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1932 Hotchkiss AM80 Sports Saloon

United Kingdom • 14 Sept 2022

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AI Listing Summary

This 1932 Hotchkiss AM80 Sports Saloon is a well-restored, three-litre classic with an interesting history, including time in Malasia and repatriation in the 1980s. While it's been sitting idle, its prior running condition and included original features like a picnic table and French handbook add to its appeal.

Condition

7

The car is described as being in 'nicely restored condition' and well-known to the British Hotchkiss Society. However, it has not been actively used for several years, and its current running condition is unconfirmed, indicating some potential for required maintenance.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

28893

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

GX7173

RHD/LHD:

RHD

1932 Hotchkiss AM80 Sports Saloon Impressive three-litre sports saloon; well-known VSCC car; interesting history; nicely restored In the early days of motoring, Hotchkiss sat firmly at the top end of the French motoring firmament, making top-quality cars of robust proportions and strong performance.

The AM80 was their flagship model in the early '30s, featuring a three-litre six-cylinder engine with seven main bearings and straight-forward over-head valves.

Contemporary road tests boasted near 80mph with a cruising speed anywhere between 55 and 65mph.

First registered GX 7173 in May 1932, it was living in London by the 1950s.

By the 1970s, it had found its way to Malasia although by then was in a sorry state.

A three-part story relating to its discovery and resurection are on file from the Malasia and Singapore Vintage Car Register Magazine and it was repatriated sometime in the 1980s.

The vendor acquired it in 2017 from a small ad in the VSCC Newsletter having fallen in love wit...