Description
H&H Classics @ Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Wednesday 26th July, 2023 | 1pm
1938 Austin 18 Norfolk
Estimate
£8, 000 - £10, 000
Registration No: EYH 95
Chassis No: ERY53388
MOT: Exempt
Subject to the woodwork being refinished and interior re-trim at a cost of over £7000
Just 2 former keepers recorded on the V5C
Offered with a handbook, some old MOT paperwork and a collection of invoices
Austins of Old Arley Ltd supplied a head gasket and coil in June of 2018
The large Austin 18 Saloon was supplied in two different wheelbases to carry five (Norfolk) or seven passengers (Windsor), that was introduced by Austin on 14 July 1937. Its engine and front seat were mounted nine inches further forward than on the old York 16 it replaced. One result was a relatively short bonnet and a good driving position. Its new shape followed the lines of other new Austins and it was remarkable for having a completely flat floor in both front and rear passenger compartments with exceptionally wide doors and draught-free ventilation. The engine, carried forward from the 18hp York model of the old 16 had received small improvements which increased the engine's output.
Finished in Black and Green with a complementing Green leather interior, this attractive Austin 18 Norfolk has just 2 former keepers recorded on the V5C, since first being registered on the 30th of May, 1938. Prior to current ownership, the Norfolk had resided in Essex with the car’s second and long-term owner and enthusiast, since the 1980s, up until his passing in 2017. In that ownership, documentation describes the dash as being refinished at a cost of ‘over £7000, with the seats and interior door panels reupholstered. The body was removed and repaired before the chassis was media blasted and then painted. This is believed to have been some 10 years ago. It was then placed into storage.
There is an old bill of sale from May, 2018 on file, for the purchase of the Austin following storage. The accompanying invoices document some of the work carried out on ‘EYH 95’ over the succeeding years. Austins of Old Arley Ltd supplied a head gasket and coil in June of 2018 and in August of that year, a cylinder head and plugs. Older invoices document service items, such as a rotor arm. Offered with an Austin 18 handbook, some old MOT paperwork, a collection of invoices and a current V5C.
