1908 Vulcan 20hp Roi-des-Belges

• Supplied new to Australia
• 3.9-litre four-cylinder engine
• Brought back to the UK in 1989
• Present ownership since 2016

This rare survivor of an historic British make was delivered new to Australia and first owned by one Frederick Dodds of Newcastle, New South Wales. Supplied with an extra set of wheels and an interchangeable van body, it was still registered to Dodds in 1919. Email correspondence on file states that the Vulcan took part in a parade in Newcastle in 1947 and shortly thereafter passed into the ownership of Sydney resident John McLean, a founding member of the Veteran Car Club of Australia (NSW). When McLean moved to Queensland in the 1960s, the Vulcan went to Gilltrap's Auto Museum on the Queensland Gold Coast. It was sold together with some of the Museum's other cars in 1989, being purchased by Simon Langton and shipped to the UK. Our vendor is the sixth owner in this country.

It is believed that the engine in this car is of the '4" Racing' or 'Tourist Trophy' type. However, it should be noted that Vulcan made two four-cylinder engines with a 4" (102mm) bore: one displacing 3,923cc, the other 4,680cc. This car is said to be a 20hp model so would have been fitted with the former. Following its acquisition by a previous owner in 2008, the Vulcan was re-sprayed, re-trimmed and fitted with a new hood. It subsequently completed several Veteran Car Club events.

Our vendor acquired the Vulcan in 2016, since when it has sat comfortably in his garage, covering only some 50 miles around Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in terrain which is not ideal for such a vehicle. This very practical Edwardian motor car is offered with VCC dating certificate and a V5C registration document.