1929 Singer Junior Porlock

1929 Singer Junior in Seven Dials Mystery, Movie made for TV, 1981

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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rjluna2 ◊ 2026-02-13 14:49
dsl ◊ 2026-02-13 15:39	We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided SINGER NOT RECORDED 1929 Registration number: UV 2112 Body type: Saloon Colour: Green Date of first registration: July 1929 Capacity 885 cm³ 1929-07-23 First registration 🇬🇧 2013-06-22 Exported 2024-08-28 Latest V5C issued Exported ✅ No Number of owners 2 Change of number plate 0 ... which suggests it went away briefly but is now back 885cc suggests Junior (although book says 848cc) and it looks like a Porlock - apparently 9 known survivors today. "For 1929 Singer extended the Junior range to include the two-seater ‘Sports’ model, with a lightweight boat-tailed body built upon a standard chassis. The engine had a slightly increased compression ratio, a slightly larger choke within the carburettor and larger carb jets. Wire wheels were standard. At £140 it cost £5 more than the ordinary two-seater Tourer. On 4 December 1928 the Junior Sports of Bill Deeley and Ernest Wood made 100 consecutive ascents, in 15 hours, of the notorious Porlock Hill in Somerset. The model was subsequently known as the ‘Porlock’."
AleX_DJ ◊ 2026-02-14 20:44

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rjluna2

◊ 2026-02-13 14:49

dsl

◊ 2026-02-13 15:39

We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
SINGER NOT RECORDED 1929
Registration number: UV 2112
Body type: Saloon
Colour: Green
Date of first registration: July 1929
Capacity 885 cm³
1929-07-23 First registration 🇬🇧
2013-06-22 Exported
2024-08-28 Latest V5C issued
Exported ✅ No
Number of owners 2
Change of number plate 0

... which suggests it went away briefly but is now back

885cc suggests Junior (although book says 848cc) and it looks like a Porlock - apparently 9 known survivors today.

"For 1929 Singer extended the Junior range to include the two-seater ‘Sports’ model, with a lightweight boat-tailed body built upon a standard chassis. The engine had a slightly increased compression ratio, a slightly larger choke within the carburettor and larger carb jets. Wire wheels were standard. At £140 it cost £5 more than the ordinary two-seater Tourer. On 4 December 1928 the Junior Sports of Bill Deeley and Ernest Wood made 100 consecutive ascents, in 15 hours, of the notorious Porlock Hill in Somerset. The model was subsequently known as the ‘Porlock’."

AleX_DJ

◊ 2026-02-14 20:44

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1929 Singer Junior Porlock

1929 Singer Junior in Seven Dials Mystery, Movie made for TV, 1981

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