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Collectors' Cars - World of WearableArt & Classic Cars Museum Nelson New Zealand

Please note that this auction is held in conjunction with Mowbray Collectables as our agents in New Zealand and all payments will be made through Mowbray Collectables in Wellington. Conditions of sale differ as GST in New Zealand is calculated at 12.5%. and will be displayed in our auction room.

The catalogue for Bonhams and Goodman’s much anticipated inaugural New Zealand sale is now available. The star of the auction is undoubtedly the 1945 Supermarine Spitfire. ‘We have not had the pleasure of offering a Spitfire before and unsurprisingly, we have had a huge amount of interest in the sale of the aircraft both locally and overseas,’ says Robert Glover, National Head of Collectors’ Motor Cars.

The motoring department team has selected high quality lots for the sale ensuring that the standard of the sale is to the level that clients have come to expect from all Bonhams international sales. There is a broad spread of lots offered from brass era cars to post war sports cars, vintage touring cars to American classics and even a racing single seater. Some of the highlights of the sale include:

•              1930 Auburn Model 125 Rumble Seat Roadster offered in immaculate condition, estimate: NZ$95,000 – 110,000
•              1949 Ford V8 ‘Woodie’ Station Wagon together with an extremely rare teardrop caravan perfect for long distance touring, estimate: NZ$150,000 – 175,000
•              c21,000 miles from new 1963 BMW Isetta 300, extremely collectable and reasonably estimated at: NZ$22,000 – 28,000
•              The ex-Ulf Norinder 1969 Lola T142 Formula 5000 Monoposto fresh from race restoration, estimate:  NZ$130,000 – 150,000

‘We are very much looking forward  to meeting the New Zealand car collecting community in Nelson for this exciting event and are confident that it will bring plenty of enthusiasts together to make new purchases in time for the summer season of rallies, club meetings and competition events in the southern hemisphere,’  enthuses Robert Glover.

Entry to the WOW Museum is $10 on viewing days and comes with a free Auction catalogue.

For further information regarding the sale please contact:
Robert Glover
+61 (0) 417 661 012
robert.glover@bonhams.com

Tim Evill
+64 (0) 2 183 8871
tim.evill@bonhams.com

Keith Abbott
Consultant North Island
+64 (0) 21 749 804
kai@woosh.co.nz

Lot #	Details	Estimate
1	1. 1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Sports saloon The introduction of a smaller Rolls-Royce, the 20hp, in 1922 enabled the company to cater for the increasingly important owner-driver market that appreciated the quality of Rolls-Royce engineering but did not need a car as large as a 40/50hp Ghost or Phantom. The ‘Twenty' proved eminently suited to town use, yet could cope admirably with Continental touring when called upon. More Information	$40,000-$60,000
2	1914 Daimler 25hp Tourer The Daimler Motor Co Ltd, of London and Coventry proudly announced in their 1900 catalogue: ‘We claim not only to be the pioneers of the industry in this country, but also to have kept the lead, thus placing Daimler Motor Carriages a long way ahead of all others.' They paid due respect to Gottlieb Daimler and the ‘Daimler' system, and offered a range of twin- and four-cylinder cars and commercial vehicles. More Information	$45,000-$55,000
3	1930 Auburn Model 125 Rumble Seat Roadster While the American automobile industry's development in its formative years had been guided by the inventor/engineer, its progress between the wars was shaped not so much by technicians as by entrepreneurs. One such was Auburn boss Errett Lobban Cord, who once admitted to having made and lost $50,000 three times in the course of his business dealings, and all before reaching the age of 21! When Cord joined Auburn as general manager in 1924 the company was in the doldrums, making more cars than it could sell and heading for bankruptcy. More Information	$85,000-$105,000
4	1912 AC Sociable Having abandoned plans to produce a 20hp touring car, John Weller turned his not inconsiderable design talents to something more mundane - a three-wheeled commercial delivery vehicle that would suit the needs of his businessman backer, John Portwine. Called the ‘Auto-Carrier' this timber-framed device was powered by a single-cylinder, 636cc, air-cooled (by fans) engine mounted beneath the driver's seat and driving the rear wheel, via a two-speed epicyclic gearbox, by chain. More Information	$22,000-$27,000
5	1914 Warrick Having left his trade as a gunsmith to work as an agent for ‘The Monarch Carrier' (a tradesman's box tricycle) John Warrick also began working for the manufacturing company, T W Pitt, as an engineer. With the appearance of the Auto Carrier in 1910 Warrick saw a business opportunity and ordered an AC and had his chief engineer dismantle it. More Information	$22,000-$27,000
6	1950 Jaguar MkV 3.5-Litre Saloon Jaguar Cars - as William Lyons' SS concern had been renamed by 1945 - commenced post-war production with a range of improved but essentially pre-war designs. A considerable improvement on what had gone before, the MkV saloon's cruciform-braced chassis featured torsion bar independent front suspension, designed pre-war by the company's Chief Engineer William Heynes, and all-round hydraulic brakes. More Information	$40,000-$60,000
7	1949 Ford V8 ‘Woodie’ Station Wagon & Caravan The V8 engine was no novelty when Henry Ford introduced the Ford V8 in 1932, but never before had such an engine been produced successfully in large numbers and at so low a price. Styling followed the lines of the superseded Model A, but with an extra 25bhp the newcomer's performance was in an entirely different league. More Information	-
8	1932 MG F-Type Magna Sports General Manager of Oxford-based Morris Garages, Cecil Kimber brought sports car motoring within the financial reach of the man in the street with a succession of affordable MGs. These were, naturally enough, based on existing Morris models, arguably the most famous and certainly the most influential being the Midget, the first version of which appeared in 1928 at the London Motor Show. More Information	$65,000-$80,000
9	1930 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Sedanca De Ville The introduction of a smaller Rolls-Royce, the 20hp, in 1922 enabled the company to cater for the increasingly important owner-driver market that appreciated the quality of Rolls-Royce engineering but did not need a car as large as a 40/50hp Ghost or Phantom. The ‘Twenty' proved eminently suited to town use, yet could cope admirably with Continental touring when called upon. More Information	$70,000-$90,000
10	Mk XVI Spitfire TE330. The old engineering adage - "If it looks right, it most probably is right", describes the Spitfire to perfection.  For a 1930's design, even today, it still looks drop dead gorgeous from any angle, from the smooth curves over the nose, to the unique elliptical plan shape of its wings. Always referred to as a ‘she', this charismatic lady, the ultimate aviation collectable, a national icon even, was just a war machine - a military vehicle to get the man and his machine guns, cannons, cameras or bombs, on to the target. More Information	-
11	c1898 De Dion Bouton 3½hp Vis-à-Vis The names of De Dion and Bouton are inextricably linked with the pioneer years of the motor car, initially in company with Trépardoux in the building of light steam carriages, the first of which appeared in 1883. In the early 1890s De Dion and Bouton turned their attention to the internal combustion engine, much to the annoyance of Trépardoux who quit in 1894, leaving his erstwhile partners to develop what was, in effect, the first high-speed internal combustion engine. More Information	$160,000-$200,000
12	1950 Bentley MkVI Waumsley Special The policy of rationalisation begun in the late 1930s continued at Rolls-Royce after the war with the introduction of standard bodywork on the MkVI Bentley, though customers could still opt for a coachbuilt alternative. Rolls-Royce's first post-WW2 product, the MkVI was introduced in 1946, a year ahead of the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. More Information	$35,000-$45,000
15	1969 Lola T142 Formula 5000 Monoposto From humble beginnings in 1958 - the prototype Mark 1 sports car emerged from a garage behind the Broadley family's tailoring shop in Bromley, Kent - Lola Cars quickly established a winning reputation and grew to become a major force in world motorsport. Eric Broadley, his cousin Graham and Rob Rushbrook, at whose garage premises the first customer production versions were made, were the architects of the early success, which continued with a front-engined single-seater, the Formula Junior Mk2. More Information	-
16	1963 BMW Isetta 300 Popular during the 1950s and 1960s, the diminutive ‘bubblecar' or ‘cabin scooter' is currently enjoying a revival of interest - not surprisingly given the congested state of today's urban roads. Nowadays though, the Bubble's attraction has just as much to do with fashion as practicality. One of the more successful designs of the cabin scooter's heyday was the BMW Isetta, a design the German firm manufactured under license from its Italian originator Iso. More Information	$22,000-$28,000
17	1955 Mercedes-Benz 180 Saloon After Mercedes-Benz recommenced production after World War II the basic mechanical components were of a pre-war design. In 1953 a new full width body of unitary construction, available with two engine sizes, a four cylinder unit of 1767cc's, and a six cylinder unit of 2195cc, was introduced. The unitary construction resulted in improved rigidity and noise reduction. More Information	$10,000-$15,000
18	1966 Mercedes-Benz 250SE Coupé First shown at Frankfurt in 1965, the new S-Class Mercedes-Benz range was outwardly distinguishable from preceding models by a sleeker bodyshell with lower roof and waistlines, and increased glass area. All models featured similar all-independent suspension, as well as four-wheel disc brakes and power-assisted steering. However, although the saloon used this ‘New Generation' bodyshell, the Coupé and Cabriolet kept the timelessly elegant coachwork that had debuted back in 1960 on the 220SEb. More Information	$65,000-$85,000