This was found by way of a friend who saw an advert in the evening Cape Argus newspaper, the car was listed as a Rally Imp, thats a 998cc car and a massive find if it was true?
The car was not far from Cape Town city and in Monte Vista, on seeing the car I knew right away we had discovered a rare Singer Chamois Sport, it was tatty to say the least but quite complete in many respects.
Roy
The car was not far from Cape Town city and in Monte Vista, on seeing the car I knew right away we had discovered a rare Singer Chamois Sport, it was tatty to say the least but quite complete in many respects.
This 875cc engine had not been a runner for some while, it did start when I got it home after feeding it some fuel and spare parts, I then removed the engine and with the help of Viglietti Motors on Roeland Street, did a full engine rebuild. I fitted plus 0.060 thou Heppolite Power Max pistons, the engine is now a 916cc size.
Jean with the cars owner, it took very little time to agree a mutual value, I paid a deposit and collected the car the next day. The car turned out to be a rare 1966 Singer Chamois Sport and was car number 610 of only 2600 of that model to be built.
We later met the original owner, he had bought it at the Earls Court Motor Show in London, this was in 1966, he then used it on export plates (yellow outline) for nearly a year in the UK, then imported it to Cape Town.
A rare find, the car was Polar White with black interior and blue carpets, there will have been a red stripe down the center of the side stainless body trims.
Paint and trim code being LNS 042727
Roy
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