American Special – Bodied Singers
Sports and Race Cars
Singer sports cars were well known across America in the early 1950s. With an overhead cam, a powerful engine and a strong manual gearbox, they outperformed their MG counterparts in races from coast to coast.
From 1951 to 1954, Singer produced 3,440 “4AD” roadsters – all for export outside of the UK. The majority of these roadsters were imported into the United States making Singer sports cars a nearly unique American experience.
Assuming most of these (let’s say 2,000) were in America by 1953, Singers comprised nearly 8% of all sports cars in the U.S. at their sales peak. Definitely a minority which illustrates why Singer sports cars are one of the more rare automotive collectibles in North America today.
An even smaller number of these cars were special-bodied Singers built across America. Individuals either built or commissioned custom bodies while others used hand-crafted bodies available in small numbers. What’s undeniable is that all of these hand-built specials were exceedingly rare then – and even more so today. In the space below, let’s have a look at…
The American Special-Bodied Singer Sports Cars Of The Early Postwar Period
1955 Jules “J” Heumann Singer Special
Design Based on Cisitalia Nuvolari Spyder
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1954 Arnt-Buchanan “Van Lannen” Special
Design Based on a C-Type Jaguar
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1954 Multiplex 186
Race Car / Sports Car – Designed and Built in Berwick, Pennsylvania
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1954 Allied “Cisitalia” Swallow Coupe
Lost To The Years Until 2015
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1953 Perry Fuller Special
One-off Design Ultimately Used to Create The Singer SMX
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1952 BMC Singer by Kjell Qvale
Just a Few Built – One a Race Car and One A Sports Car
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1952 Glasspar Vauhgn-Singer
Custom Built For Bill Vaughan As Show Car in 1952
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