The British saloon car market was keenly fought during the 1950s and 1960s making regular updates a must if manufacturers wanted to maintain, let alone increase, market share.

Arriving in August 1963, the Series V version of Singer’s respected Gazelle was revised both mechanically and cosmetically.

Losing the wraparound rear windscreen of its predecessors, the newcomer also gained longer aft doors.

The adoption of front brake discs improved stopping power, while 1964 brought a new four-speed manual gearbox.

Overdrive and automatic transmission remained options with the 4/5-seater’s 1592cc OHV four-cylinder engine developing some 53bhp / 87lbft and enabling an 82mph top speed.

Finished in Smoke Green over Sage Green with Green upholstery, chassis 7308210 was first registered in Middlesex on 11 th May 1964 (or so its ‘GMH 509B’ number plate would imply).

Purchased by M.

Ferley and S.

Dowding of Chatteris some twenty-two years later, the Singer joined the late Mr Lucas’s collectio...