Description
UTAC | Millbrook, Bedford
Viewing: Tues 24th June from 12pm
Auction: Wed 25th June from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JQ
1932 Wolseley Hornet Eustace Watkins Coupé
No Reserve
Registration No: YY 7740
Chassis No: 113133/ 75
MOT: Exempt
Exceptionally rare Coupe coachwork originally commissioned by Eustace Watkins
Highly original example believed to retain the original paint
Subject to a complete engine overhaul in the current ownership
The vogue for creating small cars of big performance pre-dates today's hot hatches by many decades, of which the Wolseley Hornets of 1930 to 1935 are ample proof. The trick was to insert six-cylinder OHC engines of 1271cc into unsuspecting modified Morris Minor chassis and then provide them with relatively lightweight bodies and wheels to create cars with considerably more get-up-and-go. The Hornet specials, of which 2307 were made between 1932 and 1934, were even more nimble, courtesy of higher compression engines fed by twin carburettors.
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