Lot details
Registration No: SV 8341
Chassis No: 10035
Mot Expiry: None

According to the Midlands entrant of this Austin 10 Melbourne, it returned home from Australia during the 1970s. The Vintage Austin Register confirms that the open 2-seater with single-seater dickey (body number 10035/engine number 10072) was originally made by the Austin Motor Company Limited in Birmingham during 1911.
As a result of the Register Secretary writing to the DVLA in May 2000, the suitable age-related SV 8341 registration was allocated. A Register valuation, carried out in January 1996 and included with the documents, valued the tourer at £18,000.
The vendor tells us that the right-hand drive open Austin was extensively rebuilt in 1980 and has not been used for the past ten years, having been dry stored. Correspondence on file indicates that every component was stripped and examined for wear including the 10hp 4-cylinder engine and 4-speed gearbox - with crankshaft and bronze mains and big ends checked, little end bushes replaced, cylinder block rebored and pistons, tappets and valve springs changed. New shackle pins were made to original spec, road springs refurbished and reset, steering renewed as required, original radiator overhauled, brake cables and clutch replaced. The bodywork has been painted blue and the interior is in red.
Even though they were once made locally, and in large numbers too, such early Austins, particularly in this sort of condition, have become rare and offer good potential for enjoyment with the bonus of value retention if not some modest growth.
PLEASE NOTE: We have not had this vehicle running.