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Collector's Motor Cars & Aircraft — Bonhams & Goodman

Auction House: Bonhams & Goodman Number of lots recorded: 16
Sale Title: Collector's Motor Cars & Aircraft Lots with images: 14
Auction Location: Nelson, New Zealand Prices available: 7
Date: 14/09/2008









Lot Description Price Image
*** 1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Sports saloon. The introduction of a smaller Rolls-Royce, the 20hp, in 1922 enabled the company to cater for the increasingly important owner-driver market that appreciated the quality of Rolls-Royce engineering but did not need a car as large as a 40/50hp Ghost or Phantom. The 'Twenty' proved eminently suited to town use, yet could cope admirably with Continental touring when called upon.… ***
*** 1914 Daimler 25hp Tourer. The Daimler Motor Co Ltd, of London and Coventry proudly announced in their 1900 catalogue: 'We claim not only to be the pioneers of the industry in this country, but also to have kept the lead, thus placing Daimler Motor Carriages a long way ahead of all others.' They paid due respect to Gottlieb Daimler and the 'Daimler' system, and offered a range of twin- and four-cylinder cars and commercial vehicles.… ***
*** 1930 Auburn Model 125 Rumble Seat Roadster. While the American automobile industry's development in its formative years had been guided by the inventor/engineer, its progress between the wars was shaped not so much by technicians as by entrepreneurs. One such was Auburn boss Errett Lobban Cord, who once admitted to having made and lost $50,000 three times in the course of his business dealings, and all before reaching the age of 21!… ***
*** 1912 Ac Sociable. Having abandoned plans to produce a 20hp touring car, John Weller turned his not inconsiderable design talents to something more mundane - a three-wheeled commercial delivery vehicle that would suit the needs of his businessman backer, John Portwine. Called the 'Auto-Carrier' this timber-framed device was powered by a single-cylinder, 636cc, air-cooled (by fans) engine mounted beneath the driver's seat and driving the rear wheel, via a two-speed epicyclic gearbox, by chain.… ***
*** 1914 Warrick. Having left his trade as a gunsmith to work as an agent for 'The Monarch Carrier' (a tradesman's box tricycle) John Warrick also began working for the manufacturing company, T W Pitt, as an engineer. With the appearance of the Auto Carrier in 1910 Warrick saw a business opportunity and ordered an Ac and had his chief engineer dismantle it.… ***
*** 1950 Jaguar MkV 3.5-Litre Saloon. Jaguar Cars - as William Lyons' Ss concern had been renamed by 1945 - commenced post-war production with a range of improved but essentially pre-war designs. A considerable improvement on what had gone before, the MkV saloon's cruciform-braced chassis featured torsion bar independent front suspension, designed pre-war by the company's Chief Engineer William Heynes, and all-round hydraulic brakes.… ***
*** 1949 Ford V8 'Woodie' Station Wagon & Caravan. The V8 engine was no novelty when Henry Ford introduced the Ford V8 in 1932, but never before had such an engine been produced successfully in large numbers and at so low a price. Styling followed the lines of the superseded Model A, but with an extra 25bhp the newcomer's performance was in an entirely different league. Engine development proceeded at a brisk pace and by 1936 the V8's initial problems had been overcome and maximum power raised to 85bhp.… ***
*** 1932 Mg F-Type Magna Sports. General Manager of Oxford-based Morris Garages, Cecil Kimber brought sports car motoring within the financial reach of the man in the street with a succession of affordable MGs. These were, naturally enough, based on existing Morris models, arguably the most famous and certainly the most influential being the Midget, the first version of which appeared in 1928 at the London Motor Show.… ***
*** 1930 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Sedanca De Ville.… *** N/A 
*** Mk XVI Spitfire TE330. The old engineering adage - "If it looks right, it most probably is right", describes the Spitfire to perfection. For a 1930's design, even today, it still looks drop dead gorgeous from any angle, from the smooth curves over the nose, to the unique elliptical plan shape of its wings.… ***
*** c1898 De Dion Bouton 31/2hp Vis-à-Vis. The names of De Dion and Bouton are inextricably linked with the pioneer years of the motor car, initially in company with Trépardoux in the building of light steam carriages, the first of which appeared in 1883.… ***
*** 1950 Bentley MkVI Waumsley Special.… *** N/A 
*** 1969 Lola T142 Formula 5000 Monoposto. From humble beginnings in 1958 - the prototype Mark 1 sports car emerged from a garage behind the Broadley family's tailoring shop in Bromley, Kent - Lola Cars quickly established a winning reputation and grew to become a major force in world motorsport.… ***
*** 1963 Bmw Isetta 300. Popular during the 1950s and 1960s, the diminutive 'bubblecar' or 'cabin scooter' is currently enjoying a revival of interest - not surprisingly given the congested state of today's urban roads. Nowadays though, the Bubble's attraction has just as much to do with fashion as practicality. One of the more successful designs of the cabin scooter's heyday was the Bmw Isetta, a design the German firm manufactured under license from its Italian originator Iso.… ***
*** 1955 Mercedes-Benz 180 Saloon. After Mercedes-Benz recommenced production after World War II the basic mechanical components were of a pre-war design. In 1953 a new full width body of unitary construction, available with two engine sizes, a four cylinder unit of 1767cc's, and a six cylinder unit of 2195cc, was introduced. The unitary construction resulted in improved rigidity and noise reduction.… ***
*** 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250SE Coupé. First shown at Frankfurt in 1965, the new S-Class Mercedes-Benz range was outwardly distinguishable from preceding models by a sleeker bodyshell with lower roof and waistlines, and increased glass area. All models featured similar all-independent suspension, as well as four-wheel disc brakes and power-assisted steering.… ***

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