World's oldest Vauxhall goes up for auction | Car Talk - Car News Oct 2012

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14:35 Monday 22 Oct 2012

The world's oldest surviving Vauxhall is expected to fetch more than £60,000 when it goes under the hammer next month.

The 1903 Vauxhall 5hp Two-seater Light Car was the first model ever made by Vauxhall, which was known at the time as the 'Vauxhall Iron Works Company'.

So, what do you get for your £60,000? Well, you get two forward gears but no reverse, which will make parking tricky; and on top of this you don't even get a steering wheel -- the Vauxhall uses a tiller steering arrangement.

However, despite the car's age, it has only ever had two registered keepers. The first, a Mr Percy Kidner, was Vauxhall's managing director at the time, and he passed it onto its second owner in April 1904. The car has remained in the family's ownership ever since.

The car was used as regular transport until 1920 when it was put into storage. It was donated to the London Science Museum in 1955 and underwent major restoration between 2001 and 2002.

The car will be auctioned at Bonham's on 2nd November.

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