Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 12:53 am
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Anyone fancy a Singer?
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Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 6:29 am
No longer available
Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 6:40 am
Another one here:Singer for sale
Lovely cars, more my dad's cup of tea than mine, but I still like them
Lovely cars, more my dad's cup of tea than mine, but I still like them
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 8:58 am
That one is lovely
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 3:06 pm
Yep lovely
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 4:52 pm
I await Winston's input....
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 10:09 pm
Can't be the right headlamps?
Otherwise a beauty.
Otherwise a beauty.
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 11:39 pm
I think they could be the right ones, maybe, Lucas ?
Period shot
Regards
Mike
Period shot
Regards
Mike
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 11:40 pm
Was this the original Singer in this thread?
750000k
Regards
Mike
750000k
Regards
Mike
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 11:42 pm
Yes Mike.
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 2:32 pm
I'd target have the vintage singer. The colour combination on that 911 singer is 'brave'
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 11:09 pm
Not as brave as the pricing - why pay that when you can get a custom built new one cheaper (I thought they were around the 500K mark)
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 5:00 pm
I quite like the overpriced blue one, and the pre war one isn't too bad either, however, the important things to note: "60bhp" and "evocation", A pessimist would assume the seller is (a) exaggerating, so assume 51bhp, and (b) it isnt real. Its a Singer 9 dressed to look like a Le Mans. And then there's the price...... If i were shopping to buy a '30s sports car, and i really couldn't blag the readies from the mortgage/bank/etc to buy a Frazer Nash, then i'd buy an equivalent MG. Which at least will have always been a sports model from new and have potential for good, if noisy, horsepower to perk things up a bit. If performance matters stick to the 'Special' (evocation) and get a 12/4 Riley, But DO YOUR HOMEWORK, good prewar cars at sensible prices sell long before they need to go to auction. Auctions are the haunt of greedy vendors, iffy cars and big commissions on the way through.
In case you're new here, I'm biased, but my Father ( where it all started for me) bought a Singer 9 as his first car, loathed it, broke the crank (2 bearing) sold it broken and borrowed the money to buy a Frazer Nash, and lived happily ever after (apart from a brief and loathsome month with an HRG)!
Essential reading for anyone thinking of going prewar is "British Sports Cars" by Gregor Grant. W
In case you're new here, I'm biased, but my Father ( where it all started for me) bought a Singer 9 as his first car, loathed it, broke the crank (2 bearing) sold it broken and borrowed the money to buy a Frazer Nash, and lived happily ever after (apart from a brief and loathsome month with an HRG)!
Essential reading for anyone thinking of going prewar is "British Sports Cars" by Gregor Grant. W
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 5:10 pm
Good info! Thanks.
My son was very taken with the pre-war stuff at Members' Meeting last year and this. Was one of those yours?
Cheers, Richard.
My son was very taken with the pre-war stuff at Members' Meeting last year and this. Was one of those yours?
Same with early 911s, I reckon!good prewar cars at sensible prices sell long before they need to go to auction
Cheers, Richard.
Re: Anyone fancy a Singer?
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 1:26 pm