2020-05-25 11:24:23 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 5/20
www.shannons.com.au/auctions/2020-shannons-autumn-timed-online-auction/JBX56CA86 ...

Auction description:
2020 Shannons Autumn Timed Online Auction
Lot 56
1936 SS Jaguar 1½ Litre Saloon (Project)
$15,000-$20,000
Bids Close: Wednesday 3 June 7.55pm AEST*
Location: Sydney

Elegant pre-war British sports saloon
1936 Melbourne Motor Show Car
Wonderful restoration project
Offered with No Reserve

The earliest 1 ½-litre saloon dispatched to Australia and the 95th example built, this significant SS Jaguar was ordered through Tozer, Kemsley & Millbourn in 1936 and dispatched on March 10 that year. As documented in the book “The Foreunners of Jaguar in Australasia & South East Asia” published in 2004 by authors John Clucas and Terry McGrath, the car is almost certainly the example displayed on the Talbot & Standard Motors stand at the 1936 Melbourne Motor Show held at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, alongside the sister 2 ½-litre saloon 10467 - a car that coincidentally ended up in the same collection many years later. Nothing is known about the original owner Mrs A Fullerton and the SS didn’t surface again until the mid-1960s, when it was sold by a dealer on Parramatta Road to someone who had the coachwork refurbished by Ron Ferguson’s Vintage & Veteran Restorations of Belrose (later Lidcombe). Sadly the SS Jaguar deteriorated after being stored outside for a number of years and it wasn’t until 1996 that it came into the possession of the most recent late owner, an enthusiast in the Wollongong region who already owned the aforementioned 2 ½-litre Motor Show car. The new custodian began the task of returning the car to its former glory and by 2002 the restoration was reportedly well on the way. Emerging from years of storage following the owner’s passing, the SS Jaguar presents as an exciting restoration project today – the bodywork has clearly been refurbished but the interior still needs to be finished, with lots of timber and trim items not fitted. The front seats are just the shells while rear seat is missing entirely, while the sunroof cover/mechanism also needs to be repaired and the tool tray is lacking all the tools. Mechanically the car appears to be complete but hasn’t been started since arriving in the Shannons’ Sydney showroom. A relatively simple and rewarding restoration project, the SS Jaguar would be a fabulous entry at Motorclassica, returning to the same venue it was displayed in 84 years ago. Offered for sale on behalf of the long-term owner’s family and currently unregistered, the car will also be sold with No Reserve.