LOT 506
1907 Wolseley-Siddeley 4-Cylinder 30HP Type B Registration no. not UK registered Chassis no. 4734 Engine no. 43
Estimate: £60,000 - £70,000
Lot 506
Property of a deceased's estate
1907 Wolseley-Siddeley 4-Cylinder 30HP Type B
1907 Wolseley-Siddeley 4-Cylinder 30HP Type B
The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|14 September 2024, 13:00 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum
1907 Wolseley-Siddeley 4-Cylinder 30HP Type B
Registration no. not UK registered
Chassis no. 4734
Engine no. 43
Registration no. not UK registered
Chassis no. 4734
Engine no. 43
• Registered with the VCC of GB
• Offered from long-term dry storage
• Started and driven recently
• Requires recommissioning
Although long since departed, Wolseley was one of Britain's foremost makes throughout the Edwardian period and into the 1920s. The company had been founded by Irish-born Frederick York Wolseley in Sydney, Australia in 1887 to manufacture sheep-shearing equipment. Two years later a subsidiary was set up in Birmingham, England where works manager Herbert Austin would be responsible for the first Wolseley motor car, a three-wheeler built on Léon Bollée lines, in 1896.
Early Wolseleys featured horizontal engines, but it was with the introduction of vertical-engined multi-cylinder cars in the Edwardian era that Wolseley earned its reputation for finely engineered, smooth and powerful transport. By this time Herbert Austin had left, his place being taken by John D Siddeley whose company - taken over by Wolseley in 1904 - had been making vertical-engined cars based on the French Peugeot. Siddeley forged ahead with an ever-expanding range of vertical-engined models, which for the next few years were marketed under the 'Wolseley-Siddeley' name, reverting to plain 'Wolseley' after Siddeley's departure in 1909.
Registered with the VCC of GB, this Wolseley-Siddeley has been laid up in a heated garage for several years. Bonhams was able to start the car recently and it drove. Recommissioning will be required before any extended use. The V5C has been lost so the successful purchaser will need to obtain a replacement.
• Offered from long-term dry storage
• Started and driven recently
• Requires recommissioning
Although long since departed, Wolseley was one of Britain's foremost makes throughout the Edwardian period and into the 1920s. The company had been founded by Irish-born Frederick York Wolseley in Sydney, Australia in 1887 to manufacture sheep-shearing equipment. Two years later a subsidiary was set up in Birmingham, England where works manager Herbert Austin would be responsible for the first Wolseley motor car, a three-wheeler built on Léon Bollée lines, in 1896.
Early Wolseleys featured horizontal engines, but it was with the introduction of vertical-engined multi-cylinder cars in the Edwardian era that Wolseley earned its reputation for finely engineered, smooth and powerful transport. By this time Herbert Austin had left, his place being taken by John D Siddeley whose company - taken over by Wolseley in 1904 - had been making vertical-engined cars based on the French Peugeot. Siddeley forged ahead with an ever-expanding range of vertical-engined models, which for the next few years were marketed under the 'Wolseley-Siddeley' name, reverting to plain 'Wolseley' after Siddeley's departure in 1909.
Registered with the VCC of GB, this Wolseley-Siddeley has been laid up in a heated garage for several years. Bonhams was able to start the car recently and it drove. Recommissioning will be required before any extended use. The V5C has been lost so the successful purchaser will need to obtain a replacement.






















































































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