US$1,012,100.00 Model HistoryThe Invicta brand has been available intermittently throughout successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England from 1946 to 1950. More recently, the name was revived for the Invicta S1 sports car produced between 2004 and 2012.The manufacturer was founded by Noel Macklin with Oliver Lyle of the sugar family providing finance. Assembly first took place in Macklin's garage at his home at Fairmile Cottage on the main London to Portsmouth road in Cobham, Surrey. Macklin had previously tried car making with Eric-Campbell & Co Limited and his own Silver Hawk Motor Company Limited. The Invicta cars were designed to combine flexibility, the ability to accelerate from virtual standstill in top gear, with great sporting performance. With the assistance of William (Willie) Watson, his mechanic from the pre-World War I racing days, the first prototype was built on a Bayliss-Thomas frame with Coventry Simplex engine.Their first production car was to be the 1925 2½ litre, it used a Meadows straight six, overhead-valve engine and a four-speed gearbox in a chassis with semi elliptical springs all round. Pricing began at £595. Two different chassis lengths were available, 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) SC and 10 feet (3.0 m) LC to cater for the customer's choice of bodywork. As demand grew a lot of the construction work went to Lenaerts and Dolphens in Barnes, London but final assembly and testing remained at Fairmile. The engine grew to 3 litres in 1926 and 4½ litres in late 1928.The larger engine was used in the William Watson designed 1929 4½ litre NLC chassis available in short 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) or long 10 feet 6 inches...