1936 Riley Kestrel 12/4 1½ Litre

Details

History

– early history unknown.

– the car was owned by Brian Niesche from Adelaide, South Australia in the early 1960’s. 

– Niesche  subsequently restored the car over an eight year period, completing it in 1973.At the time the car was registered as RYB 814 (SA).

– the restoration was done to a meticulous standard at the time and there are a number of restoration photographs on file.

– the car resided in the Birdwood car museum for some time before being sold into Melbourne to Brian Hussey in c1990.

– the current owner acquired the car in c1995

– whilst an older restoration the car still presents and drives very well.

 

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