12th Mar, 2026 10:00
March Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction
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1954 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY SAPPHIRE 346
£5,000 - £6,000
Buyer's Premium applies.
Make: ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY
Registration: HTY 650
Engine Size (cc): 3435
Year of Manufacture: 1954
Date First Registered: 03/01/1955
MOT Expiry Date: 14/05/2026
Location: DUE ON SITE
You can view from: Wednesday 4 March 2026 - Tuesday 10 March 2026
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The vendor has provided the model of the vehicle to be a 1954 ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY SAPPHIRE 346, please confirm upon your own inspection.
The vendor has provided the following:
The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 was produced from 1952 to 1958 when it was replaced by the Star.
This is a Mark 2, automatic version of the Sapphire 346 and was built on 14 December 1954. The car has almost come home for this auction. As it sits in Pickering, it is just 80 miles from the showroom of Reah Brothers, the Armstrong Siddeley Dealership in New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, who sold the vehicle on 3 January 1955 to The Yorkshire Electric Detonators Company. It has belonged to a succession of members of the Armstrong Siddeley Owners Club since 1974 and, in all likelihood, did not have an owner living further south than Liverpool until at least 2003. The car was owned by the club itself briefly in 2007. The club sold it for restoration. This was undertaken between 2008 and 2010 when the colour was changed and the ivory interior installed. The car came to me with almost no paperwork, and nothing that would confirm the restoration, but the club historian confirms that the club sold parts for the job. The previous owner to me reimported the car from Romania in 2015.
It then had a full brake system overhaul, including master cylinder, wheel cylinders and service followed by fitting of stainless steel bumpers. It has been owned by me for just under 10 years now.
Much has been done to the car while it has been with me including ;
- 2017 – Re-lacquer of the dashboard and professional fitment of new full Autosparks wiring loom.
- 2018 – Speedo cable
- 2019 -Exhaust manifolds
- 2019 – replace and paint spats.
- 2023 – engine and gearbox mounts and 2 wheel cylinders
- 2025 - Battery
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Auction: March Classic Vehicles & Memorabilia Auction, 12th Mar, 2026
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