£55,200
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23-60hp Kington Tourer Registration no. XO 7367 Chassis no. OD 481 Engine no. OD 482
Bonhams • UK • 6 Sept 2014
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£55,200
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23-60hp Kington Tourer Registration no. XO 7367 Chassis no. OD 481 Engine no. OD 482
UK • 6 Sept 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23-60hp Kington Tourer is a rare, unrestored example, believed to be the most original of its kind. It boasts unique features like a metal tonneau cover and provision for two spare wheels, but requires full restoration due to its age and time in storage.
Condition
3
The car is described as unrestored and in need of restoration. While complete, it has missing parts (tools, clock), non-original parts (headlamps, instruments, carburetor), accident repair, and a frost crack in the engine block. The wiring is perished, and the car has been in dry storage since 1967.
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OD 481
RHD
United Kingdom
XO 7367
1923
Auction
£55,200
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23-60hp Kington Tourer Registration no. XO 7367 Chassis no. OD 481 Engine no. OD 482
Bonhams • UK • 6 Sept 2014
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Description
'The car is almost certainly the most original un-restored 23-60 Kington in the world.' – David Kirke, A & D Type Vauxhall Register.
Prior to 1925, when Vauxhall was taken over by General Motors, the firm was renowned for producing handsome, finely engineered cars that put it on a par with Bentley or Sunbeam.
Introduced in 1922, the 23-60hp was a development of the 4.0-litre, four-cylinder, sidevalve-engined D-Type Vauxhall of 1913, which had been designed by the firm's famous Chief Engineer, Laurence Pomeroy.
Production of the original D-Type was maintained during WWI when the model was widely used as an army staff car.
Manufacture continued after the cessation of hostilities, though Pomeroy departed and his place was taken by Charles Evelyn King, who designed a new overhead-valve detachable cylinder head for both the D-Type and its legendary sporting stablemate, the 30-98.
Updated with King's OHV 'head in mid-1922, the model was known thereafter as the '23-60' or 'OD' and was bu...
Price Analysis vs Other OD 23-60s
£6,900
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£34,500
Median Price (Since 2020)
£55,000
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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