1932 Talbot 14/45 Scout Tourer - H&H Auctions Imperial War Museum Sale Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR 8th September 2021

           

 

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Imperial War Museum Sale

Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR

8th September 2021

1932 Talbot 14/45 Scout Tourer

Registration No: RH 5145

Chassis No: 30831

Guide Price: £15,000-£20,000

MOT & Tax Exempt

• Current family ownership since 2011
• Originally bodied as a Saloon and understood to have been supplied new to Sir Rufus Isaac (The Victory of India)
• Rebodied to a Tourer body style in the 1970s while residing in Vancouver, Canada
• The beneficiary of approximately £5,800 worth of expenditure with Talbot specialist I.S. Polson in 2019-20

While the British Talbot was part of the larger Anglo-French Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq organisation, it was struggling to stay in business when Georges Roesch, a Swiss automotive engineer, returned to the company in 1925. Worked under Louis Coatalen in the 1920s at the Talbot Motor Works in North Kensington, to develop an innovative six-cylinder push-rod engine, Roesch’s return transformed the business's prospects. The resulting Talbot 14/45 engine went into production in 1927, leading to a successful run of type AD, AF, AG, AQ, AU, AU65 and AX 65 vehicles – in total over 10,000 cars.

This 14/45 Roesch Talbot was manufactured in 1932 and was originally bodied as a Saloon which is thought to have been supplied new to Sir Rufus Isaac (who served as the Lord Chief Justice of England, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary). Fitted with the 1666cc straight-six engine mated to the four-speed manual gearbox, the Talbot was rebodied in the 1970s with a Tourer style body selected, by which time it was residing in Vancouver, Canada. Repatriated in 1991, the 14/45 entered into current family ownership in 2011.

The beneficiary of a comprehensive engine overhaul in the mid-2000s, the Talbot was provided with servicing and a SU-conversion (completed by S. E. Lloyd) in 2011 upon entering the current family custodianship. Further the subject of approximately £5,800 worth of expenditure with Talbot specialist I. S. Polson in 2019-20, the Talbot is accompanied for sale by a large history file which comprises numerous past MOT certificates; a large selection of previous invoices dating back to the 1970s; a copy of past logbook and a current V5C.

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1932 RILEY 9hp GAMECOCK SPORTS TOURER - BONHAMS AUCTIONS Collector's Cars & Automobilia Sale RAF Museum Hendon Thursday 21st November 2019

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Collector's Cars & Automobilia Sale

RAF Museum Hendon

Thursday 21st November 2019

1932 RILEY 9hp GAMECOCK SPORTS TOURER

Registration no. VXS 956

Chassis no. 60 17033

*One of an estimated 40 surviving

*Present ownership since 2011

*Professionally restored with no expense spared

*Recently completed and in outstanding condition

*Bills on file totalling over £64,000

• Clothed in stylish bodywork by Stanley Riley, the Coventry marque's pre-war offerings were among the world's finest small-capacity sporting cars. This was due in no small part to Percy Riley's 9hp engine. Introduced in 1926, this 1,087cc twin-camshaft four was an outstanding design by any standards, various versions powering Rileys until 1957. Right from the start, it was obvious that the 9hp Riley engine possessed enormous potential as a competition unit, and at Brooklands J G Parry-Thomas and Reid Railton were the first to demonstrate just how good it was. The success of their racer led to a production version, the Speed Model, which would turn out to be merely the first in a lengthy series of memorable Riley sports cars. 1929 saw the introduction of the MkIV chassis featuring wider front/rear track and much larger brakes than hitherto. Models available were the Monaco saloon, Biarritz saloon, fabric-bodied four-seat tourer and a brace of coachbuilt tourers. The next significant step forward was made for 1932 with the introduction of the 'Plus Ultra' dropped chassis frame, which increased the body's interior space and improved ingress/egress for both driver and passengers. Priced at £298, the stylish Gamecock sports two-seater made its debut on this new frame.
  
  One of around 40 surviving, this Riley Gamecock was purchased at an auction in 2011 as a mostly complete restoration project having been off the road in storage for many years. The vendor then commissioned a full no-expense-spared restoration to original specification, which was entrusted to marque specialists Blue Diamond Riley Services (Ian Gladstone) and coachbuilder Ian Pitney. The rebuild commenced with straightening and repainting the chassis, which was then despatched to Blue Diamond while Ian Pitney constructed a new body.
  
  
  A new windscreen and bonnet had to be made, but the rest of the body was copied from the original components. Trimmer James Sexton built new seats, glove boxes, interior, boot, etc. The original magneto ignition and Rotax electrics were reinstated, with many of the parts required sourced via Ashridge Automobiles. Restoration photographs and related bills totalling circa £64,000 are on file together with a Riley Register report stating that the chassis, gearbox, axles, and steering gear are of correct pattern and that the new body is to the manufacturer's original specification. Of correct type, the replacement engine dates from 1931 and has been rebuilt around a new cylinder block. Expertly restored to the highest standards and MoT'd to September 2020, this beautiful Riley Gamecock is ready to enjoy
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SOURCE: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25448/lot/228/

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1932 ALVIS TJ 12/50 - BRIGHTWELLS AUCTIONS Leominster Classic Motoring Auction Centre Wednesday 10th July 2019

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Leominster Classic Motoring

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Wednesday 10th July 2019

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1932 ALVIS TJ 12/50

Lot No: 145

Registration Date 1932

Make & Model Alvis TJ 12/50

Colour Grey

Registration Number UG 83

Chassis No.9619

Engine size 1,645 cc

Engine No. 10073

DocumentsV5C; bills and invoices; substantial history file

Estimate£22,000 - £24,000

Those of you of a certain age will, no doubt, remember the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (look ‘em up on your electronic device, sonny). Search deeper into the canyons of your mind and you may recall their one-time (4:4) bassist – and owner of this very Alvis TJ 12/50 - Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell.
Bohay-Nowell owned the car in the mid-Sixties and re-bodied it (from an Atlantic saloon) but, in the words of the current owner, it was “a frightful concoction” and he began a total rebuild of the car when he bought it in 2010.
The car was stripped down to the chassis, which was grit-blasted and painted and fitted with a much more elegant body crafted in aluminium by Terry Hall, of Cirencester. Rather fittingly, the bodywork was then given some smart but subtle two-tone grey paintwork. That same year (2011), the wheels were blasted, painted and fitted with Blockley tyres.
New carpets, leather upholstery and a very smart engine-turned dashboard added to general air of elegance and a new windscreen (by Wessex Windscreens) added a finishing touch.
The twin SU carburettors were rebuilt by Gower and Lee and the engine was checked over, pressure-tested and found to need only a new flywheel and the clutch re-lining. The car was comprehensively re-wired and an electric fan added to ensure that the engine stays cool at all times.
The vendor has done a commendable job of resurrecting the car over five years and the receipts for work done and parts used are on file. UG 83 is now a very attractive, not to mention practical, post-vintage thoroughbred car ready, weather permitting, to be enjoyed by its lucky new owner.

SOURCE: https://www.brightwells.com/classic-motoring/leominster-classic-vintage/leominster-classic-vintage-10th-july-2019/leominster-catalogue-10th-july/

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