Invicta 4,5 Litre S Type Low Chassis Sports car 1931 1932
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
The Invicta Company's origins go back to 1924 when Noel Macklin and Oliver Lyle, both of whom had motor industry experience, got together to create a car combining American levels of flexibility and performance with European quality and roadholding
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
The Invicta was produced to an exemplary standard. Price was only a secondary consideration, a factor that contributed largely to both firms' failure to weather the Depression years of the early 1930s.
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
The final Invicta left the factory, appropriately enough, on Friday 13th October 1933, though a handful of cars was assembled at the company's service depot between 1934 and 1936.
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
Invictas are about as indestructible in normal use as a car can be. Over 70 years after the last was built, approximately 68 of the estimated 75 S-types built are known to survive and most are in excellent order, testifying to the fact that they have always been regarded as high quality motor cars.
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
Apart from a handful of prototypes, all Invictas were powered by the tireless 4500 cc six-cylinder engines made by Henry Meadows. Launched at the 1930 Olympia Motor Show, the S-type featured an new under-slung chassis that achieved a much lower centre of gravity by positioning the rear axle above the frame rails instead of below as was normal practice at the time. Like most low-revving engines, the 4½-litre Meadows delivered ample torque in the lower and middle speed ranges.
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1931 INVICTA TYPE LS 4,5 L LOW CHASSIS COUPE Châssis n° S57
Moteur n° 7458 sold for 524 500 € at Artcurial Motor Car Auction Sale during Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
One 1931 Invicta 4,5 Litre S-Type Low Chassis Sports Car with coachwork by Carbodies, was sold for 1,610,000 Euros at Bonhams Auction in Paris in 2020.
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| 1932 Invicta S Type presented at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2007. |
One 1931 Invicta 4,5 Litre LS Type Low Chassis Coupe was sold for 524,500 Euros at Artcurial Auction during the 2011 Artcurial Auction during Retromobile in Paris.
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| 1932 Invicta S Type presented at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2007. |
One 1931 Invicta 4,5 Litre S Type Low Chassis Sports Tourer was sold for 544,259 Euros at Bonhams Auction in 2012.
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| 1932 Invicta S Type presented at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2007. |
Source: Fiskens Retromobile 2011 - Bonhams Media Archives- Artcurial Media Archives
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| This 1931 Invicta S Type was introduced by Helmut Rothenberger (Germany) at 2010 Classic Le Mans event. |
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1932 Invicta 4.5 Litre Type S exhibited by Fiskens at Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
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| 1932 Invicta 4.5 Litre Type S exhibited by Fiskens at Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
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| 1932 Invicta 4.5 Litre Type S exhibited by Fiskens at Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
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| 1932 Invicta 4.5 Litre Type S exhibited by Fiskens at Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
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| 1932 Invicta 4.5 Litre Type S exhibited by Fiskens at Retromobile 2011 in Paris. |
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