This delightful Frazer Nash 1½ litre Super Sports was first registered in February 1926 with the registration number ‘CGC 458’.

We believe it was then re-registered in September 1935 as ‘PE 8865’, while the HPI report suggests this was later changed to ‘BS 8528’ and it now wears the registration number ‘OI 4027’.

Confused? You are not alone and circumstances sadly mean we cannot confirm any of this with the Fraser Nash’s owner.

Raced at Brooklands in-period, the seller bought it in 1955, and it appears to have been the subject of a rebuild/rebody in the early part of this century.

Clearly done to a very high standard – admire the meticulous nature of the handwritten calculations that pepper the history file, for example – sadly, we don’t know any more than that, and nor do we know if this unfinished project is complete.

But we doubt it’s possible to have more fun on four wheels than this: as a friend of the firm once said, “Vintage cars are amazing.

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