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1900' Locomobile Type 2
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NegotiablePublished 24 March 2025ID: TOiXxv
- Cambridgeshire
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Age: 125 years
Fuel: Petrol
Electronics: Parking Assist Rear
Seller's comments about 1900' Locomobile Type 2
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Viewing: Tues 8th April from 12pm
Auction: Wed 9th April from 9am
Location: IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR1900 Locomobile Type 2 5½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout
No ReserveRegistration No: AM 113
Chassis No: 1617
MOT: Exempt
Veteran Car Club Dated and complete with Dating Certificate
Subject to a ten-year boiler test in 2019 and offered with valid certificate
Eligible for the London-Brighton Veteran Car Run
Formed in 1899, The Locomobile Company was founded by Entrepreneurs A L Barber and J B Walker following the purchase of the rights to manufacture a steam car from the famed Stanley Brothers. The first Locomobile left the Newton, Massachusetts works that same year which was a lightweight four-wheeler with wire wheels. Strongly resembling a horse-drawn carriage in style, the Locomobile was powered by a twin-cylinder engine that utilised a 14” boiler that operated at 150psi positioned beneath the driver’s seat. The driver controlled the steering from the right-side by tiller and a footbrake operated a contracting brake which surrounded the open-drive differential.
The Locomobile proved to be very successful, and the most popular variant was the open two-seater Style 2 which was fitted with a 5-gallon petrol tank and 21-gallon boiler. Offered at $600 - $900 depending on which body-style was chosen, it is believed around 5, 000 were sold before Locomobile switched to petrol car production in 1903.
More information to follow.
** Bidding will take place live at the venue, online via our H&H website, by telephone and commission - T&Cs apply**
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).
Viewing: Tues 8th April from 12pm
Auction: Wed 9th April from 9am
Location: IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR1900 Locomobile Type 2 5½hp Spindle-Seat Runabout
No ReserveRegistration No: AM 113
Chassis No: 1617
MOT: Exempt
Veteran Car Club Dated and complete with Dating Certificate
Subject to a ten-year boiler test in 2019 and offered with valid certificate
Eligible for the London-Brighton Veteran Car Run
Formed in 1899, The Locomobile Company was founded by Entrepreneurs A L Barber and J B Walker following the purchase of the rights to manufacture a steam car from the famed Stanley Brothers. The first Locomobile left the Newton, Massachusetts works that same year which was a lightweight four-wheeler with wire wheels. Strongly resembling a horse-drawn carriage in style, the Locomobile was powered by a twin-cylinder engine that utilised a 14” boiler that operated at 150psi positioned beneath the driver’s seat. The driver controlled the steering from the right-side by tiller and a footbrake operated a contracting brake which surrounded the open-drive differential.
The Locomobile proved to be very successful, and the most popular variant was the open two-seater Style 2 which was fitted with a 5-gallon petrol tank and 21-gallon boiler. Offered at $600 - $900 depending on which body-style was chosen, it is believed around 5, 000 were sold before Locomobile switched to petrol car production in 1903.
More information to follow.
** Bidding will take place live at the venue, online via our H&H website, by telephone and commission - T&Cs apply**
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).
