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Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 20th May from 12pm
Auction: Wed 21st May from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1923 Wolseley 10 E3 Four-Seat Tourer
1 of just 4 examples remaining
Estimate
£8, 000 - £10, 000
Registration No: UE 9373
Chassis No: 38758
MOT: Exempt
One of just 4 remaining as confirmed by Wolseley Register
Long term ownership since 1999
Full weather gear and a tonneau cover
A collection of old MOTs & invoices
Large history file which includes the current V5C document
Britain's biggest motorcar manufacturer at the outbreak of WWI, Wolseley built Hispano-Suiza aero engines under licence during the hostilities before developing its own designs. Part of the Vickers Group, it did not want for funds and was able to unveil three new models of 10hp, 15hp and 20hp at the Olympia Motor Show during November 1919 (though, production proper did not begin for over a year). The post WWI era was prosperous for Wolseley, building 12, 000 units in 1921, their 1920s brochure boasted they had not been affected by the depression of the time. Benefiting from Wolseley's aero engine expertise, the 10HP featured a sophisticated four-cylinder OHC engine. With just four believed to still exist today, the Wolseley 10 E3 Four-Seat Tourer was a four-seater deluxe model on the long-wheelbase eight-foot nine-inch chassis.
A Wolseley 10 E3 Four-Seat Tourer, Chassis number 38758, one of 4 remaining of its type, as confirmed by Wolseley Register, was first registered on 10th February 1923. Believed to have been a former exhibit at the Mouldsworth Motor Museum, Cheshire, up for a challenge and the experience of owning a pre-war car, our vendor had originally been tempted by a Bullnose Morris elsewhere, however, ultimately taken by the Wolseley it entered our vendor's hands, the owner of a restoration business. Along with a feature ‘Well-Appointed Wolseley’, this very car made the cover of The Automobile in August 2000, with the cover banner ‘Well-Heeled Wolseley’. In current ownership, the rare long-wheelbase four-seater, evidently the subject of an older restoration, has had weather equipment made and been used on tours, such as the 2002 Gordon Bennett Irish Classic Car Run, the Rotary Convention Tour 2009 and the Weaver Wander 2010-2011 events. Offered with a large history file, a collection of old MOTs and invoices, the current V5C Registration Document and a ‘Wolseley 11/ 22HP’ and a ‘Wolseley TEN Instruction Manual’.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
