A Moss Monaco fibreglass body tub, with front wings and some...

Hammer

£160

A Moss Monaco fibreglass body tub, with front wings and some wooden panels, formerly registered as VH 8122.
Moss cars were designed by John Cowperthwaite based mainly on the Herald chassis with Triumph mechanicals although some ran Ford Escort engines. The first Moss was produced in Sheffield in 1981 called the Malvern, followed by the Mamba and in 1984 the Monaco. In 1985 the factory caught fire and some of the moulds and all the sales records were destroyed. The rights and remaining moulds were sold on to Hampshire Classics in 1986, which did little with them. In 1987, seeing the possible demise of the marque, three members of the owners club bought the moulds and rights from Hampshire Classics for all the cars except the Mamba and continued production until the mini-depression of the early nineties when Moss Cars (Bath) Ltd. followed many other manufacturers into obscurity. It is believed some 70 Monaco's were produced.