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Historic car goes up for auction Historic car sells for £113,700
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A piece of Scotland's motoring history is to go on sale at an auction of collectors' automobiles in London. A piece of Scotland's motoring history has been sold for more than £100,000 at an auction of collectors' automobiles in London.
The 107-year-old Argyll car is one of the earliest models built at the firm's first factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow.The 107-year-old Argyll car is one of the earliest models built at the firm's first factory in Bridgeton, Glasgow.
The car, which has a five horse-power engine and a top speed of 25mph, is expected to fetch as much as £80,000. The car has a five horse-power engine and a top speed of 25mph.
It has not been driven for the past 68 years. The Argyll sat for 45 years in the living room of an eccentric artist from Dublin. It has not been driven for the past 68 years and has spent the last 45 years in the living room of an eccentric artist from Dublin.
'Silent car''Silent car'
The Bonham's auction house sale is taking place at the RAF Museum at Hendon, Greater London. The Bonham's auction house sale took place at the RAF Museum at Hendon, Greater London.
Scotsman Alexander Govan set up his motor car company in 1899 in Hozier Street, Bridgeton.Scotsman Alexander Govan set up his motor car company in 1899 in Hozier Street, Bridgeton.
He later moved to larger premises in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.He later moved to larger premises in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
Bonhams said the first owner was T Pictom Bradshaw of Dublin who accompanied the first leg of the Irish Motor Tour in the car in 1901.Bonhams said the first owner was T Pictom Bradshaw of Dublin who accompanied the first leg of the Irish Motor Tour in the car in 1901.
Mrs Bradshaw had specified the more robust wooden artillery wheels at an extra cost of £10 over and above the standard £248 list price.
Motor News of November 1901 said the car had a reputation of being the "most silent car in Dublin".
The 1900 Argyll 5hp spindle seat rear entrance TonneauThe 1900 Argyll 5hp spindle seat rear entrance Tonneau
Mr Bradshaw had specified the more robust wooden artillery wheels at an extra cost of £10 over and above the standard £248 list price.
Motor News of November 1901 said the car had a reputation of being the "most silent car in Dublin".
It said that for ease of running "it would be hard to beat it".It said that for ease of running "it would be hard to beat it".
Later, the car sat unused for 32 or more years in Mr Bradshaw's garage and was finally bought in 1948 by Dublin painter Paul Egestorff.Later, the car sat unused for 32 or more years in Mr Bradshaw's garage and was finally bought in 1948 by Dublin painter Paul Egestorff.
He lodged the car in the living room of his first floor flat in Morehampton Road until it was sold to collector Denis Lucey in the 1990s.He lodged the car in the living room of his first floor flat in Morehampton Road until it was sold to collector Denis Lucey in the 1990s.
Mr Lucey's family loaned it to the Irish Transport Museum.Mr Lucey's family loaned it to the Irish Transport Museum.
The current members handbook of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain records only two earlier surviving Argylls, one in private ownership and one at the Glasgow Transport Museum.The current members handbook of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain records only two earlier surviving Argylls, one in private ownership and one at the Glasgow Transport Museum.