The Vauxhall 20/60 is a four or five-seater saloon, limousine, tourer or coupé-cabriolet which began manufacture on 28 September 1927 with a six-cylinder engine and a four-speed gearbox.

The initial 2.7-litre engine was enlarged to three litres after 12 months.

Priced to be at the lower end of the luxury market with six cylinders, four speeds and five brakes, the better endowed 20/60 replaced the four cylinder Vauxhall 14-40.

Though the new engine's capacity or swept volume was enlarged just 465cc, the vagaries of the RAC or tax formula moved its tax rating from 14HP to 20HP.

Its design was completed before General Motors took control in late 1925.

This wonderful car left the production line at Vauxhall in 1929 as a complete running chassis and later fitted with a Richmond body to the new owner’s choice and was first registered and supplied by Woodyatt Motors of Southend-on-Sea on 26th March 1930.

It is understood that the car stayed there until 1954 after which it went to Norwic...