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The Spring Auction Series - Day 1 - Automobilia & Collectors' Numberplates, Collectors' Motor Cars and Motorcycles — Bonhams

Auction House:BonhamsNumber of lots recorded:239
Sale Title:The Spring Auction Series - Day 1 - Automobilia & Collectors' Numberplates, Collectors' Motor Cars and MotorcyclesLots with images:235
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:181
Date:13-Nov-2010
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959, the right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate æ959Æ
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NSW 88, The Right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate 'NSW 88'
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1921, The Right to Display QLD motor vehicle number plate '1921'
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NSW 4, the right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate æNSW 4Æ
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NSW 8, the right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate æNSW 8Æ
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230-239, The Right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate '230-239'
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73-158, The Right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate '73-158'
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48588, The Right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate '48588'
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3285, The Right to display NSW motor vehicle number plate '3285'
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1926 Bugatti Type 38 (Restoration Project)Coachwork by Compton of Hillingdon Heath Ltd.Registration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. 38195Engine no. (Was 87), Introduced in 1926, the Bugatti Type 38 was conceived as a replacement for the Type 30 that had been in production since 1922. The Type 30 Bugatti has a special place in motoring history, for it was the first small 'straight-eight' to go into production and the first to use Bugatti's classic single-overhead-cam engine, one of the most famous automobile…
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1928 Sunbeam 20.9 Hp Light Sports TourerRegistration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. 2524GEngine no. 2522G, John Marston Limited's first Sunbeam production car, a De Dion-engined voiturette, was sold in 1901, but it was not until 1907, two years after the Sunbeam Motor Car Company had been formed, that the firm produced its first all-British model, the 16/20. The arrival of designer Louis Coatalen in 1909 and the pursuit of an effective competition programme enabled Sunbeam to establish a formidable…
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1923 Vauxhall 30-98 Velox TourerRegistration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. OE56Engine no. OE56, This is a most handsome example of what is considered by many knowledgeable enthusiasts to be the finest British sporting car of the Vintage period. Vauxhall had raced at both Grand Prix and Tourist Trophy level before The Great War and with the 30-98 had produced a car which could run rings around almost all of its contemporaries on cross-country journeys. The 'big engine/lightweight car' formula has been…
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1938 Bsa 500cc M24 Gold StarRegistration no. Not RegisteredFrame no. JM24 248Engine no. JM24 248, On Wednesday 30th June 1937, a specially prepared Empire Star 500 ridden by the great Wal Handley achieved a 100mph lap of the Brooklands circuit on its way to a debut race victory and award of the Gold Star that would give Bsa's new super sports model its evocative name. It says much for the progress of motorcycle design over the course of the 20th century's first three decades that a feat once the exclusive…
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1908 Reo 8hp runaboutRegistration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. 1444CEngine no. To be advised, Founded in 1904 by Ransom Eli Olds following his acrimonious departure from Oldsmobile, the Reo took its name from the great man's initials. Olds' split with his backers had resulted from their intention to cease manufacture of his successful Curved Dash single-cylinder runabout, so it surprised no one when a similar model appeared under the Reo name. The new company's first introduction though, was a 16hp…
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1928 Alvis 12/75hp Front Wheel Drive supercharged sports two-seaterRegistration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. 7190Engine no. 7653, Despite the somewhat conservative image Alvis has today, T G John Ltd produced some technically innovative cars in the Vintage period, pioneering front-wheel drive technology and championing small-capacity, high-performance engines. Engineer T G John had founded the Alvis company in 1919 when he acquired the rights to an automobile engine and with it the brand name of its…
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Formerly the property of the late. John Cresswell1925 Bentley 3-litre Speed model TourerCoachwork by Vanden PlasChassis no. 1054Engine no. 1077 body no. 1144, with characteristic humility æW OÆ was constantly amazed by the enthusiasm of later generations for the products of Bentley Motors limited, and it is testimony to the soundness of his engineering design skills that so many of his products have survived. From the humblest of beginnings in a mews garage off Baker Street, London in 1919 the Bentley…
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One of fewer than ten examples known to have survived worldwide 1922 Delage CO2 4¢-litre Six Cylinder Ohv Dual Cowl TourerChassis no. 12868Engine no. 163, 'Louis Delage created an important part of the tradition and heritage of the automotive golden age in France. Delage cars have all that is meant by 'La belle voiture franþais', together with Bugattis, Hispano-Suiza and later, Talbot-Lago, which inspired France's coachbuilders to produce moving works of art.' William Stobbs, Les Grandes RoutiÞres -…
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1940 A.J.S. Model 2ARegistration no. Not RegisteredFrame no. 936Engine no. 40/2A 2798, Ill timed diversification that coincided with the post-wall Street Crash depression would result in the sad demise of a J Stevens Ltd, which had been manufacturing motorcycles of high quality at its Wolverhampton works since 1911. Ajs was taken over by Matchless in 1931 and production shifted to the latterÆs factory in Woolwich, south London. From then onwards the two marquesÆ ranges became increasingly similar, using…
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1935 Packard Model 1203 Super Eight Five-Passenger Sedan (Rhd)Registration no. Aq-20-Yu (NSW) Expires 12/10/11Chassis no. 843436Engine no. 755890, Always built to the highest standards, the Packard was unquestionably one of the finest American cars of the pre-war era. Dissatisfaction with his Winton motor carriage is said to have spurred James Ward Packard to build a superior automobile. Aided by his brother and two defectors from the Winton company, Packard set up shop in his electrical engineering…
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1956 Bsa DBD34 Gold StarRegistration no. Not RegisteredFrame no. CB32 6086Engine no. DBD34GS 2573, On Wednesday 30th June 1937, a specially prepared Empire Star 500 ridden by the great Wal Handley achieved a 100mph lap of the Brooklands circuit on its way to a debut race victory and award of the 'Gold Star' that would give Bsa's new super sports model its evocative name. Possibly the most successful production racing motorcycle ever, the post-war Gold Star formed the mainstay of clubman's racing in the…
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1964 Mercedes-Benz 220sE Sedan Registration no. Dln-190 (NSW) Expires 29/01/11Chassis no. 11101462057471Engine no. 12798222007610, Mercedes-Benz debuted four typically well-engineered new models at the Frankfurt show in 1959 - the 220sE among them - all of which shared the same basic unitary-construction bodyshell and all-round independent suspension. Longer than their predecessors, the restyled newcomers featured a wider radiator shell, wrap-around windscreen, wider rear window, vertically positioned twin…
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1971 Jaguar E-Type Series III RoadsterRegistration no. Bcg-06W (NSW) Expires 04/06/2011Chassis no. 1S1081BWEngine no. 7S4300-SA, One consequence of the E-Type's long process of development had been a gradual increase in weight, but a good measure of the concomitant loss of performance was restored in 1971 with the arrival of the Series III V12. Weighing only 80lb more than the cast-iron block 4.2-litre Xk six, the new all-alloy, 5.3-litre, overhead-camshaft V12 produced 272bhp, an output good enough for a…
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From the collection of The Late The Hon. John Dawson-Damer1949 Jaguar Xk 120 Alloy RoadsterChassis no. 660017Engine no. W1038-7, Told by the post-war Attlee government to 'export or die', the British motor industry responded valiantly, none more so than Jaguar Cars, soon to become the UK's biggest Us-dollar earner thanks in no small measure to the success of its XK120 sports car. Ironically, the XK120's creation had only come about because delays in the gestation of the MkVII saloon had forced Jaguar to…
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1959 Jaguar XK150 Drophead CoupeRegistration no. Not RegisteredChassis no. S838604Engine no. VA1348-8, Jaguar's legendary Xk sports car range reached its final flowering in 1957 with the launch of the XK150, a progressive development of the XK120 and XK140. The XK150 retained the same basic chassis, engine and transmission of its predecessors but benefited from an entirely new, more modern body providing increased interior space and improved visibility courtesy of a single-piece wrap-around windscreen. The…
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1972 Lotus Europa Twin Cam Special, Registration no. Unregistered, Chassis no. 72121944P, Engine no. P28634, 'If you've just bought an ordinary sports car, we're sorry. Every Lotus is designed to give a man one thing above all - the greatest driving satisfaction the world can offer. Nothing hugs the road so closely, nothing corners so fast and true, nothing so happily combines performance, styling, comfort and pure handling pleasure.' - Lotus Europa advertisement, 1971. Launched at the 1967 Brussels Show,…
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1973 Volkswagen Beetle Registration no. Ajk-92N (NSW) Expires 26/04/11Engine no. AB926138, One of the 20th Century's truly great automobiles, the Volkswagen 'Beetle' lived down its origin as Hitler's 'people's car' to become an all-time best-seller and cult classic. De signed by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche as a means of providing mass transportation, it wasn't until 1945 that Beetle production began in full swing. By the time European production ceased in 1974 a staggering 21,000,000-plus Beetles of all types…
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From the collection of the late, the Hon. John Dawson-Damer 1979 lotus Esprit S2 Jps edition Chassis no. 79100223J engine no. FC907790115037, Project M70, Hethel's codename for the new Esprit, was unveiled to the public at the Turin motor show in November 1972. De signed by Giorgetto Giugiaro's fledgling Ital design Studio in his hallmark razor-edge style, the low-slung show stopper was every bit the supercar Colin Chapman had envisaged. Based on a modified Europa twin Cam platform, the Esprit followed…
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1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible (Lhd) Registration no. Bhx-91B (NSW) Expires 15/01/11Chassis no. 30867S1114762Engine no. 3114762, To say that the Sting Ray's arrival for 1963 caused a sensation would be grossly understating its impact on the North American sports car market. Such was its runaway success that the St Louis factory hired a second shift but still could not build cars fast enough to meet demand. Designed by General Motors' Art & Colour Studio chief Bill Mitchell, the new Corvette…
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1986 Ferrari Testarossa Coachwork by PininfarinaRegistration no. Ftr-086 (NSW) Expires 08/04/11Chassis no. ZFFTA17C000062307Engine no. F113A00485, A sports car with race breeding which worthily continued the illustrious name of the great 1950's sports racing Testa Rossa (literally 'red head' in Italian), Ferrari's fabulously quick 1980's road car was de signed to rival Lamborghini's Countach for presence and performance. The flagship for the Maranello company in the 1980s, the Testarossa was debuted at the…
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1929 LaSalle Series 328 Eight Dual Cowl Phaeton (Restoration project) Engine no. 412054, Introduced in 1927, the LaSalle was intended by General Motors to fill a perceived gap in the model range between Buick and Cadillac. Handsomely styled by Harley Earl, the LaSalle inspired General Motors to establish a separate division known as Art and Colour responsible for automotive styling, naturally with Earl at the helm. Built by Cadillac to the same high quality standards, the LaSalle employed an advanced 303cu…
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1938 Packard Twelve 1607 Five-Passenger Sedan (Lhd) (Restoration Project) Engine no. A600392, Introduced in 1932 as its maker's entry into the super-luxury car market, the Packard Twelve was a carefully crafted multi-cylinder masterpiece. This most prestigious of Packards would transport presidents, royals, dictators, movie moguls and business titans around the globe in grand style for the remainder of the decade. The 67-degree Packard V-12 engine utilized a unique modified L-head valve layout. The…
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Isotta-Fraschini Tipo 8 restoration project Chassis no. See textEngine no. 124, Cesare Isotta and Oreste Fraschini formed their Company in 1900, their first car, shown at the 1901 Milan Expo, was a single-cylinder, 5hp machine. Almost immediately Isotta started to make a name for itself in competition and would continue to do so for many years. In June 1902 Oreste Fraschini took 2nd place in the Sassi-Superga Hillclimb while six years later the marque scored a resounding victory in the tough Targa Florio…
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Delahaye 135M Cabriolet (Restoration project) Chassis no. See textEngine no. 800816, based initially at Tours and from 1906 in Paris, Delahaye built its first automobile in 1894 and soon branched out into commercial vehicle manufacture. Founder Emile Delahaye de signed the cars and drove them in competitions during the firmÆs formative years before retiring in 1901 when Charles Weiffenbach ¦ æMonsieur CharlesÆ ¦ took over as Director. Am?d?e Varlet served as DelahayeÆs chief designer from then onwards,…
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1929 Cadillac series 341-B dual Cowl Phaeton (Restoration Project) engine no. See text, with the earliest model sold in 1903, Cadillac is second only to Ford as the oldest surviving make in America and quickly established itself as one of the foremost makers of high quality automobiles in the country, earning its 'Standard of the worldÆ advertising claim. By 1910, Cadillac had been absorbed into the General Motors conglomerate under William C.Durant and has remained the most prestigious name in the GM…
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1936 Cadillac Series 36-80 Twelve Coupe (Lhd) (Restoration project) Coachwork by Fleetwood Engine no. 4110559, As the 1920s came to a close many of the producers of big and luxurious motorcars were developing multi-cylinder engines. Lincoln, Packard and Pierce-Arrow had twelve cylinder cars in the works, while Marmon and Peerless were preparing sixteen cylinder cars. Cadillac upped the ante threatened by its competitors by developing both V-12 and V-16 automobiles, in addition to the existing flat-head V-8…
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1936 Cadillac series 36-75 V-8 Convertible Sedan Coachwork by Fleetwood Registration no. Not Registered engine no. 3F4503, Founded by Henry Leland and Robert Faulconer, the Cadillac Automobile Company of Detroit, Michigan, completed its first car in October 1902, the firm's superior precision manufacturing technology soon establishing it as the foremost builder of quality cars in the USA. Always innovators in automobile technology, the Company continues to produce cars recognised everywhere as symbols of…
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Hotchkiss model AD 20/30 two seater Registration no. Not Registered engine no. 4354, a slump in demand for the products of its munitions factory at St Denis (Paris) prompted the Company founded in 1875 by American Benjamin Hotchkiss (1826-85) to diversify into motor manufacture in the early 1900s. Right from the start the famous 'Hotchkiss drive', by live axle and open propeller shaft, was a feature of the French factory's automobiles, the first of which was a brace of side-valve 'T-head' fours with…
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c.1920 Locomobile Model 48 Speedster (Restoration Project) Engine no. 13544, First incorporated by John Brisben Walker and his partner Amzi Lorenzo Barber in 1899, the Locomobile Company of America initially found fame building steam cars. Moving into gasoline-power, Locomobile also participated in competition to prove their products, performing well in the Gordon Bennett races in France in 1905 and the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island the following year. But it wasn't until 1908 that Locomobile hit the…
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1995 Triumph Thunderbird 900, Registration no. SMTTC339JMS023284, Frame no. J023551. Built alongside the modern Trident, the Triumph Thunderbird offered by John Bloor's Triumph Motorcycles, Ltd. of Hinckley was unashamedly retro in styling, harking back to the glory days of the original T-birds of the 1950s and 1960s. Made between 1995 and 2004, the Thunderbird was powered by a liquid-cooled triple displacing 885cc and developing 68 bhp at 8000 rpm giving effortless performance and is a classic cruiser…
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