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Description
1932 Hotchkiss AM80 Sports Saloon
Impressive
three-litre sports saloon; well-known VSCC car; interesting history; nicely
restored
In the early days of motoring, Hotchkiss sat firmly at the
top end of the French motoring firmament, making top-quality cars of robust
proportions and strong performance.
The AM80 was their flagship model in
the early '30s, featuring a three-litre six-cylinder engine with seven main
bearings and straight-forward over-head valves. Contemporary road tests boasted
near 80mph with a cruising speed anywhere between 55 and 65mph.
First
registered with the London number GX 7173 in May 1932, this
AM80 was still in London in the 1950s. By the 1970s, it had found
its way to Malasia although by then was in a sorry state. A three-part
story relating to its discovery and resurrection is on file from
the Malasia and Singapore Vintage Car Register Magazine and it was repatriated
sometime in the 1980s.
The vendor acquired it in 2017 from a small ad in
the VSCC Newsletter having fallen in love with the looks, quality and
performance. Well known to the British Hotchkiss Society, it remains in nicely
restored condition and carries its original Monaco four-door, four-seater
factory coachwork.
A handy trunk at the back includes an ingenious
picnic table and an original French handbook is also on file.
It has not
seen active service for several years and we have not attempted to start the car
since arrival on-site, although we are told it was running well when put away
pre-Covid.
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