This is Danny van Audenarde’s 1936 1.5 litre Le Mans Special Speed, The engine is 6 cylinder, with triple carburetters.
The car started life with registration no CYX56, and in 1954 was bought for £100 by Bertie Gollop’s dad, who sold it a few years later – for £100 – to put down the deposit on the family home – he has wondered what had happened to it ever since. John Horne checked his records and found that CYX56 had been exported to Holland, from whence Danny bought it about ten years ago and took it home to Belgium. There it was given registration no FVJ600, which is why we couldn’t find CYX56 on the DVLA computer or in our club records.
‘Dad’ was delighted his old car was still on the road, and has found a couple of photos taken during his ownership, when the car was black. So Bertie has found her dad’s old Singer, and Danny has another piece for the jigsaw of his car’s history.