This majestic and venerable machine is being brought to auction by a vendor who inherited the car from his late father, an enthusiast with a small collection of vintage cars.

The vendor has been quick to realise and appreciate that cars of this age require rare levels of devotion, patience, time and attention.

Consequently, he has generously concluded that the curation and use it deserves might be better managed in hands other than his own.

The car was bought by the vendor’s father at auction some 6 years ago.

We have some listing notes written, we think, by the man from whom he bought the car - when it was living on the Isle of Wight.

From those notes (and bear in mind that the car has covered very few miles since they were written) we can glean the following.

The car was/is currently fitted with a 1931 Chevrolet ohv 6-cylinder engine and matching synchro box.

The original matching numbers flathead engine and gearbox are on a wheeled trolley at our HQ and will accompany the car...