Description Fully restored to show-winning condition in the early-1990s; just two owners in the last 23 years; meticulously maintained; inertia reel seatbelts; driven 130 miles to the sale; a superb example at a very attractive guide price Austin’s best-selling car of the Thirties, the Austin 10/4 was launched in April 1932 and continued in production until 1947 with various upgrades along the way.

The unburstable 1,125-cc four-cylinder side-valve engine produced 21bhp driving through a four-speed gearbox which gave the car a comfortable 50mph cruising speed.

In 1933 the saloons were joined by a two-seater Open Road Tourer and a plushly appointed four-seater Colwyn Cabriolet which had full-framed doors with wind-up windows and a clever three-position folding hood that could be fully closed for snug winter motoring and rolled back above the front seats or completely folded down at the rear for open-air summer cruising.

Supplied new by Bowen's Garage of Chepstow in March 1934 (their p...