Make: Frazer Nash | Engine Type: Meadows 4ED, 1496 cc | |
Model: Boulogne II | Original Engine No. 10153 | |
Year Of Manufacture: 1931 | Current Engine No. 10271 | |
Chassis No. 2025 | 4 Cylinder OHV, Twin Carburettor |
HISTORY AFTER AFN In 1932 MV 158 was sold to Richard ‘Dick’ Nash, and subsequently to Peter Vaughan. (See Owners section). The car then changed hands a further 4 times in fairly quick succession before being sold to Clifford England in 1937, who went on to own it for 59 years. Because of this long association, MV 158 is sometimes referred to as the ‘England car’. Clifford was not particularly competitively minded, and apart from the occasional driving test or navigational rally, MV saw little competition action during his ownership. It was however, used extensively for Frazer Nash social events, ‘raids’ to the Alps and Pyrenees, and also as his daily run about from time to time. Following Clifford’s death in 1996, MV continued to be used occasionally by his family, but this became less frequent over the years and the car became somewhat neglected. In 2014 Clifford’s son Gordon sold the car to Jon and Claire Giles, who spent several years restoring it back to standard specification and using it for the 2019 Bolzano Raid as well as light competition use. In 2021 it was sold to current owners Jon and Nimmy Mellor. |
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Sales Receipt | Log Book | Engine | Archive |
AFN LIMITED | RGJ NASH | Col. CP VAUGHAN | H BICKERTON | R BICKERTON | CE ENGLAND | I ENGLAND | GB ENGLAND | J & C GILES | J & N MELLOR | ||
May 1931 Feb 1932 |
Feb 1932 Aug 1932 |
Aug 1932 June 1934 |
June 1934 April 1935 |
April 1935 July 1937 |
July 1937 Sept 1996 |
Sept 1996 Jan 2006 |
Jan 2006 Feb 2014 |
Feb 2014 Feb 2021 |
Feb 2021 Present |
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