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 17hp Armstrong-Siddeley 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 just 4,260 cars by the time production ceased in 1939.

Manufactured in December 1935, this Armstrong-Siddeley 17hp carries saloon coachwork by Burlington, a company acquired by Siddeley-Deasy in 1913 and which later served as Armstrong-Siddeley's in-house coachbuilder.

'CVX 627' was first registered in 1936 to Mr W Gibbard, a director of the Tate & Lyle sugar company, who is...