A 4 Le Mans which has been much enjoyed by its long term owner.

Very nicely kept and with an equally nicely documented history file.

JK 601 left Cricklewood in October 1928 to be bodied as a saloon by Messrs.

H.

J.

Mulliner and underwent its final test by the works in January 1929.

There is a common misconception, that saloon bodies were thrown away in the 1980's and replaced with Le Mans style coachwork.

That is in fact inaccurate.

The majority of saloon bodies had disappeared within15 years of production.

There were several reasons.

The saloons fell out of fashion very quickly, in fact by the early 1930s, they were looking very dated.

The bodywork became very creaky and rattly with use and, significantly, coachbuilders, were replacing horsehair with cotton waste which held moisture and degraded the Ash framework.

By 1948, the detailed history shows that JK 601was in the hands of enthusiastic owner Don McClure (previous owners are recorded from new) who had the body replac...