Another 1933 Light Car Cover

[Tony Griffiths]

Just found a February 1933 Light Car cover. It makes an interesting contrast to the 1934 edition shown to the left. Presumably, the 1933 car will be an RN? If I manage to acquire the original—that looks to be in pretty poor condition—some work in Photoshop should restore it. Click the picture for a higher-resolution copy.

[Robert Leigh]

It looks to me as though both covers show the RP, with the characteristic coloured bonnet top and the colour division going up the screen pillar.

[Henry Harris]

The 1933 cover is not an RP.

The waist moulding detail at the door hinge is the 1932/3 RN type.

It looks like the 1934 car is a heavily re-touched photo.

The correct two tone paint scheme is rarely followed nowadays, most owners opting for a simpler and to my eyes ugly black bonnet top and screen uprights.

[David Cochrane]

You also frequently get polished scuttle ventilators :-(
Exposed brass was deeply unfashionable & anachronistic in the 1920s & 1930s.

I can't understand that Light Car advert - the RP had been introduced in September/October the previous year, so you would have thought that Austin would be keen to show the latest model.

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Here is my freshly painted RP with (I hope) the correct paint scheme.

[Robert Leigh]

Looking again the earlier cover shows an RN type body moulding, but I still suspect the picture has been retouched to show the RP type black/colour line.

[Dave Mann]

I think they are both RP because they have chrome headlights and radiator cap.

[Steve kay]

The February cover looks like the PR Dept at their worst. A total disregard for perspective, dreary colours and a title that suggests an Ivor  Novello play, The New Arrival. “Look, it’s mummy’s new boyfriend!” Perhaps Maestro Griffith’s atelier can show us the genuine original, just visible the rope pulling the car from one side of the stage to the other. Maybe the reason for the background is that is painted scenery on canvas flats. Certain famous musicians browse these pages, any suggestions as to the accompaniment?

[Tony Griffiths]

The February cover looks like the PR Dept at their worst. A total disregard for perspective, dreary colours and a title that suggests an Ivor  Novello play, The New Arrival. “Look, it’s mummy’s new boyfriend!” Perhaps Maestro Griffith’s atelier can show us the genuine original, just visible the rope pulling the car from one side of the stage to the other. Maybe the reason for the background is that is painted scenery on canvas flats. Certain famous musicians browse these pages, any suggestions as to the accompaniment?

Very amusing, Steve. Both covers are untouched save for the 1934 having tears and missing bits restored.  Adverts in those days really were very homely, naive, even - but such fun to look back on. Now, that latest Jaguar advert; I wonder how that would have gone down in the 1930s? Probably with the production team locked away in an asylum!