£31,050
1899 Locomobile Type 2 3½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout Registration no. EL 205 Engine no. 827
Bonhams • UK • 31 Oct 2014
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£31,050
1899 Locomobile Type 2 3½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout Registration no. EL 205 Engine no. 827
UK • 31 Oct 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1899 Locomobile Type 2 3½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout, car number 770, with registration EL 205 and engine number 827. It has a new boiler fitted but requires finishing of pipe-work and has been unused since the early 1980s.
Condition
4
The car is described as being in a partially dismantled state when purchased by the current vendor. While a new boiler has been fitted and new tires were recently installed, some finishing of pipe-work may be required. The car has been unused since the early 1980s due to a failed boiler inspection. It has a comprehensive history file and is eligible for certain events and awards.
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EL 205
1899
Auction
RHD
United Kingdom
£31,050
1899 Locomobile Type 2 3½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout Registration no. EL 205 Engine no. 827
Bonhams • UK • 31 Oct 2014
Market Position:
Highest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
Car no.
770 This Locomobile steam car is believed to be one of the first 200, which had the narrow body and a Mason engine.
Car number '770' is powered by a 3½hp two cylinder, double-acting steam engine with slide valves operated by Stephenson's link motion.
Steering is by central tiller, final drive is by a single block-chain and the contracting brakes operate on an open-type differential.
This car was originally supplied to the Mayor of Olean in New York State and used until 1910 when the boiler was allowed to run dry, causing terminal damage.
The car remained in storage remarkably intact, changing hands in 1939 and then in 1975 being discovered by American steam car enthusiast Chuck Figge.
Four years of meticulous restoration saw the Locomobile returned to full working order and in 1979 it was brought to England to participate in the London-Brighton Run.
John Paterson then bought the car from Chuck Figge and it subsequently completed several more Brighton Runs and took part i...
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