in 1989 at a cost of £38,000 and comes with related b..

Most chassis carried factory coachwork but this Sunbeam carries coachwork by respected provincial coachbuilders Brainsby of Peterborough. This handsome tourer is presented in grey and black livery with nickel fittings and is equipped with a three-piece opening windscreen, twin side-mounted spare wheels, hood and a full complement of sidescreens, pr..

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..

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..

This charming early 3-litre car has a delightful patina of use and would probably leave most ‘concours’ cars standing at the traffic lights. The coachwork is liveried in black with wonderful green leather upholstery, possibly the original. Driving equipment includes Lucas headlamps and Toby torpedo side lamps, fold-flat windscreen and Brookland..