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Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Numberplates — Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)

Auction House:Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:23
Sale Title:Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles and NumberplatesLots with images:21
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:15
Date:1-Jul-2007
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The right to display original NSW Numberplate '2469'
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Greeves 246cc Challenger MX3 dirt bike. From the Estate of the late Pro Hart
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1959 MGA 1600 MkII Roadster in red
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1968 Ford Falcon XR GT, reputedly Australia's first muscle car
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Ariel 500cc, overhead valve, red hunter. From the Estate of the late Pro Hart
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Ariel 998cc square four 4G Mk2 motorcycle, designed by Edward turner, creator of the legendary Triumph Speed twin, the first Ariel square four was shown at the Olympia Motorcycle show in 1930. Conceived as an overhead-camshaft 500, the model grew to 601cc before a total redesign saw it emerge as the model 4G, with 995cc overhead-valve engine, in 1937. From the Estate of the late Pro Hart
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Jaguar Mk2 3.8 litre automatic saloon. One of the most readily recognised cars of the 1960s, due in part to the countless appearances in films, television and in competition. Jaguar's seminal Mk 2 saloon set the standard for the class throughout its entire production life and today remains highly prized by enthusiasts
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1963 Bentley S3 saloon with a 6,230cc V8 engine, two inch S.U. Carburettors and a compression ratio of 9:1
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1921 Vauxhall 30-98 E-type Velox Tourer. Chassis No: E 429 Engine No: 427 Reg: EB3515(SA) Conditional N/T 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 30-98 adherents will maintain that while Bentley generated greater publicity - thanks largely to their victories at Le Mans - the Vauxhall company (which raced at both Grand Prix and Tourist Trophy level before the Great War) had produced a car…
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c.1970 Jaguar E-Type 4.2-Litre Series II Roadster. Chassis No: 1R12381 Engine No: 7R-72249 Reg: JAG 170 Expires 15/06/2008The first significant up-grade of Jaguar's sensational E-Type sports car occurred in October 1964 with the launch of the 4. 2-litre version. Along with the bigger, torquier engine came a more user-friendly gearbox with synchromesh on first gear, and a superior Lockheed brake servo
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c.1928 La Salle Series 303 Convertible coupe. Chassis No: 1306 Engine No: 8120 Reg: Unregistered. Like its parent make, Cadillac, the La Salle was named after a French explorer who claimed the state of Louisiana for King Louis XVI in 1682, and was designed to fill the gap in the General Motors range between Buick and Cadillac. It was launched in early 1927 with a choice of eleven body styles and two wheel-base lengths
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1949 Vincent 998cc Rapide series B. From the Estate of the late Pro Hart
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1934 Packard 1101 Standard Eight Victoria Convertible Coachwork by Dietrich. Chassis No: 727-84 EngineNo: 377497 Reg: Unregistered (Previous SA Reg VGM-034) One view in Adelaide contact Robert Glover 02 9327 9906Always 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
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Land speed record for a production ute. 2006 Holden HSV Z series R8 Maloo Ute Chassis No: 6G1ZK42U16L545409 Engine No: VF060020160 Reg: BBD-065 Expires 15/02/2008A 2006 HSV Maloo Z Series R8 is not normally the type of vehicle one would expect to see offered at an auction of collectors' motor vehicles, but this is no ordinary 2006 HSV Maloo, this one has not one but two stories to tell
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c.1997 Jaguar XK8. Chassis No: SAJJGAED3AR008974 Engine No: 9701150618 Reg: NXO-23T Expires 02/04/200835 years after the launch of the sensational E-Type, Jaguar stunned the motoring world once again with the introduction of the XK8 coupe at the Geneva Salon in March 1996, the convertible version appearing in April at the New York Motor Show, co-incidentally the venue chosen to debut the E-Type roadster in 1961
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c.1928 Chrysler Imperial 80 Tourer Coachwork by Fisher. Chassis No: X3537 Engine No: L6683 Reg: Unregistered. Produced at the old Chalmers plant in Detroit and introduced in January 1924, Walter P Chrysler's first automobile was an innovative, medium priced, six-cylinder car of better-than-average performance, as numerous motor sport successes would soon demonstrate. Offering a $5,000 specification for under $1,500, the Chrysler featured hydraulic brakes, aluminium pistons, full-pressure lubrication and a…
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1972 Holden Torana GTR XU-1. Chassis No: ALJ15465B Engine No: NL3311 Body No: 15504B Reg: Unregistered (Previous NSW Reg AMY-106)Torana is an Aboriginal word meaning 'to Fly', and was the perfect word for Holden to adopt to brand its latest addition to the high speed world of Australian Muscle cars. The first Torana was a modified version of the HB series Vauxhall Viva
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1935 MG PB Sports. Chassis No: PB 0698 Engine No: 906 APB. Reg: GO-122 N/T. From its humble beginnings as a sporting derivative of the Morris Cowley, the MG company under the direction of Cecil Kimber prospere and when William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) introduced the first Morris Minor in 1928 as a competitor to Herbert Austin's Austin 7
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Borgward Isabella Coupe. Carl F W Borgward was the charismatic proprietor of the Hansa Company in Bremen, Germany, which he had acquired in 1929, producing individual and technically advanced motor cars in pre-war years. From 1938 onwards the Hansa cars were marketed as Borgwards. In 1954 the Isabella was launched, a unitary-construction car powered by a four cylinder 1,493cc engine which in the sporting TS75 version developed 75bhp, giving it a sprightly performance
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1921 Turcat-Mery 15/25hp California Coachwork by Smith & Waddington. Chassis no: 6118 Engine no: 181 Reg: Unregistered. After experimenting with Peugeots and Panhards, brothers-in law Leon Turcat and Simon Mery produced their first prototype automobile in 1896, offering their first car for sale in 1899. The Turcat-Mery Model A had a vertical 2. 6-litre four-cylinder engine, magneto ignition and chain drive. Unusually, it also had a radiator at each end of the engine and a five-speed gearbox, with two…
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1948 MG TC, the first car produced post war by MG
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c.1916 Ford Model T Tourer. Chassis no: C65828 Engine no: C65828 Reg: Unregistered. After spending his formative years as a motor manufacturer experimenting with a variety of models, Henry Ford pared the company's range down to just one - the legendary Model T - destined to become the world's first truly mass-produced automobile. Introduced in October 1908, the Model T boasted a simple 100'-wheelbase chassis that contrived to be both lightweight and durable thanks to the pioneering use of vanadium steel
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c.1970 Holden Torana LC GTR. Chassis No: LC08307B Engine No: 2600s28502Body No: 82911CH-152883 Reg: Unregistered. The second example of the famous Holden Torana offered in this sale is in usable condition and is a highly suitable subject for the successful vendor if he or she so wishes to complete a running restoration, having the pleasure of using the car while improving it
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