£2,990
1939 Vauxhall 10/4 Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 13 Nov 2013
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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£2,990
1939 Vauxhall 10/4 Saloon
UK • 13 Nov 2013
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1939 Vauxhall 10/4 Saloon, with only 10,034 miles, was stored in a barn to avoid requisition for the war effort. It has surface rust, dents, and needs work on the sills and door bottoms, and the clutch is stuck but the engine runs. It is offered with its original logbook and V5C document.
Condition
5
The car has been stored for a long period and has surface rust, dents, and needs work on the sills and door bottoms. The clutch is also stuck. However, it has low mileage and has been owned by only two families. The engine runs, and the tires hold air.
/ 10
10,034 miles
COD 100
United Kingdom
H1B 30556
1939
Auction
£2,990
1939 Vauxhall 10/4 Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 13 Nov 2013
Market Position:
Lowest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
This Vauxhall Ten was delivered new on 18th May 1939 to its first owner, a Devon farmer.
After a few journeys, and with only 59 miles showing on the odometer, the car was hidden in a barn to forestall its requisition for the war effort.
After the war, the farmer was not in the best of health and the Vauxhall remained where it lay until it was sold to its second owner in 1951.
Although now no longer looking its best, the car was in effectively 'as new' condition mechanically.
Its second owner, a fastidious man from Plymouth, kept a diary/logbook recording every gallon of petrol purchased and all maintenance tasks carried out.
The diary comes with the car.
'COD 100' travelled an average of 1,000 miles annually until the second owner gave up driving in 1962, and remained carefully stored in his integral garage until this summer.
We are advised that the engine runs sweetly (on 1962 fuel!) and that the tyres hold air.
The clutch is stuck but scheduled for attention, and the car shou...
Price Analysis vs Other 10/4s
£2,700
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£3,447
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£4,193
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MOT Information
Exempt / No Records
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