To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island event, March 12, 2016.Estimate: $300,000 - $350,000118 bhp, 4,061 cc OHV inline eight-cylinder engine, four-speed manual transmission, solid front axle and live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel servo-assisted mechanical drum brakes. Wheelbase: 130 in.Offered from a prom..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island event, March 12, 2016.
Estimate: $500,000 - $650,000
100 bhp, 1,991 cc SOHC inline eight-cylinder engine with dual Solex carburetors, four-speed manual transmission, live front axle with semi-elliptic leaf-spring front suspension, live rear axle with quarter-elliptic leaf-spring suspension, a..
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island event, March 12, 2016.Estimate: $700,000 - $900,000100 bhp, 4,398 cc SOHC inline four-cylinder engine, four-speed manual “D-type” transmission, solid front and rear axles with semi-elliptic leaf-spring suspension, and four-wheel mechanical drum brakes. Wheelbase: 129.9 in.Original, numbers-matc..
As I have said before when describing their cars, the Austin Motor Company Limited of Longbridge in Birmingham made very good motor cars which were definitely a cut above the rest. During the 1920s they made a large 20 hp car, the ground breaking baby Seven and this 12 hp four cylinder model which was introduced in 1921 and, with various revisions,..
Herbert Austin was persuaded that sporting performance cars would help sell all the other models, the Ulster being one of the best, and perhaps the most coveted today. The example here today was first rebuilt into an Ulster Rep. in the early 1980s, using a ‘compound curvature’ body (professionally made). The car was stripped and rebuilt in 2015, al..
As I tell everybody, the Austin Motor Company Limited of Longbridge in Birmingham made very good motor cars which were definitely a cut above the rest. During the 1920s they made a large 20 hp car, the ground breaking baby Seven and this 12 hp four cylinder model which was introduced in 1921 and, with various revisions, remained in production as a ..
1933 Rolls Royce 20/25 Park Ward Four Light Limousine
Chassis number GWX30
Registration number: AGC500
Off test in March of 1933; The first owner was one Colonel Sir Richard Needham residing at St James Park SW1.
Coachwork is a four light enclosed limousine of quite rakish proportions by Park Ward. The front seat sits well back allowing for a c..
This particular vehicle started its life with the Pickwick Stage Line. The Company soon merged with the Limited Imperial Valley Stage Line and provided service to southern California back in the 1910’s and 1920’s. The Pickwick Stage Line first used Ford vehicles but soon moved to utilizing Locomobiles and Pierce Arrow touring vehicles for hire. The..
This Alvis was despatched on 27th July 1927. There is no known record of the car until 1937 when owned by a Mr R Saunders. At this time it was sporting a fold flat windscreen, twin aero screens, a spare wheel fitted on the near side, a front valance, imitation knock-off hubs and it had a union flag painted on the bonnet. The car then passed to a M..
The late owner purchased this 12/50 in May 1968 as an everyday car. It was then used regularly between South London and the Rolls-Royce factory in Bristol. In 1971 the owner drove to Venice returning over the Stelvio pass, 9,045 feet with 6’ snowdrifts at the side of the road. During the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s the car was used in many hill climbs a..