From lawrie at britcars.com Fri Jan 21 11:40:01 2011 From: lawrie at britcars.com (Lawrie Alexander) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:40:01 -0800 Subject: [PreWar] 1937 Austin 10 Message-ID: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> Fellow Listers, I have learned of a 1937 Austin 10 4-door saloon which will come up for sale soon. The amazing thing is that it is a 1-owner car! The man who owns it went to England in 1937, bought the car and shipped it to the States. It is in southern California at present and, from the pictures I have seen, it looks to have been there all its life. The body appears sound and straight and the only apparent problem is that the rear window is missing. The story is that the car ran when parked 5 or 6 years ago and its lack of use and reason for sale are - fairly obviously - the age of its owner. I am more familiar with the market for pre-war sports cars and have no idea what a car like this might be worth, or whether there is likely to be a market for it. I write, therefore, to solicit informed opinion on both those things. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give! Lawrie Alexander From mikey at b2systems.com Fri Jan 21 12:16:46 2011 From: mikey at b2systems.com (Mike Rambour) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:16:46 -0800 Subject: [PreWar] 1937 Austin 10 In-Reply-To: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> References: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> Message-ID: <4D39DB9E.1020705@b2systems.com> About the same story for my 34 Singer, original owner bought it while stationed in the UK and brought it to the U.S. and I got it from his estate. Anyway, S. Calif. is a big place and while I can't help at all with value/market/etc., I am in Santa Barbara if you need a pair of eyes on it. mike On 01/21/2011 10:40 AM, Lawrie Alexander wrote: > Fellow Listers, > > I have learned of a 1937 Austin 10 4-door saloon which will come up > for sale soon. The amazing thing is that it is a 1-owner car! The man > who owns it went to England in 1937, bought the car and shipped it to > the States. It is in southern California at present and, from the > pictures I have seen, it looks to have been there all its life. The > body appears sound and straight and the only apparent problem is that > the rear window is missing. The story is that the car ran when parked > 5 or 6 years ago and its lack of use and reason for sale are - fairly > obviously - the age of its owner. > > I am more familiar with the market for pre-war sports cars and have no > idea what a car like this might be worth, or whether there is likely > to be a market for it. I write, therefore, to solicit informed opinion > on both those things. > > Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give! > > Lawrie Alexander > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > http://www.team.net/archive > > British-cars-pre-war at autox.team.net > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/british-cars-pre-war > > You are subscribed as mikey at b2systems.com From gorms68 at earthlink.net Fri Jan 21 17:03:58 2011 From: gorms68 at earthlink.net (C & J Gorman) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:03:58 -0800 Subject: [PreWar] 1937 Austin 10 In-Reply-To: <4D39DB9E.1020705@b2systems.com> References: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> <4D39DB9E.1020705@b2systems.com> Message-ID: Laurie, Jill and I are in Monrovia and can help if the car is in our slice of SoCal. Chris Gorman On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Mike Rambour wrote: > About the same story for my 34 Singer, original owner bought it while stationed in the UK and brought it to the U.S. and I got it from his estate. > > Anyway, S. Calif. is a big place and while I can't help at all with value/market/etc., I am in Santa Barbara if you need a pair of eyes on it. > > mike > > > On 01/21/2011 10:40 AM, Lawrie Alexander wrote: >> Fellow Listers, >> >> I have learned of a 1937 Austin 10 4-door saloon which will come up for sale soon. The amazing thing is that it is a 1-owner car! The man who owns it went to England in 1937, bought the car and shipped it to the States. It is in southern California at present and, from the pictures I have seen, it looks to have been there all its life. The body appears sound and straight and the only apparent problem is that the rear window is missing. The story is that the car ran when parked 5 or 6 years ago and its lack of use and reason for sale are - fairly obviously - the age of its owner. >> >> I am more familiar with the market for pre-war sports cars and have no idea what a car like this might be worth, or whether there is likely to be a market for it. I write, therefore, to solicit informed opinion on both those things. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give! >> >> Lawrie Alexander >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html >> >> http://www.team.net/archive >> >> British-cars-pre-war at autox.team.net >> >> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/british-cars-pre-war >> >> You are subscribed as mikey at b2systems.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > http://www.team.net/archive > > British-cars-pre-war at autox.team.net > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/british-cars-pre-war > > You are subscribed as gorms68 at earthlink.net From dandlsouthcott at btinternet.com Sat Jan 22 06:10:49 2011 From: dandlsouthcott at btinternet.com (David or Linda) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 13:10:49 +0000 Subject: [PreWar] 1937 Austin 10 In-Reply-To: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> References: <4DFE97B315D74B7094B5DFF76CF12EB2@shop> Message-ID: <4D3AD759.4010707@btinternet.com> The best source of information is probably http://www.austintendriversclub.com/ However they don't have a rep in So Cal, so an email to the Uk will probably provide the best response David (in the UK) Website On 21/01/2011 18:40, Lawrie Alexander wrote: > Fellow Listers, > > I have learned of a 1937 Austin 10 4-door saloon which will come up > for sale soon. The amazing thing is that it is a 1-owner car! The man > who owns it went to England in 1937, bought the car and shipped it to > the States. It is in southern California at present and, from the > pictures I have seen, it looks to have been there all its life. The > body appears sound and straight and the only apparent problem is that > the rear window is missing. The story is that the car ran when parked > 5 or 6 years ago and its lack of use and reason for sale are - fairly > obviously - the age of its owner. > > I am more familiar with the market for pre-war sports cars and have no > idea what a car like this might be worth, or whether there is likely > to be a market for it. I write, therefore, to solicit informed opinion > on both those things. > > Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give! > > Lawrie Alexander > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > http://www.team.net/archive > > British-cars-pre-war at autox.team.net > > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/british-cars-pre-war > > You are subscribed as dandlsouthcott at btinternet.com > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3393 - Release Date: 01/20/11