{"id":493387,"date":"2013-10-01T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15347"},"modified":"2023-12-31T19:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:44:49","slug":"1952-singer-4ad-sm-roadster-chassis-4ad1582v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1952-singer-4ad-sm-roadster-chassis-4ad1582v\/","title":{"rendered":"1952 Singer 4AD SM\u2008Roadster (Chassis #4AD1582V)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1952 Singer 4AD SM\u2008Roadster<\/h2>\n<p>By his own admission, Geoff Hacker specializes in finding cars that no one is looking for. It\u2019s actually an interesting collecting strategy that virtually guarantees no competition. One of Hacker\u2019s recent acquisitions is a post-war Singer racer. Now how many amazing post-war racing cars from Singer Motors of England can you name? Not many coming to mind? Actually, I had the same problem. So I called an expert.<\/p>\n<p>Peter McKercher of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has been a Singer collector, historian and enthusiast for over 60 years. McKercher\u2019s father was an airman stationed in England during WWII. According to McKercher, his father contracted the sports car bug while in Europe and infected the son immediately upon returning home. McKercher recalls that his dad bought a 1935 Singer Le Mans in 1952 and from that point forward both father and son were hopelessly stuck on the marque.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Peter McKercher of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":650526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17177],"tags":[17178],"class_list":["post-493387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chassis-histories","tag-chassis-histories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1952 Singer 4AD SM\u2008Roadster (Chassis #4AD1582V)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1952 Singer 4AD SM\u2008Roadster (Chassis #4AD1582V)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1952-singer-4ad-sm-roadster-chassis-4ad1582v\/\" \/>\n<meta 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