28th Sep, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

 
  Lot 3099
 

3099

A Stainless Steel Spitfire Piston, 13.5cm diameter; and A Stainless Steel Connrod's Connecting Rod

A Stainless Steel Spitfire Piston, 13.5cm diameter; and A Stainless Steel Connrod's Connecting Rod, a prototype for the first David Brown diesel engine 1948, fitted with a Smiths clock, 24.5cm wide, on wooden display stand, together with a photocopy of provenance

The current vendor's father was head of Design & Development at David Brown Tractors from 1947 to 1978 and was involved with the development of all tractor and other engines. There were only three conrod left and he decided to have this example chromed and a clock added

Sold for £200
Estimated at £100 - £150


 

Auction: Motor Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia, 28th Sep, 2019

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