Registration No: XRX 233
Chassis No: B7040716HU0
MOT: Exempt

• Part of the collection since 1985
• Rare surviving Estate version complete with 1494cc engine and hypoid bevel rear axle
• 44,072 recorded miles (unwarranted)
• Believed to retain its original upholstery
• In need of recommissioning / renovation

Introduced in September 1960, the Series IIIB version of Singer’s popular Gazelle featured the same enlarged front windscreen and vestigial tail fins as its immediate predecessor but benefited from the adoption of a new, hypoid bevel back axle. Available in Saloon, Convertible or Estate guises, the Series IIIB was in production for less than a year such was the pace of development at Rootes and its rivals. A handsome four-door design, the Estate sported a split tailgate and metal backed rear seat that could fold down to extend the load bay. Far rarer than the ‘three box’ Saloon, surviving Estates demand a considerable premium.

First registered in Berkshire on 29^th April 1961 (or so its ‘XRX 233’ number plate would imply), chassis B7040716HUO belonged to Mrs Karen Crotty of Hemel Hempstead some twenty-three years later. Joining the late Mr Lucas’s collection in February 1985, a plaque affixed atop the Singer’s dashboard indicates it accompanied him to the Sussex Yesteryear Transport Group’s Vintage Vehicle Display that September. Seemingly taken off the road shortly thereafter, the Gazelle retains its original upholstery and displays an unwarranted 44,072 miles to the odometer. A characterful and rare early 1960s Estate car, it is surely worthy of a return to road use?

David Lucas (1947 – 2023)

A motor engineer by profession, the late David Lucas amassed a collection of over forty vintage and classic cars, commercials and tractors between the 1970s and his death last year. A true petrolhead, he housed several of them in a private museum which was decorated with an amazing array of automobilia. Drawn to cars with original interiors, he also had a deep love of music and a quirky sense of humour. A champion of the underdog, he eschewed the more famous British marques such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin in favour of Armstrong Siddeley, Singer and Standard Triumph. A stalwart member of various car clubs over the years, he exhibited at numerous events up and down the country. Summed-up by his loved ones as ‘one of the life’s true gentlemen’, David Lucas remains much missed.

For more information, please contact:
Damian Jones
damian.jones@handh.co.uk
07855 493737