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"Barn Find" in Tettenhall
• Chassis 31657, Registration Number BGH381, Engine Number AV379
• All major mechanical components, original engine, gearbox, steering etc
• V5C Registration Document
• Laid up since the 1980s
• Engine seems free of frost damage
• Windscreen and hood frames intact
• Aluminium body in reasonable shape
• Lamps, seats and top bonnet panels missing
• Original trim still intact, including original tonneau cover
• Currently fitted with temporary hubs and wheels
This unique car is the last chassis number of the first batch of 57 AV105
manual gearbox cars. It was delivered to the Union Steel and Manufacturing
Company on 12th July 1934, and passed to the latest owner in the early 1980s.
The car suffered from worn hubs, explaining why there were none fitted when
we saw it for the first time. The work was never completed due to ill health.
A unique opportunity to restore a very original 105 de Luxe Tourer.
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