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1927 Austin publicity booklet - 3W7 - 12-12-2017
Bonsoir,
I just found a booklet of 20 pages within a light-grey cover called "La suprématie de la Austin Seven"
The text is fully in French, illustrated with 9 b&w photos and about its succeses in record-breaking and races up to the 1st place in september 1927 in the "Course de 500 Milles, pour la preuve du combustible, à Brooklands" if you see what it means!
Its size is 13cm wide and 20,1cm high and it wears the ref : Pub. No. 595B
It also refers the reader to the catalogue 611E for details of a saloon similar to the one page 72 of C. Harvey's book.
It looks so new although the staples are devenitively 1927 looking and I can't find a reason for some one having made a reprint. Also september was the exact time to publish such a catalogue for the october 1927 Salon de l'Auto in Paris.
Could you confirm the date ?
Thanks
Jean
RE: 1927 Austin publicity booklet - Chris Garner - 12-12-2017
Jean,
Yes the brochure was printed in 1927. The A7CA has a copy in it's archives and is part of the Russell Curtis collection kindly donated by Russell ( " Squeak " ) earlier this year, all of which will be placed up on our website in the not too distant future.
Chris
A7CA Chairman
RE: 1927 Austin publicity booklet - Mike Costigan - 12-12-2017
The Association has a copy of 595B (incorrectly captioned as 595E!) which has 'successes' up to September 1927, so presumably dates from around this time:
http://archive.a7ca.org/wp-content/uploads/BR_595E.pdf
Edit: Chris beat me to it!