Part of the Rootes Group alongside Sunbeam, Talbot, Humber and Hillman, Commer utilised the latter’s Minx Magnificent as the basis of its 10hp light commercials from 1936 onwards.

Underpinned by a conventional ladder frame chassis equipped with all-round semi-elliptic leaf-spring suspension and four-wheel drum brakes, the Commer could be had in estate car or van guises.

Powered by an 1185cc four-cylinder engine allied to four-speed all-synchromesh manual transmission, top speeds tended to be around 60mph.

Updated for the 1938 model-year, the Commer 10hp gained a new radiator grille design and more rounded wings.

First registered in the Soke of Peterborough on October 1 st 1938 (or so its ‘EG 4984’ number plate would imply), chassis 7002307 belonged to Oliver Judd of Banbury some forty-six years later.

Self-evidently the subject of past restoration work, the Commer joined the late Mr Lucas’s collection during 1988.

Sporting a Crosley Roamio radio, the somewhat spartan interior als...