Tim Schofield
Head of UK Business Development, Motoring
LOT 420
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23/60hp Tourer Registration no. not UK registered Chassis no. to be advised Engine no. OD 678
Sold for £34,500 inc. premium
Lot 420
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23/60hp Tourer
The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|6 September 2025, 13:00 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum
1923 Vauxhall Type OD 23/60hp Tourer
Registration no. not UK registered
Chassis no. to be advised
Engine no. OD 678
Registration no. not UK registered
Chassis no. to be advised
Engine no. OD 678
• 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 maintained during WWI when the model was widely used as an army staff car. Manufacture continued after the cessation of hostilities, though Pomeroy departed and his place was taken by Charles Evelyn King, who designed a new overhead-valve detachable cylinder head for both the D-Type and its legendary sporting stablemate, the 30/98. Updated with King's OHV cylinder head in mid-1922, the model was known thereafter as the '23/60' or 'OD' and was built until 1926. The OD 23/60hp Vauxhall was a popular overseas model and many were dispatched to markets throughout the British Empire. Approximately 1,300 were made, of which some 100 survive.
This car is a complete example fully restored in the late 1990s with the paint redone within the last year. Our vendor has owned this car for 18 years and has driven it occasionally. It was purchased in 2007 in order to acquire some spares that came with it and as a back up for the owner's 1923 Vauxhall 'Penny', which he has driven all over the world in rallies and private travels. According to the vendor, the car is so mechanically sound that he would happily set off to travel around Europe without hesitation.
• 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 maintained during WWI when the model was widely used as an army staff car. Manufacture continued after the cessation of hostilities, though Pomeroy departed and his place was taken by Charles Evelyn King, who designed a new overhead-valve detachable cylinder head for both the D-Type and its legendary sporting stablemate, the 30/98. Updated with King's OHV cylinder head in mid-1922, the model was known thereafter as the '23/60' or 'OD' and was built until 1926. The OD 23/60hp Vauxhall was a popular overseas model and many were dispatched to markets throughout the British Empire. Approximately 1,300 were made, of which some 100 survive.
This car is a complete example fully restored in the late 1990s with the paint redone within the last year. Our vendor has owned this car for 18 years and has driven it occasionally. It was purchased in 2007 in order to acquire some spares that came with it and as a back up for the owner's 1923 Vauxhall 'Penny', which he has driven all over the world in rallies and private travels. According to the vendor, the car is so mechanically sound that he would happily set off to travel around Europe without hesitation.
Saleroom notices
Please note that the chassis number for this vehicle is OD 966.
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