Description A delightful example of this sporting two-seater; only three owners according to the V5C; running and driving nicely on site Coventry-based Singer were one of the big-league players in the early 1930s.

Their success was based on quality engineering sold at a reasonable price.

They were tough, reliable and although entirely conventional, were definitely a cut above the equivalent Ford or Morris.

The company introduced a Sports model of their successful Nine in order to spice up their marketing, entering works prepared cars into the 1933 Coupe des Alpes where they finished 2nd in class and the Le Mans 24 Hour race where one came an extremely creditable 13th overall - an amazing performance for such a small car.

The factory soon introduced an updated Le Mans two-seater model to celebrate the racing success.

This had a hot cam and a large finned aluminium sump fitted to the 972cc ohc engine, along with a counter-balanced crank to better sustain high revs.

Mated to this wa...