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£12,938

1934 Austin Heavy 12/4 Landaulette Hire car

United Kingdom • 19 Jun 2024

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1934 Austin Heavy 12/4 Landaulette was coach-built by Strachans and used in the ITV drama 'Poirot'. It underwent an extensive body-off restoration in the late 1990s, including mechanical and cosmetic work.
Offered from long-term ownership, it retains its original features and comes with a continuation logbook, invoices, and V5C.

Condition

7 / 10

Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

BS11376623

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

AYT 778

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Produced in 1934 and first registered on 3 rd September 1934, this Austin 12/4 ‘Heavy’ Hire Car Landaulette was coach-built by Strachans (Coachbuilders) Ltd in Acton, London,.

It is believed to have been one of two Landaulette’s Strachans built with a London ‘low-loader’ ('LL') cab chassis.

A London coach company ordered two, chassis 76623, with Body BS113, is believed to be one of the two, acquired with the purpose of chauffeuring dignitaries around London.

It carries the London registration ‘AYT 778’.

Around this time, well-known taxi-cab dealer Mann & Overton had also been using modified Austin Hire Car chassis’ and catalogued three similar bodies, for taxi-cab use, by Strachan, Vincent or Jones.

The Landaulette is very similar to the taxi low-loader, however, it possesses 4 doors and is coach-built to a much higher specification.

Finished in Red with Black, ‘AYT 778’ retains a Landaulette mohair hood, with a re-trimmed interior, with the customary, leather in the front cabin ...