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1903 Gladiator 10hp Twin-cylinder Rear-entrance Tonneau
United Kingdom • 3 Nov 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1903 Gladiator, a veteran of over 40 London-Brighton Runs, features a twin-cylinder Aster engine, recent mechanical refurbishment, and an electric starter. It includes desirable extras like Ducellier headlamps and comes with a VCC Dating Certificate, making it an appealing early-starter car.
Condition
7
While the car has undergone extensive mechanical refurbishment and boasts a well-maintained engine, it's also a very early model with components dating back to 1903 and 1904, indicating some degree of wear and age. The listing mentions general maintenance, but also points out elements like an exuberant exhaust and minor modifications like the windscreen fitting. The car's history of participation in Brighton Runs suggests it is mechanically sound but not in pristine condition.
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
1129
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
BS 8691
RHD/LHD:
RHD
• Completed 40-plus London-Brighton Runs • Formerly part of the Black Collection in Yorkshire • Present ownership since 2018 • Extensive mechanical refurbishment in 2020 Offered here is a desirable early-starter Gladiator that has completed 40-plus runs to Brighton.
The March 1947 edition of the Veteran Car Club Gazette (copy on file) notes that this Gladiator was owned by a Mr Ralph Neville, who had acquired the car from its original owner in Norwich.
Mr Neville stripped the car down and found no badly worn parts before restoring it.
The windscreen was fitted in 1904 and the car originally laid up in 1908.
Well known by 1947, the Gladiator was driven by Mr Neville from Chilwell to the Coventry-Birmingham Cavalcade and back – a distance of 130 miles – without any trouble, and was reported as having performed excellently on the London-Brighton Run From the 1980s onwards the car formed part of the well-known Black Collection in Yorkshire until it was acquired by the current vendor in...
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£186,300
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£186,300
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£186,300
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