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£19,550

1938 Armstrong-Siddeley 17hp Redfern Tourer

United Kingdom • 3 Mar 2012

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a 1938 Armstrong-Siddeley 14hp Redfern Tourer with coachwork by Maltby. It was restored in 1990, has a power-operated hood, and comes with a current MoT certificate and Swansea V5 document. Recent re-commissioning work addressed issues from long-term storage.

Condition

7

The car was restored in 1990 and has had very little use since. It was recently recommissioned after long-term storage, with necessary maintenance performed. Described as lovely to drive with everything working well. The car presents well for its age, but the long-term storage suggests that a rating of 'Very Good' is appropriate due to potential wear from storage and the need for minor reconditioning to ensure continued reliability.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

U1437

Odometer:

1,000 miles

Reg Number:

EKX 935

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Armstrong Siddeley was created in 1919 by the fusion of the mighty Armstrong Whitworth engineering combine and the Coventry based Siddeley-Deasy company.

Introduced in 1935, the Armstrong-Siddeley '17hp' (its actual RAC rating was 16½hp) featured a six-cylinder overhead-valve engine of 2,394cc coupled to the firm's characteristic Wilson pre-selector four-speed gearbox.

Three different chassis lengths enabled the 17hp to cater for sporting motorists, owner-drivers and the carriage trade while mechanically the cars were conventional for the period, with semi-elliptic springs all round and mechanical brakes.

Production of all types had amounted to only 4,260 cars by the time production ceased in 1939.

Manufactured in March 1938, this Armstrong-Siddeley 17hp carries 'Redfern' four-door tourer coachwork by Maltby, a company founded during the Edwardian era in Sandgate, Kent.

In 1926 company founder John Maltby sold out to a Mr Redfern, chairman of whisky distillers, Johnnie Walker, who...