1924 VAUXHALL 30/98 TOURER OE86/100 For Sale by Auction
The Trans-Continental and Round Australia record car (July 1936 & November 1938)
Chassis No: OE86
Engine No: OE100
Auction Estimate: AU$290, 000 - $330, 000 (£170, 000 - £194, 000 approx.)
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This particular example, which in the 1930s would become the Trans-Continental and Round Australia record holder, was amalgamated into a single car from two Velox bodied 30/ 98 fast tourers shipped to Australia in 1924, chassis numbers OE86 and OE100.
In 1937 OE86 was purchased by R. S Robinson as a wedding present for his wife to be, Janet. It did many miles between Melbourne and Deniliquin 300kms away in New South Wales where he had opened a dental practice. OE100 was purchased in 1934, also as a gift, for John Balmer by his mother. Balmer was an adventurous competitor in speed events such as the Mt Tarrengower Hillclimb near Maldon where his family had a property. With his co-driver Eddie Scott, Balmer set the transcontinental Darwin to Adelaide, Fremantle to Adelaide, and Adelaide to Melbourne records during 1936 in OE100. In 1938, sponsored by Shell, Dunlop and Repco, Balmer, along with Richard Kent, established a new 9, 326 mile circumnavigation record of the Australian continent in 24 days, 11 hours and 58 minutes.
Balmer and Robinson had become friends at the University of Melbourne. In 1942 as pilots for the Citizen Air Force stationed at the Melbourne Showgrounds before being sent overseas they decided to combine their two cars into one good car under shared ownership. Having taken the heaviest battering on the rough Australian terrain as a record breaker, the body of OE100 was discarded and its engine (still bearing three record breaking commemorative plates), front axle and gearbox incorporated into OE86. Unused components were stored at the Showgrounds.
Balmer was killed in action in May 1944 during a bombing raid over Berlin but had willed his share of the car to Robinson’s wife Janet. This Vauxhall 30/ 98 was used by the Robinson family in Warnambool until a piston failure led to its storage in 1955. During the 1960s the car was passed on but came back into the ownership of the Robinsons in 1978 and made an appearance at Philip Island for the 50th commemoration of the inaugural Australian GP. Little used except for Vintage Sports Car Club events and a cameo feature in the opening shots of ‘Phar Lap’, the 1983 film of the legendary Depression era Melbourne Cup winning racehorse, the car was carefully stored until purchased in 2016 by John Whiting.
Whiting, in ailing health, re-commissioned this remarkable and historic motor car utilising Paul Chaleyer of Vintage & Historic Restorations of Blackburn, Vic. Completed just prior to Whiting’s death the work is comprehensively documented and its history and provenance supported by period photographs and paperwork. Vauxhall 30/ 98 OE86/ 100 is now offered for sale by auction from the estate of the late John Whiting.
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