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The Millbrook Sale | Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire
Viewing: Tues 2nd December from 12pm
Auction: Wed 3rd December from 9am
Location: Millbrook Proving Ground, Station Lane, Bedford MK45 2JH
1937 Austin Twenty Mayfair Limousine
Estimate
£13, 000 - £15, 000
Registration: DRB 133
Chassis No.: DJM 6756
MOT: Exempt
A superb example of Austin’s flagship pre-war Mayfair limousine
Long-term ownership provenance including the late Mr Granville Angell (Lord of Cannock)
Restoration featured in The Automobile magazine (1998) – a detailed 91-week renovation
Excellent mechanical and interior condition with fine coachwork presentation
The Austin Twenty Mayfair was the Coventry firm’s top-of-the-range model in the late 1930s, offering stately luxury at a more attainable price point. Powered by a 3, 425cc six-cylinder side-valve engine driving through a four-speed manual gearbox, it delivered refined, effortless motoring for the professional and aristocratic classes alike.
This elegant limousine, registration DRB 133, is finished in Deep Blue with a subtle purple hue over Black wings, complemented by a Blue leather interior with division partition and folding occasional seats.
Originally owned by Robert Rome of Prescot, Merseyside from the 1960s to 1995, the car later joined the collection of Mr Granville Angell, Lord of Cannock, who undertook a painstaking restoration that was featured in the 1998 edition of The Automobile. The process took 91 weeks (five hours per day, five days per week, by two craftsmen) and included a shot-blasted chassis, handmade silencer, new suspension bushes, new wiring loom, re-cored radiator, new carpets, and extensive use of stainless fittings and fasteners.
Presented today in reportedly excellent mechanical and interior order, the car is believed to show a genuine 82, 551 miles from new. Purchased buy the current owner in 2018 it now carries an agreed insurance valuation of £24, 000.
A beautiful, well-documented, and eminently usable pre-war Austin Twenty Mayfair, DRB 133 represents a rare opportunity to acquire one of the surviving examples of this dignified British limousine.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
