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1932 Hotchkiss AM80 Sports Saloon
United Kingdom • 29 Mar 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1932 Hotchkiss AM80 is a three-litre sports saloon with an interesting history, including time in Malaysia and repatriation in the 1980s. It's been nicely restored and is well-known within the VSCC and British Hotchkiss Society, retaining its original Monaco coachwork.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in 'nicely restored condition' and well-known to the British Hotchkiss Society. While it has not been started recently, it was reportedly running well pre-Covid. The presence of an original French handbook and a picnic table suggests care and preservation.
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[Transmission]
Transmission:
28893
Chassis No:
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
GX7173
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
RHD
Description 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 with the London number GX 7173 in May 1932, this AM80 was still in London in the 1950s.
By the 1970s, it had found its way to Malaysia although by then was in a sorry state.
A three-part story relating to its discovery and resurrection is on file from the Malaysia 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...
Points of note
£16,000
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£19,125
Median Price (Since 2020)
£21,250
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Feb 27 2009
Latest MOT Mileage
2,737 miles
Registration Date
1932-05-25
MOT History
Passed
On Feb 28 2008 with 2,737 miles
Passed
On Feb 01 2007 with 2,538 miles
Passed
On Jan 31 2006 with 2,296 miles
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