1929 Amilcar M2

For sale by auction on Saturday 30 November 2013 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Amilcar M is a mid-sized car. made between 1928
and 1935 by the French Amilcar company with most of the
cars delivered with a boxy four door 'Berline' body characteristic
of the late 1920s.

Amilcar had earlier gained reputation and market share as
producers of cycle cars in the lean years that followed
the First World War but as consumer spending power grew in the
later 1920s. the company's attempts to expand up-market had met
with only limited success. The 'Type M' sold better than the 'Type
L' from which it inherited most of its mechanical elements
including. in particular. its four cylinder. 1244cc side-valve
engine for which a maximum output of 27hp was listed. Top speed
would have varied according to the weight and style of the body
specified but a respectable 68mph was quoted at the time. Power was
transferred from the front-mounted engine to the rear wheels via a
four speed manual gear-box. The suspension combined leaf springs
with Hartford dampers. front and back. From 1929. the 'Type M'
was replaced with the 'Type M2' and incorporated minor
improvements. Approximately 2. 50 'Type M2's emerged from the plant
between 1928 and 1931.

Believed to be extremely original and. most interestingly. with
only two owners from new. it was delivered new to a Dr. Kenneth
Graham of Pall Mall with bodywork made to his own design at Merthyr
Terrace. It would appear that it was kept during that time at Pearl
Garage in Ealing. West London and. in 1959. he had the body
re-skinned in aluminium. In 1970. it was then sold to the vendor's
premises in Hanwell. The condition of this four-seat touring
example is best described as an older restoration; there is some
micro-blistering to the bonnet although the wings and aluminium tub
are in good order. A side-mounted wheel with period cover is fitted
with the others painted black. The interior leather trim appears
original. showing generous patina with a retractable cowl to the
rear. The dash is wood in construction with a Jaeger speedometer
and revolution counter. Amilcar units denote fuel and oil levels.
The steering wheel is of a leather-bound. four spoke aluminium type
with a period calorimeter to be found on the radiator. MoT test
certificates details a period of continual usage from 1972 until
2006. where it would appear to have been laid up with the rest of
this extremely handsome collection.

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