Current Owner: Philip Battye, Victoria

MMM No: 2467

Information:  Built at Abingdon in 1932, F1316 is one of two rolling chassis imported by Lanes Motors and delivered to Charles Aspinall to be bodied as a four seater fabric bodied sports car. The car carries trade mark Aspinall windscreen and hood bows sourced from American body parts suppliers. The sister car F1317 was bodied as a race car.

History:

First registered in Victoria in 1933 with reg. no. 11-953.  Nothing else is known until it was acquired by J.D. circa 1968 from a woman in Fern Tree Gully.  He held it until the late ’70s when it was passed on to N.C. who recommissioned the car and it was registered AKX-594.

Although the car had survived extremely well despite passing through many hands, it eventually received a full and sympathetic restoration by Charles McLennan which resulted in it being awarded Best in Class Pre-War at the 2013 Melbourne Motorclassica.

 

• Listing ID: 1890
• Magna: F Type
• Location: --Victoria
• Chassis Number: 1316
• Year of Production: 1931
• Previous Owners: John Dalton, Vic., late '60s.
  Noel Coldrey, Vic., late '70s.
  Bryan Harper, Vic., 2000s.
• Current Owner: Philip Battye
• Original Engine Number: 1572AF
• Current Engine Number: 1572AF
• Date Acquired: 2014
• Current Reg: VMGF 31 (Vic)