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1960 Singer Gazelle Series IIIA


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If you want a prime cut of 1960s sports saloon you’ll need to be prepared to pay for it in today’s market.

Cars like the Alfa Romeo Giulia Super, Ford Escort Mexico and BMW 2002 made sports-car performance accessible to families in the 60s, but so desirable are these cars today for their looks and surprising drivability, that you’ll pay a pretty penny to get behind the wheel.

All is not lost though, because there are other options. One such car is a Singer Gazelle. The Gazelle Series 1 first arrived in 1956 as member of the Audax (‘daring!’) family of cars that included the Hillman Minx and the Sunbeam Rapier. It still had Singer’s workhorse SOHC engine, but shared most of its parts with the other Rootes cars, and eventually gained Hillman’s more modern OHV four.

Singer was positioned above Hillman and below Humber and Sunbeam as a kind of Oldsmobile-esque mid-ladder aspirational target. The Gazelle was available in estate and convertible variants, and it sold well enough, receiving yearly updates, and gradually shedding its more overtly American styling influences like fins and wraparound rear glass.

ABOUT THIS CAR

  • Totally Original car - this is the 1,659th of 1,776 Singer Gazelle Series IIIA CKD’s manufactured.
  • Only 3 Owners from new
  • NZ NEW - Assembled in Petone by Todd Motors
  • Low Mileage
  • Beautiful wee car to drive
  • Mechanically sound and very sweet running low compression engine
  • Original Certificate of Registration and Handbook available
  • Comes with Original Jack
  • Good tires and battery
  • Clean body - paint tidy and in good order considering age
  • Interior very tidy - original leather seats, original carpets, hoodlining, wood etc - all in good order.
  • Rare to come by, especially in good original condition like this one.

In the 1950s and 1960s it was everywhere. Now the Singer Gazelle is indeed a rare species. Built on a bicycle dynasty that successfully traded in the 1800s under the direction of George Singer, today approximately 1,369 Gazelles are still running worldwide.

Will be sold WOF'd and Registered.

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DISCLAIMER (PLEASE READ)

NOTIFICATION AS TO NATURE OF GOODS IN TERMS OF THE CONSUMER GUARANTEES ACT 1993

Waimak Classic Cars Ltd is a New Zealand registered company and accepts that the vehicle being sold must be of “acceptable quality” in terms of section 7 of the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (the Act) having regard to “the nature of the goods”.

Waimak Classic Cars is not aware of any specific defects with the vehicle, however (a) such a vehicle being a classic vehicle may have mechanical breakdowns, electrical failures at inconvenient times and maintenance costs being part of and parcel of ownership of a classic vehicle; (b) reliability is a combination of the particular nature of the classic vehicle, how it is being driven, how it has been maintained, and to a certain extent luck; (c) because of the age of the vehicle, and its propensity to rust, it is likely that the vehicle would have been fully or partially restored, or at least repainted at some point in its life, maybe even more than once. Waimak Classic Cars does not know, and cannot give advice on how good any restoration work on the vehicle had been.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the vehicle is being sold as a classic car; that in terms of the Act and the nature of the goods, the vehicle is an old car, bike or boat, that may have visual and hidden faults, unlike a new motor vehicle.

The Purchaser is encouraged to personally fully inspect the vehicle and also to have the vehicle inspected, and fully assessed by an experienced, independent, specialist garage - before committing to purchase. While the Purchaser is entitled to rely on statements given by Waimak Classic Cars as being correct, where goods such as vehicles are concerned, with so many moving parts and rust being an issue with older vehicles; a Purchaser who chooses not to seek independent professional assistance when assessing the quality of what they propose to buy is considered as buying at their own risk, and if the vehicle then turns out to be of less than the represented quality, or not up to the Purchaser's expectation, or in the Purchaser opinion not fit for purpose; then the Purchaser is considered to have contributed to their own loss and should not expect any refunds or betterment from Waimak Classic Cars.

The Purchaser acknowledges that they have read and fully understand this notification and the nature of a car which is many years old.

For more information about this vehicle, please contact us Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 6:00pm (New Zealand Standard Time) on +64 (0) 3 310-6485. Alternatively, you may email us at [email protected] anytime.

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