Austin Heavy 12/4 Landaulette

This 1934 Austin Heavy 12/4 is a hire-car Landaulette, coach-built by Strachans of Acton in London. It is believed to be one of only two Landaulettes Strachans built on the London low-loader cab chassis, ordered by a London coach company to carry dignitaries around the capital. It has a chauffeur division, occasional seats in the rear and room for a driver and five passengers.

The car was restored body-off in the late 1990s, a job said to have taken seven to eight years and covering the engine and mechanicals, bodywork, paintwork and woodwork. It now wears red with black, with a mohair hood, leather in the front cabin and Bedford cord in the rear. In the 1990s it appeared in the ITV drama Poirot, when it was painted black, and it is believed to have spent time in Switzerland.

It comes with a continuation logbook, a collection of invoices, the current V5C and a set of restoration photographs. It is tax exempt and ULEZ compliant.