Singer Nine History
History
The Singer Nine arrived in February 1933 as an economy model replacing the Junior, powered by a 972 cc overhead-camshaft four producing around 26.5 bhp. It was sold as saloons, a sports tourer, and increasingly sporting two-seaters.
From October 1933 the Nine Sports four-seat tourer added twin Solex carburettors and roughly 34 bhp; one finished 13th overall at the 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans, lending the model line a competition reputation that Singer leaned on heavily in its marketing.
The Nine saloon was succeeded by the Bantam-bodied Singer Nine in 1936 — a small saloon closely styled on the Ford Model Y and the first Singer with a synchromesh gearbox — while the sporting Nine name carried on into the roadster of the later 1930s and 1940s.
Body styles
- Saloon
- Sports tourer
- Sports car
Notable special editions & performance variants
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Nine Sports
Twin-carburettor four-seat sports tourer (~34 bhp) with cut-down wings and no running boards; one finished 13th at the 1933 Le Mans 24 Hours.
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Bantam Nine
Small saloon closely modelled on the Ford Model Y; the first Singer fitted with a synchromesh gearbox.
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