Reference
X693/7/1
Title
The Story of Vauxhall 1857 to 1946 by L C Darbyshire 1946
This charts the history of Vauxhall Motors from its earliest days as the Vauxhall Iron Works, through to the 1940s. There are numerous black and white photographs that can be found between the pages listed below
Frontispiece
- Picture of a painting of the “John Mowlem” showing a 1870
tug powered by an engine from the Vauxhall Iron Works
Between pages 24 and 25
- First Vauxhall car ever offered for sale 1903
- Motor launch containing the first petrol engine ever c 1901
made by the Vauxhall Iron Works
- Motor Hansom 1905
- Adaptation of Hansom Cab c 1905
- Car after completion of R.A.C & Scottish Reliability 1908
Trials
- Car on the North road 1908
- The first streamlined Vauxhall the K.N. c 1910
- The first 20 h.p. to exceed 100m.p.h 1910
- Car trying to break 12-hour record c 1911
- 16 h.p. car 1911
- A “Prince Henry” on the Shelsley Walsh Hill climb 1911
- A “Prince Henry” during Swedish Trials 1912
- A “Prince Henry” Tourer in Germany 1911
- A 16/20 h.p. in which the Melbourne-Sydney record was broken c 1911
- A silver salver on which are inscribed all the victories c 1925
by the Vauxhall team between 1909 and 1925
Between pages 28 and 29
- King George V arrives at Vimy Ridge in a Vauxhall 1917
- General Allenby makes a triumphal entry into Jerusalemc 1918
in a 25 h.p. staff car
- The “30/98” a car which achieved many sporting c 1920
successes
- The “Cadet” c 1920
- A Vauxhall war car in the Balkans c 1918
- A Vauxhall which had taken part in the Isle of Man T.T.1922
- A Vauxhall Light Six in rough terrain 1933
- The first 5/6 cwt. Bedford about to be driven away from
the works 1938
- One of the first ever 2-ton model Bedford’s 1932
- The first 30 cwt. Bedford being christened before leaving the works 1932
- The owner of the first Vauxhall Ten to be sold accepting delivery of the car c1930
- The ten thousandth Vauxhall “10” leaving the factory c 1930
- A Vauxhall car being taken ashore in a surf boat at Accra
on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) c1930
- A Vauxhall Ten in Palestine c 1930
- A Bedford lorry on expedition in Africa c 1930
- An adaptation of the 3-ton chassis for use on the Kowloon-Canton Railway c1930
Between pages 44 and 45
- HM King George VI inspects one of the first Churchill tanks to leave the production line c1939
- The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill inspecting a tank that
took his name c1939
- A standard Bedford engine c 1939
- A Vauxhall ten dwarfed by its stable companion the
Churchill tank c1939
- The engine of the Churchill tank c 1939
- A W.D. Bedford being tested in a lake c 1939
- The original square faced Bedford under going army Trialsc1938
- A three quarter track gun tractor which possessed two Bedford engines c1939
- A “Q.L.” four wheel drive Army Bedford undergoing testing c1939
- A view of the Vauxhall Works a few seconds after the bombing of the factory Aug 30 1940
- The original factory at Luton 1905
- An aerial view of the factory c 1950
- First extension made during the WW1 c 1914
- A Vauxhall “12” at the start line of a rally in Norway c 1939
Date free text
1946
Production date
From: 1857 To: 1946
Level of description
item