16th Apr, 2009 13:30

The Pavilion Gardens

 
  Lot 83
 

1937 Singer Nine Sports Tourer

Sold for £12,375

(including buyers premium)


Lot details
Registration No: WH 8886
Chassis No: 5691
Mot Expiry: None

Arguably Singer's first true performance offering, the 'Nine' Sports was unveiled in July 1932. Looking every inch the 1930s sportscar thanks to the efforts of stylist Eric Neale, its rakish open four-seater bodywork (complete with folding windscreen. louvered bonnet and sharply sloping tail) was underpinned by a robust ladder-frame chassis that featured all-round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension, adjustable Andre-Hartford friction dampers and four-wheel hydraulic 10-inch drum brakes. Uprated via an increased sump capacity, standard cooling fan and twin SU carburettors, the newcomer's 972cc OHC four-cylinder engine developed some 31bhp @ 4,600rpm and was allied to a close-ratio four-speed manual gearbox. Reputedly capable of 66mph and sustained 50mph cruising, the 'Nine' Sports soon acquired an enviable competition pedigree. Not content with the eight premier awards it won during the Christmas 1932 London to Exeter run, the following season saw the model distinguish itself on the Monte Carlo Rally, London-to-Edinburgh Trial and Alpine Six-Day Trial. However, its crowning achievement came at that year's Le Mans when the mildly tuned version driven by Barnes and Langley became the first unsupercharged sub-1000cc British car to qualify for the Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup. Continually developed, the `Nine' Sports gained running boards, wider doors and an enclosed spare wheel for 1935 before being phased out of production some two years later.

Finished in red with green upholstery, this particular example has been on static display as part of a private Lake District collection for many years. Although reported to have been driven into the collection building under its own power, the Singer is currently a non-runner and will require recommissioning prior to road use. Sold strictly as viewed it is accompanied by a buff logbook and V5 / V5C Registration Documents.
 

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Auction: The Pavilion Gardens, 16th Apr, 2009

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