This Overhead 680 was originally sold in Harrogate, Yorkshire and has remained in that county all its life, enjoying only four owners from new. The machine is described as being in ‘fair-to-good’ overall condition but has been kept in storage since undergoing restoration 12 years ago and thus will need re-commissioning and the customary safety ..
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..
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 ..
Phantom I chassis number ‘94FH’ was originally delivered with ‘faux cabriolet’ coachwork by Thrupp & Maberly to first owner, one A J Newberry.Restored at date unknown, the car is currently fitted with a Barker-style cabriolet body while other noteworthy features include twin Grebel lights and an additional ‘emergency’ horn. We are a..
‘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..
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..
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,..
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..
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..