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Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles, Motor Boats, Number Plates and Automobilia — Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)

Auction House:Bonhams & Goodman (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:149
Sale Title:Collectors' Motor Cars, Motorcycles, Motor Boats, Number Plates and AutomobiliaLots with images:145
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:93
Date:6-Dec-2009
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1924 Indian Chief engine no. 81 x 082We are informed that this 1924 Indian Chief was Australian delivered and comes with handbook and instruction manuals supplied, the motorcycle has been the property of its current owner for many years and whilst everything is sound and complete, the Chief is in need of an overhaul and re-commissioning.all metalwork has been sand blasted and etch primed and is now ready to be cut back and repainted, the tank needs restoring as does the three speed gearbox. Most of the…
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1910 Fn 5hp Four Single family ownership from new,Formerly the property of the late George Roberts of Qantas Frame no. 35774 Like Bsa, La Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre ('Fn', for short) began as a munitions manufacturer, turning to the production of motorcycles in 1900. Today the Belgian company is best remembered for its sensational four-cylinder models, the first of which appeared in 1904 and was first exhibited publicly at the 1905 Paris Cycle Show. Designed by Paul Kelecom, the Fn was the…
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#87, the Corish Vincent in 1964 Keith Corish saw Arthur Pimm's Vincent- engined Norton at Bathurst and was so impressed that he decided to build a similar machine. Combining the power of the Vincent and the road handling attributes of the Norton Corish created the Norvin!He used a Norton international frame, a Norton Manx close ratio gearbox, Manx rear wheels and two eight inch Bsa gold star hubs back to back to build what was to become one of the most successful and well known bikes in Australia's…
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Aermacchi 350 Gp Frame no. 1961/8Engine no. Z29 Aermacchi as the name implies originally made aircraft in Varese in Italy. Between 1948 and 1960 they manufactured some remarkable motorbikes including many successful competition machines. Perhaps the two most famous racers of Aermacchi bikes were Alberto Pagani and Gilberto Milani. The factory ran into difficulties in 1960 and was sold to Harley Davidson, and subsequently sold again to become what is now known as Cagiva.Rickman Metisse was a British firm…
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Mv Agusta 750 GT2,694 miles from newFrame no. Mv 4075 2140 345Engine no. 214-0407 A famous helicopter factory, owned by the family of Count Agusta, like so many Italian companies, Mv Agusta diversified and started building motorbikes after the war in 1946. Again, like many Italian motorbike and indeed car manufacturers, competition success was seen as a way of establishing the credibility and reputation of the marque. Mv Agusta works riders contain some of the greatest names in the history of motor sport…
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1964 Vespa VBB, the Vespa, (Italian for wasp) is built by the Piaggio Company. Piaggio was a large manufacturer of ships, trains, aeroplanes and helicopters in Liguria in Italy, the first Vespa was patented in 1946 and is still in production today.designed by Corradino D'Ascanio, the new two-wheeled vehicle was simple, cheap, utilitarian, unisex, maneuverable, comfortable, clean and safe. As the designer himself said, 'The creation of a modern means of transport with the popularity of a bicycle, the…
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1969 Vespa VBCThe Vespa, (Italian for wasp) is built by the Piaggio Company. Piaggio was a large manufacturer of ships, trains, aeroplanes and helicopters in Liguria in Italy, the first Vespa was patented in 1946 and is still in production today. Designed by Corradino D'Ascanio, the new two-wheeled vehicle was simple, cheap, utilitarian, unisex, maneuverable, comfortable, clean and safe. As the designer himself said, 'The creation of a modern means of transport with the popularity of a bicycle, the…
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c1950 Wooden SpeedboatIn the late 1940s through to the 1960s, the runabout, a fast planing boat with a flattish bottom and relatively lightweight construction was incredibly popular amongst the new prospering class of post-war revival. No where was this more so than in the Usa where there were a multitude of companies led by the likes of Chris-Craft and the Hacker Boat Co applying new technology to the manufacture of wooden boats. The evolution of the runabout, even in its earliest days was synonymous with…
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1961 Hammond Twin Cockpit Speedboat Henry (Harry) Hammond built his first timber ski boat in 1945. During the war years Harry worked at Garden Island shipyards in Sydney Harbour and at the end of the hostilities turned to his passion of hand-crafting classic timber ski boats.Originally with his brother Jim (who later moved north to Ballina where he built fishing trawlers), Henry quickly established a considerable reputation as a fine builder of maple (and later, marine ply) ski boats.No records of exactly…
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1949 ChrisCraft Christopher Columbus Smith built his first boat in 1874 at the age of thirteen. It was not until 1924 that the name Chris-craft first appeared and not until 1930 before the name was officially adopted replacing the previous Chris Smith & Sonss boat Company. Chris-craft was based in Algonac, Michigan, though the Company which is still in existence today is now based in Florida.from the 1920s to the 1960s Chris-craft led all other builders in the production of wooden boats as the first mass…
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1984 Audi Quattro Ur The ex-Kerry Packer Chassis no. WAUZZZ85ZEA901097Engine no. WR005265 Registration no. Vic Suc 647 expires 1/2/2010 The Audi emblem with it's four rungs indicates one of Germany's oldest, established automobile manufactures, the amalgamation of Audi, Dkw, Horch and Wanderer.The Audi Quattro with permanent all-wheel drove was shown by Audi for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in 1980. Transfer of the all-wheel drive principle from an off-road vehicle to a sports sedan called,…
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1972 Bmw 3.0 Csl Coupe Chassis no. 2285240Engine no. 2285240BMW returned to six-cylinder power for its range-topping models in 1968 with the launch of the 2500 and 2800 saloons. Also new was the 2800CS coupe, though the latter's running gear had more in common with the existing, four-cylinder 2000C/Cs, the introduction of the similarly styled 3.0-litre Cs in 1971 brought with it numerous improvements, including four-wheel ventilated disc brakes, and with 180bhp on tap the model was good for around 130mph.…
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1967 Ford Mustang Coupe Chassis no. 7R0137Engine no. 5210 Registration no. Grn 04W expires 8/2010 Ford created a new class of car almost overnight with the introduction of the Mustang sports coupe part way through the 1964 season, catching the rest of the US auto industry off guard. Brainchild of Lee Iacocca - subsequent saviour of the Chrysler Corporation - the Mustang is one of the most remarkable automotive success stories of modern times and arguably the pinnacle of his long career with Ford. Aimed at…
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1985 Porsche 930 Se Turbo 'Flachbau' Chassis no. WP0ZZZ932FS000962Engine no. 67F01016 Registration no. Mcduff expires 23/2/2010 Looking at the rear of the Porsche 930 Se Turbo it does not look that different from a normal 911. It is only when you look at the front that the unique styling suddenly strikes you. Not that the 'Flachbau' or 'Slant Nose' was styled just for its looks, but more importantly the aerodynamically enhanced front end had been developed for the race-proven 935 and a larger turbo charger…
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1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Chassis no. ARZ470894Engine no. 00512522816 A modern classic by Pininfarina, the simple-yet-elegant Spider bodywork premiered on the 1966 Alfa Romeo Duetto would prove enduringly popular, lasting on into the 1990s. The Spider's mechanicals were essentially those of the Giulia saloon, comprising independent front suspension, coil-suspended live rear axle and four-wheel servo-assisted disc brakes, while the engine was the Sprint Gtv's 1.6-litre, double-overhead-camshaft four. The…
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1975 Lancia Stratos Hf Stradale Coupe to 'Group 4' specification Coachwork by Carrozzeria BertoneChassis no. 829AR0001008Engine no. 135CS0000010575 a limited-production ‘Homologation special', the Lancia Stratos is historically significant as the first car from a major motor manufacturer conceived specifically for rallying, the spearhead of Lancia's international rally campaign in the 1970s, the Stratos had its origins in a Fulvia-powered, mid- engined design exercise first exhibited on Carrozzeria…
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1964 Triumph TR4A Irs Two-Door Roadster c100,000 km from new. One owner since 1965Chassis no. TBAEngine no. CT55457E Registration no. TR4A expires 10/2010 The Triumph Car Company had its origin in the bicycles made in the 1880s. Motorcycles were produced in 1902 & finally cars were made in 1923. In the thirties cars of a distinctively sporting aspect were produced following on the success of the Triumph Super Seven in the late 1920s, an Austin 7 competitor at the time.In 1944 the Triumph organisation was…
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1978 Ford Xc Cobra Chassis no. 00107Engine no. JG65UM00107K Registration no. COB107expires 16/5/2010 While it is true to say that today the Xa/Xb/Xc hardtops are classically desirable cars, at the time they proved to be hard sales for Ford, as the Australian motorist has always preferred four door cars to coupes, even when it is a high performance car. The Xc Cobra started life as another of Ford Australia's marketing ploys. With sales of the Xc Hardtop continuing to drop Ford were concerned that they…
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c.1936 Bentley 4¼ litre Sports Saloon by H.J. Mulliner Chassis no. B151GP Engine no. E6BDX Registration no. ASG5 (Nsw) expires 5/3/2010 A number of reasons have been given over the years for the demise of the original Bentley Company founded by W O Bentley, and its subsequent acquisition from the receivers in 1931 by Rolls Royce Ltd. The great financial slump in 1930 made it impossible to continue the production of Bentleys without a large injection of capital which was not forthcoming in the dark days of…
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1968 Mercedes-Benz 600 Limousine Rhd Chassis no. 1000-12-22-001106Engine no. 100-980-22-001150 'In an age when flaunting your wealth wasn't a crime, the 600 was the automotive equivalent of Monaco. It's a masterpiece of engineering, a quantum leap over its opposition, and redefines the word opulence.' - Classic & Sportscar magazine.By the commencement of the 1960s, Mercedes-Benz' ever-expanding model range was lacking in only one department: a super prestige saloon to rival the Grosser Mercedes of the past…
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1965 Jaguar E-type S1 1/2 Roadster Chassis no. IE3551Engine no. 7E103359 Registration no. Et-065, the E-type Jaguar is perhaps the most beautiful production car ever made. An evolution of the famous D-type, so successful at Le Mans, Jaguar designer Geoff Lawson called the E-type 'The optimum expression of steel'.A symbol of 1960s freedom, the E-type was launched in 1961. It was the antithesis and an antidote to the post-war austerity Britain of the 1950s. It was a car that made an immediate impression on…
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1925 Bentley 3/4 1/2 Litre 'Old Mother Gun' RecreationChassis no. 1123Engine no. 1115The first Bentley, the 3 Litre was conceived in 1919 by Captain Walter Owen Bentley, known throughout the car world simply by his initials - W.O. Prior to the Great War, W.O. and his brother Horace Millner Bentley had acquired a car dealership for the the Uk agency for the French Doriot, Flandrin & Parant (Dfp), with which W.O. raced successfully in tuned form. On his first run in the Aston-Clinton hill-climb, W.O. broke…
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1952 Jaguar XK120 4.2-Litre Roadster Chassis no. 671895Engine no. 7F12188 Registration no. XKS120 expires 14/7/10 Conceived and constructed in but a few months, the XK120 debuted at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show where the stunning-looking roadster caused a sensation, the resulting demand for what was then the world's fastest production car taking Jaguar by surprise. It was immediately obvious that the slow-to-produce alloy bodywork would have to go, and the car was swiftly re- engineered in steel. The…
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1937 Bentley 4 1/4 Sports-Tourer Chassis no. B128LSEngine no. N7BA'Every control, every facet of the performance, attains a lightness, a positiveness, a softness, or a quietness ... which shows unmistakably that unusual care and though have gone to the evolving of every single item', 'The Autocar' road testing a 41/4 Litre Bentley, London, November 12th 1937.Rolls-Royce took over Bentley Motors in 1931 and production was transferred there from the North London suburb of Cricklewood. In 1933 came a new…
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1974 Alfa Romeo 1600GT Junior Coupe Chassis no. AR2206617Engine no. AR0053653328 Registration no. Th-6000 expires 9/12/2009 'Few cars can rival the 1600 Alfa for sheer driving enjoyment, and the keen driver devoting his full attention to driving it will be amply rewarded.' - Car & Driver.Launched in 1963, the Giulia Sprint Gt featured classically stylish four-seater coachwork designed by Bertone's Giorgetto Giugiaro, though this was now manufactured not by Bertone but at Alfa's new factory at Arese.…
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1977 Maserati Bora 4900 Chassis no. AM11749YS850Engine No. Tba The Maserati Bora is an important car in the long and distinguished history of Maserati in that it was the company's first production model to adopt a centrally located engine and transmission assembly behind the cabin. Despite the difficulties of the fuel crisis of the '70s and the fact that Maserati was now owned by Citroën, the Bora managed to maintain the tradition and heritage of Maserati which was founded in 1926 by the three Maserati…
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Ferris de Joux Maserati Special Chassis no. 7/98Engine no. 83/5B Registration no. Bbj-504 Artist, designer, engineer. Ferris de Joux was one of New Zealand's most talented automotive designers. He has appeared regularly in motoring magazines over the years beginning with Motorman and Sports Car World in the 1970s. His first car was a 1936 Austin Seven Ruby and though quite tidy, was not exotic enough for Ferris so he removed the body and designed and built an all enveloping fibreglass body - said to be the…
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c1938 Buick 8/40 SedanChassis no. 513276611Engine no. 434462318 Registration no. Awj-51A expires 29/9/2010Widely respected in America and world-wide as a high quality upper middle-class car, Buick's history dates back to 1903. Early exponents of the straight-eight engine, Buick was placed between Oldsmobile & La Salle in the General Motors hierarchy and achieved notable sales success for many years pre World War II. The 8/40 Series was of Chevrolet size and relatively compact. The Buick range at that time…
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c1962 Fiat 2300 Coupe Chassis no. 114BS 127414Engine no. 114BC 000 069236 Registration no. Tba First exhibited on a Fiat 2100 chassis at the 1960 Turin Show, the Ghia-bodied 2300 Coupe entered production the following autumn. The model was built in two types, 2300 and 2300s, the latter benefiting from a more powerful (135bhp) version of Fiat's six-cylinder, overhead-valve engine, and remained in production until 1968.Fiat was one of many major car producers that benefited from Ghia's styling expertise at…
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1934 Riley imp 1 1/2-litre two-seater sports Chassis no. 6025503Engine no. F2487 Registration no. Imp-034 'During the late 1920s and early 1930s, this small Coventry firm produced some of the best small sporting cars in the world, whether saloons, tourers or out-and-out sports cars.' - Michael Sedgwick & mark Gillies, A-Z of cars of the 1930s, Haymarket Publishing Ltd, 1989.Founded in the closing decade of the 19th century, Riley actively participated in motor sport from its earliest days. Indeed, the…
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1965 De Tomaso Vallelunga Competizione Rhd Coupe Chassis no. Vld 1611Engine no. 8465061 'Argentina meets Italy meets England... the uncompromising Vallelunga is without doubt the best interpretation of mid- engined, roadgoing sports cars of its time...'Alejandro De Tomaso began racing in his native Argentina in 1951 before moving to Italy to drive for Maserati and Osca, the latter firm having been founded by the Maserati brothers after they sold up. This experience inspired him to form his own company - De…
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1982 Vh Hdt Group Three SS 5-Litre Brock CommodoreVIN no. L581827Engine no. VT368754 Registration no. Hdt-793 expires 10/8/2010 The Holden Dealer Team Brock Vh Special Vehicles were found to be popular long before public release, with the 1982 Melbourne Motor Show display causing excited buyers to put down deposits early.Unlike its precursor, the VC, the Vh came in four distinct models, the Commodore SS Group One, Two and Three all of which had 4.2 litre engines and the Group Three 5 litre. With each…
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1955 Jaguar D-Type Re-creation Chassis no. CAD002 Engine no. 7B63737-8 'This 190mph technical masterpiece, designed, built and prepared totally within Jaguar, was to achieve a hat-trick of spectacular Le Mans victories in the 1950s.' - Paul Skilleter, Jaguar: The Sporting Heritage. The Jaguar C-Type had won the coveted Le Mans 24 Hour race twice (in 1951 and 1953) and was still competitive when Chief Engineer Bill Heynes and his team set about designing its successor. Moving the game on Heynes abandoned…
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1926 Armstrong-Siddeley Short 18 Chassis no. 41094Engine no. 20351 Registration no. 20591 H (Nt) Formed in 1919 by the amalgamation of Sir Wg Armstrong-Whitworth and Siddeley-Deasy Motors, Armstrong-Siddeley was one of many car factories located in Coventry U.K.Large luxury cars were produced at first, later smaller cars were introduced, but the high quality for which their cars were noted was maintained. The aeronautical activities of the company added to the prestige of their cars, indeed their…
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1926 Armstrong-Siddeley Short 18 rolling chassis Chassis no. 41105Engine no. 19248 The vendor informs us that the earliest records of this vehicle are its use in Queensland by a pineapple farmer in the form of a ute. A second owner removed the body and began restoration on the vehicle sometime in the 1970s. The engine has had some external attention and was last known to be running in the mid 1980s, though the internal condition of the engine is currently unknown. At that time it was fitted with 4 new…
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1932 Mg L1 Magna four seat Sports-Tourer Chassis no. L0327Engine no. 588AL Registration no. 090999expires 23/9/2010 It can be said that the Mg. is the world's most famous sports car, and dates back to 1923. Cecil Kimber was appointed General Manager of Morris Garages in 1922 and soon had designed special body-work for the Morris Cowley, the main-stay of William Morris's production. Initially 2 seater bodies were commissioned and mounted on a lowered Cowley chassis, later cars being built on the Morris…
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1967 Ford Mustang Fastback 'Eleanor'Chassis no. 7F02CI59237Engine no. 7F02CI59237 Registration no. GT5Q0E When Ford produced the first Mustang in April 1964 it was an unparalleled success. Extremely popular, in that it was a good looking, sporty car in the lower price range, there was literally nothing else out there that could compete at the time. By the end of that year 263,434 Mustangs had been sold, and by April 17th 1965 celebrated its birthday with over 418,000 units sold, a new record for sales for…
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1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce Coachwork by Pininfarina Chassis no. 101.18 390816Engine no. AR0053605335 Registration no. NO101expires 14/5/2010 Sporting elegant coachwork designed and built by Pininfarina, Alfa Romeo's 1.3-litre Giulietta Spider was a huge success and continued virtually unchanged in 1.6-litre Giulia 101-Series guise when the latter joined the Alfa line-up in 1962. Launched at the Monza Autodrome on 27th June that year, the Giulia range was the work of a design team headed by one of…
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1969 Mercedes-Benz 600 Limousine LHDChassis no. 100012-12-00-1226Engine no. 100-980-12-00-1274 Mercedes-Benz's answer to the Grosser Mercedes of the past arrived in 1963 in the not inconsiderable form of the all-new 600. Built in 5/6 seater Limousine and 7/8 seater Pullman versions - the latter's overall length of more than 20 feet exceeding that of the biggest Cadillac - the 600 was powered by a 6.3-litre V8 engine capable of propelling the mammoth saloon to 60mph in under 10 seconds and on to a top speed…
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1970 Maserati Indy 4.2 Chassis no. AM115.512Engine no. AM115.512 The Maserati Indy was officially launched at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show. The Indy was named in commemoration of American, Wilbur Shaw's victories with the Maserati Tipo 8ctF at the historic speedway Indianapolis 500 races in 1939 and 1940.Production dates of the Indy were between 1969 and 1975 during which time 1,104 units of the two door, four seater coupe were built. With bodywork styled by Alfredo Vignale, the early cars came with 4.2…
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1930 Sunbeam 16 Hp Chassis no. 5755KEngine no. 6005J One of the oldest and most respected of English Marques, Sunbeams were always one of the best quality and had a fine reputation established before World War I for competition successes. Sir Henry Segrave was knighted after his successful attempts on the outright world speed record on both land and water between 1922 and 1927 and held 5 International records driving the Sunbeam Golden Arrow and later with the famous boat Miss England II.In the 20s and 30s…
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1925 Bugatti Brescia type 23 original body by Comptons Chassis no. 2493 engine no. 901 'Bugattis encapsulate concepts of engineering which, once seen, change your ideas radically and definitively. Drive them, and you realise that each car is form and engineering in equilibrium, and a work of Art.' William Stobbs, Les Grandes Routithres. Born in 1881 in Milan, Ettore Bugatti was part of an extraordinary family of designers and artists; the patriarch Carlo Bugatti a furniture designer and manufacturer. By…
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1975 Mercedes-Benz 280CE Chassis no. 71407222103619Engine no. 11098122022817 Registration no. Wn 033expires 01/2010'The designers felt that acceration for passing other traffic was of far greater importance than a very high speed...the acceleration figures to 62mph were impressive...only 9.9 seconds for the injected cars' - David Scott-Moncrieff, 'The Three-Pointed Star', 1979.Throughout the 1960s Mercedes-Benz produced a number of different variations upon the two-door coupe theme. They were aimed at the…
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2005 Ford Gt Chassis no. 1FAFP90585Y400348 in 1962 Henry Ford II, keen to add some racing lustre to his Company started negotiations to buy Ferrari, the deal never happened, so Ford decided to build his own race-bred car. That car was the incomparable icon GT40, created in England in 1964 and capable of over 200 mph. Victory followed four times in a row at Le Mans between 1966 and 1969 and the GT40 also became the first car to cover 3,000 miles in this famous race.Fast forward forty years and the legend is…
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1977 Triumph Stag Convertible Chassis no. 44146Engine no. E.F.44136H.E Registration no. Vst-239 expires 24/3/10 A development of the well-liked and popular Triumph 2000 Saloon, the Stag emerged as a coupe convertible with a new 3-Litre V8 engine bearing a strong resemblance to a pair of the 1500cc engines, as used in the smaller Triumph saloon arranged in a vee formation and developing 145 Bhp giving the Stag a top speed of c115mph.These cars proved popular in Australia where they were seen as an…
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1968 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe Chassis no. 124378L321747 Engine no. 18L321747 The introduction of the exceptional Ford Mustang and thus, the 'pony car class' as it was coined by Dennis Shattuck, editor of Car Life magazine at the time, was received with great fanfare by the general public. America's desire for a sporty, attractive and affordable motorcar meant it was only going to be a matter of time before other major US manufacturers tried to grab a slice of this extremely lucrative new market sector…
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1958 Lincoln Continental Mark III two-door convertible. Engine no. TBAChassis no. Tba The Lincoln Motor Co of Detroit, Michigan has since 1922 been the prestige marque of Ford. The early Lincolns were very much in the mould of Cadillac. The cars were somewhat old fashioned and did not sell that well. When a hefty tax bill put the fledgling Lincoln into receivership, Henry Ford stepped in and saved the company. Ford was keen on Lincoln as it gave him luxury cars to complement his basic Model T. Under Ford…
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1998 Drb Cobra Chassis no. 6R9P01000W1KJ9001Engine no. DY641071 Rightly regarded as one of the all-time great classic sports cars, the muscular, fire-breathing Cobra succeeded in capturing the hearts of enthusiasts like few of its contemporaries. Only 1,000-or-so Cobras of all types were built between 1962 and 1967, but such was the model's enduring popularity that production was resumed in 1982 under the auspices of Brooklands-based Autokraft.In parallel with Autokraft's 'official' MkIV version, a…
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1972 Renault Alpine A110 Chassis no. DAO237Engine no. 25486 The Renault Alpine is French, rare and beautiful. Produced between 1961 and 1977, the Alpine A110 is rear wheel drive, rear engined and designed for speed. Oft said that the designers of this model took their inspiration from the work of Colin Chapman's Lotus designs, the Alpine A110 has a lightweight fibreglass body and tubular steel spaceframe chassis.Approximately 8200 units of the A110 were produced. A very successful rally car in the 1960s…
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