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Unusual Austin for sale? - Colin Morgan - 16-10-2022
Spotted this picture on a dealer's site I haven't visited for years. The reg would put it about May 1930?
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RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Ruairidh Dunford - 16-10-2022
A boat tail two seater, about to be named the latest Spanish prototype!
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - JonE - 17-10-2022
ooh - a targa top! With interesting metalwork at the back corners. I wonder what the car number is - perhaps an easy one to cross check but if its got an original UK plate then probably not a Spanish prototype?
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Colin Morgan - 17-10-2022
Spanish or not, it is reasonably goodlooking from most angles? The rear 'window' is perhaps set a bit low for anyone tall?
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RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Ruairidh Dunford - 17-10-2022
My comment was very much “tongue in cheek”, based on the recent trend to claim that one-off coupes coming out of Spain are “prototypes” rather than locally crafted efforts.
The car is a Boat Tail two seater, with a home made hard top fitted.
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Colin Morgan - 17-10-2022
Swallow two-seaters sometimes have a removable roof a bit like this, which appeared to be useful and practical.
It would be interesting to see what has been done with the doors on this one?
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - jpsmit - 17-10-2022
from the back - is that factory? Looks more like an aftermarket addition.
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Bob Olive - 17-10-2022
SORN'd - but not on A7CA Register.
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - Colin Morgan - 17-10-2022
The back window makes it look very homemade - even if some of the rest of it looks better built. Closer examination might reveal if it has been cobbled together from something else available commercially or is a one-off?
RE: Unusual Austin for sale? - jpsmit - 18-10-2022
(17-10-2022, 09:27 PM)Colin Morgan Wrote: The back window makes it look very homemade - even if some of the rest of it looks better built. Closer examination might reveal if it has been cobbled together from something else available commercially or is a one-off?
Oops - I posted from ym phone, already spotted as home made top
