HIGHLIGHTS

Ex-wedding car with huge earning potential
Very smart, clean and well-presented
Simple Ford Sierra running gear
Bespoke build by Vintage Motor Car Company

THE APPEAL

At first glance, you could very easily mistake the Badsworth Landaulette for a 1930s vintage car, such is its traditionally old fashion styling, created to replicate the look of a 1930 Ford Model A.

Yet beneath the old school exterior looks a far more modern drivetrain. In this case, it's that of a 1984 Ford Sierra, converted by the Vintage Motor Car Company in Leeds in 2001. The car was supplied to the vendor as a wedding vehicle and has been used for that purpose for all of its life, racking up an average of 40 weddings per year over the past two decades. Consider that, and it's easy to see that this car has huge earning potential.

It's also in lovely condition, having been kept in tip-top order so that it could earn its keep every weekend.

After working the car for a living for quite some time, the vendor is now scaling back the wedding hire business and converting garage space to living accommodation, meaning that the Badsworth has to go. Whoever takes it on will have a ready-made business, or a car with vintage style and none of the complications that go with running a genuine 1930s car.

THE HISTORY AND PAPERWORK

Built for owner in 2001 by Vintage Motor Car Company of Leeds
Registered as a 1984 vehicle based on Ford Sierra donor car
Genuine low mileage
Old MOT certificates
UK V5C
12 months MOT included
Partial service history
Used exclusively for wedding hire
Cherished registration may be included dependant on negotiation with new owner
Always garaged since build

THE INTERIOR

Rich blue leather upholstery front and rear
Immaculate seats, very minor rubbing to passenger side front
Smart blue carpets
Folding ‘Landaulette’-style rear roof
Vast headroom – car is six feet tall giving room for wedding outfits
Matching blue leather door cards
Painted ivory dash with walnut-effect dial pack
Ford Sierra column stalks
Wooden steering wheel
Three-point seatbelts in front, lap belts in rear

THE EXTERIOR

Two-tone ivory and black
Excellent paint with minor marks to lower running boards
Whitewall tyres
External luggage trunk
Strong separate chassis
Side-hinged bonnet
Fibreglass body with steel panels
Wire wheels
Rare pram iron details to landaulette hood
Very minor marks to bumpers
Overall very well presented

THE MECHANICS

2.0-litre, 4-cyl, fuel-injected OHC Ford Pinto engine
Five-speed manual Type 9 gearbox
Well-serviced and maintained
Starts and runs well
Vendor reports that it drives without fault

SUMMARY

This is something a bit different, insofar as it’s a car with plenty of vintage appeal but without any of the hassle of running a genuinely old touring sedan. To some buyers, that will be the core to its appeal as it's a comfortable, easy to own and easy to drive alternative to a bona fide vintage car.

Quite aside from that, though, the Badsworth still has huge earning potential and is more than ready to go back into business on the wedding circuit for 2023. It could well turn out to be a very good investment.

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