NOW SOLD : 1930 Singer Junior Saloon - great value first vintage car
Ideal starter vintage car - or for newly competing family VSCC Light Car
Just had circa £6000 spent on her, including :-
Recent Blue Diamond extreme mechanical detailing totalling £3144 - far too much...it seems every joint was inspected and serviced
Front seat re-upholstery by Harry Fraser
New fabric roof by Harry Fraser
Attention to headlining by Harry Fraser totalling £1560
Two new Blockley 19” front tyres
Two powder coated, rebuilt & re-shod wheels by Richards Bros Wire Wheels Ltd of Cardiff totalling £638
and more...
Featured in the Automobile magazine in the 1980s, this characterful vintage light car has in the last 3 years been given sympathetic maintenance and restoration to areas deemed to need attention as listed above.
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Described as being in good all-round usable condition, the current owner “does not think that a new owner will need to spend any money on it - everything that has recently needed doing has been done; going any further would spoil the originality.”
Since the mileage recorded on the 2012 MoT, this car has travelled circa 1500 miles since. The car is largely original, complete with telescopic shock absorbers as standard for the 1930 Singer model year, with uprated electrics and indicators, as well as a Klaxon type horn
HISTORY of the model
Introduced at the London Motor Show in 1926 with an 846cc two-bearing splash-fed engine - including an advance in design over that of other small car producers at the time – of an overhead camshaft, peak power was 16.5hp at just 3250rpm, perhaps resulting in being a little less fussy than an Austin Seven of the period. With a 3-speed gearbox, four wheel braking came in 1928. The clutch is by inverted cone mechanism, front suspension by a pair of quarter elliptic front springs, a pair of half elliptic springs at the rear, again with a pair of rear telespcopic shock absorbers, gravity feed fuel tank, and 6 volt electrics. By 1928 production of the Singer Junior was the single most important model of the Singer range.
Will it fit in my Garage?
(According to Culshaw & Horribin 1895 – 1975)
Length : 11.0’
Width : 4’ 6”
Wheelbase : 7’6”
Track : 3’8”
Weight : 11 ¾ cwt
Fuel consumption : 46 mpg
Max Speed : 49mph
ON FILE : MOT certificates going back to 1988, the original buff logbook going back to 1946, 2 original owner's manuals, an original sales brochure, the article on the car in the July 1988 Automobile magazine, & some older photos of the car
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Although we attempt to ensure accuracy of any statement or detail, the customer must make his or her own judgement in purchasing this car. The purchaser of the above car understands that he or she is purchasing a historic motor car with components that are up to 94 years old and sold as a collector item. There is no warranty given or implied due to the age of the car.
Call 07973 731508