Chassis Number: OE183
One of the ancient marques of motoring, Vauxhall’s history can be traced back to 1857, when Scottish engineer Alexander Wilson established a firm specializing in marine engines at the Vauxhall Iron Works. The first automobile to bear the Vauxhall name arrived in 1903; by the end of the decade, the firm was building a series of sporting models designed by a brilliant young engineer named Laurence Pomeroy. The most famous of these was the incomparable 30-98, which soon earned a reputation as England’s finest high-performance car. In 1922, Vauxhall comprehensively redesigned and updated the original E-Type 30-98, with the new cars renamed OE-Type. In all, just 313 examples of the revised overhead-valve OE-Type chassis were built, of which approximately 12 were delivered with the extremely sporting and elegant Wensum coachwork. OE183 is arguably the finest surviving example of the legendary OE-Type 30-98.
