Lot details Registration No: FB 9841 Chassis No: 40404 Mot Expiry: None
The first Singer 'Nine' car to be unveiled to the public, the 'Nine' Saloon was introduced in February 1932. Generously equipped, its coachbuilt four-door body came with leather upholstery, wood trim, individually adjustable front seats and a rear-mounted luggage rack as standard. Based around a sturdy ladder-frame chassis featuring all-round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension and four-wheel drum brakes, the newcomer was powered by a 972cc four-cylinder engine allied to four-speed manual transmission. Reputed to develop 31bhp @ 4,800rpm, the sophisticated single overhead camshaft powerplant endowed the 'Nine' with a claimed 60mph top speed. Visually distinguished by its vertical bonnet louvres, more upright radiator grille and less voluptuous wings, the '32 Saloon was effectively an interim model and differed markedly from its (heavily revamped) '33 successor.
Finished in maroon over black with brown leather upholstery, this particular example is believed but not warranted to have formed part of a West Country museum display during the 1960s. Said to have had just two keepers over the last twenty-five years, 'FB 9841' reportedly retains "a ceramic supplying garage badge (College Motor Co, Bath & Bristol), fire extinguisher and instruction book etc". Dry stored of late, it is hoped but not promised that this rare and appealing post-Vintage saloon will be in running order by the time of sale.
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