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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..

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 Delage D6L successfully completed the arduous Peking to Paris Rally earlier this year, a 12,000-kilometre marathon that took 35 days to complete, receiving a bronze medal in recognition of its achievement. The car is presented in good condition throughout and offered with restoration invoices, current MoT/road fund licence and Swansea V5 regis..

‘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..

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 ..

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 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..

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..

This ‘time-warp’ car is truly remarkable and ‘just as we like to find them’ in every respect. This car has been in the present family ownership for no less than 41 years, and it is a credit to them that they have resisted the urge to restore, the only minor concession to the 21st Century being the fitting of indicators for self-preservation..