Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
12th Feb 2025 - 9:00AM
1949 Ford Prefect
No Reserve
Registration No: VAS 771
Chassis No: C457425
MOT: Exempt
Benefitting from a previous restoration that was understood to have been completed in 2002
Finished in Black paintwork with Red interior upholstery
Nicely presented, charming post-war classic!
Introduced in December 1948, the new E493A Ford Prefect owed much to its pre-WW2 E93A predecessor. Based around a similar transverse leaf-sprung ladder-frame chassis, it was powered by the same 1172cc four-cylinder side-valve engine mated to a three-speed manual transmission. Sporting a handsomely restyled four-door saloon body complete with front-wing integrated headlamps and a fresh radiator grille design, it utilised 6-volt electrics plus vacuum-operated windscreen wipers. Laid out in the traditional manner, its interior boasted a well-stocked bakelite dashboard and two-tone upholstery. Immensely popular some 192, 000 were made over the course of its five-year production run (though, today survivors are comparatively scarce).
Manufactured in 1949, the E493A Prefect offered is finished in Black paintwork with a Red interior upholstery with White piping, and with Brown bakelite dashboard. Understood to have been provided with a full previous restoration that is thought to have been completed in 2002 and has reputedly covered less than 5, 000 miles since the restoration’s completion. Offered now with 36, 650 recorded miles on the odometer, the Prefect is accompanied by sundry paperwork and a current V5C document. A nicely presented, charming post-war classic!
