Lot details
Registration No: BAS 523
Chassis No: 183839772
Mot Expiry: May 2006

Henry Ford developed his first petroleum-fuelled internal combustion engine powered buggy in the final years of the nineteenth century. By the standards of automobiles to come, the resultant quadricycle with twin-cylinder engine was rather primitive - and it was not until 1903 that his Ford Motor Company set up shop in a disused wagon works in Mack Avenue, Detroit, to produce the twin-cylinder Model A.
The two-seater N runabout appeared from 1906. With 15hp four-cylinder motor mounted in a lightweight, though nonetheless robust chassis topped with minimalist two-seater bodywork, it was no sluggard. Subsequent Deluxe Models R and then S were direct descendants of the N and were the forerunners for Ford's `Universal' motor car, which was to become the world acclaimed Model T, the automobile that was to popularise motoring for the masses.
Ford expertise and technology had moved on somewhat by 1937 when this V8 Model 8S was built. The left-hand drive two-door coupe was imported from North Carolina in June 1998, there being a purchase invoice on file for $23,900 as well as lots of bills detailing work carried out. According to the vendor, it has never had any major welding and, in his view, it would be hard to find a better example of this pre-war American.
Chassis is claimed to be in excellent condition, steel wheels as new with whitewalls renewed, body panels and beige paintwork very good, tan cloth trimmed interior also as new, and both 3800cc eight-cylinder engine and three-speed manual gearbox reportedly in very good order.