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£34,500 (Est: £30,000 - £40,000)

1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23/60hp Tourer

United Kingdom • 6 Sept 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23/60hp Tourer is one of approximately 100 survivors, boasting an older restoration with recent paintwork and a mechanically sound condition. Having been under present ownership since 2007, it's ready for use and represents a well-maintained example of Vauxhall's golden age.

Condition

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The car is described as an older restoration that was fully restored in the late 1990s with the paint redone within the last year and mechanically sound and ready to use, meaning that it is still in solid condition but will require some minor reconditioning. Therefore, a 'Very Good' condition rating is appropriate.

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Chassis No:

OD 966

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RHD/LHD:

RHD

• One of approximately 100 survivors • An older restoration, recently repainted • Present ownership since 2007 • Mechanically sound and ready to use "The years from 1908 to 1925 mark Vauxhall's golden age." - Michael Sedgwick, Vauxhall , Dalton Watson, London, 1981.

Famous by the end of the 19th Century for its marine engines, Scottish engineer Alexander Wilson's Vauxhall Ironworks Ltd built its first automobile in 1903: a single-cylinder, tiller-steered runabout designed by F W Hodges and J H Chambers.

Around 70 cars were sold in the first year of production.

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 maintai...