A Model Example!
2006 was significant in that it saw not one, but two Singer Le Mans team cars come on the market via the inevitable eBay.
One of them was KV 9245, also known as Number 47, a 1934 Singer Le Mans two seater that was driven by the team of Tommy Wisdom and Stanley Barnes in the Le Mans race of that year. It was also once owned by John Horne of the Association of Singer Car Owners in the UK. John has a huge amount of experience with pre-war Singers and has owned a number of notable historic examples.
More on the second sister car, Number 48, in a later post.
Now, if buying the real thing is beyond your grasp, perhaps you'd like to pick up a smaller version at a more reasonable price? Say...1:43 scale at @ £40.00?
Enter Grand Prix Models, one of the best-known model shops in the UK. They carry a range of kits and ready-builts made by a French company called SLM-43. This company specialises in creating models of cars that ran at Le Mans...and...yes...they plan to build them all!
On the list is Number 47, as well as Number 48, plus a range of other Singer cars that ran on the famous Sarthe circuit. The photo depicted on the website is a pre-production model and no delivery date has been set yet. Still, if you want to start your own collection of Singer racing cars, keep an eye on the Grand Prix website!
Learn more about Grand Prix and the Singer models at:
http://www.grandprixmodels.co.uk/newspages/lemans.htm
2006 was significant in that it saw not one, but two Singer Le Mans team cars come on the market via the inevitable eBay.
One of them was KV 9245, also known as Number 47, a 1934 Singer Le Mans two seater that was driven by the team of Tommy Wisdom and Stanley Barnes in the Le Mans race of that year. It was also once owned by John Horne of the Association of Singer Car Owners in the UK. John has a huge amount of experience with pre-war Singers and has owned a number of notable historic examples.
More on the second sister car, Number 48, in a later post.
Now, if buying the real thing is beyond your grasp, perhaps you'd like to pick up a smaller version at a more reasonable price? Say...1:43 scale at @ £40.00?
Enter Grand Prix Models, one of the best-known model shops in the UK. They carry a range of kits and ready-builts made by a French company called SLM-43. This company specialises in creating models of cars that ran at Le Mans...and...yes...they plan to build them all!
On the list is Number 47, as well as Number 48, plus a range of other Singer cars that ran on the famous Sarthe circuit. The photo depicted on the website is a pre-production model and no delivery date has been set yet. Still, if you want to start your own collection of Singer racing cars, keep an eye on the Grand Prix website!
Learn more about Grand Prix and the Singer models at:
http://www.grandprixmodels.co.uk/newspages/lemans.htm
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