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RE: A thoroughly modern 1931 estate with A7 saloon - Bob Culver - 11-07-2020
A Riley or Rover. But it was the height of the Depression and very few were flush. I dont know what the standing of publicity people was at the time, but suspect a young graphic artist just as likely to own a bicycle or maybe a motorcycle along with hundreds of others in the factory photos..
RE: A thoroughly modern 1931 estate with A7 saloon - Tony Press - 11-07-2020
(11-07-2020, 09:57 AM)Dave Mann Wrote: I would have expected Austin's to vet the picture first and get the artist to park the starting handle correctly.
Or draw it correctly instead of a bent wire ! Not one of the better covers
RE: A thoroughly modern 1931 estate with A7 saloon - Malcolm Parker - 13-07-2020
What about the chrome windscreen surround? I have seen a period photo of a SWB saloon with a chrome surround and my RL saloon has what I assume is the original windscreen with chrome surround, the Triplex glass is dated 1931.
RE: A thoroughly modern 1931 estate with A7 saloon - Ian McGowan - 13-07-2020
When I was a smoker (most of my life!) I always tried to select cars which had both sun roof (to let the smoke out) and quarter lights ( to flick the ash out of). Sadly, sun roofs seem to have been replaced by air con.
When I had a Ruby, the sun roof spent more time open than closed - weather permitting of course.
RE: A thoroughly modern 1931 estate with A7 saloon - Duncan Grimmond - 13-07-2020
The only time I ever bought a new car, a Kangoo in 2008, I specified a sun roof. Still driving it and it's open at every opportunity.
Unfortunately it has been left open overnight several times but only once by me... It's a pain sucking water out of the rear seats with a vac and then drying them with a fan heater!