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Location: The far North East of England
Car type: 1934 Austin 7 AVH Van (in bits & incomplete!), 1936 Morris 8 Series I Tourer
26-06-2024, 10:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 26-06-2024, 12:52 PM by Jeff Taylor.)
I think you'll find it's probably a Morris chassis based special.
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Location: Melton Mowbray.
...and it does appear to have a pre war Morris radiator cowl.
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Location: New Zealand
Car type: 1936 A7 Special
Perhaps you're right about the chassis. Probably not Austin. But it does seem to have Austin hubs. At least to these eyes.
Cheers, Geoffrey
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I think you'll find that this is the car formerly known as "The White Minor". Built for Barbara Skinner whose family ran SU Carburettors and based upon the £100 Morris Minor. There were two special Minors - this one and "The Red Minor" built for Barbara's brother Peter. They were developed with special engines and supercharged and capable of surprising revs. A number of special cylinder blocks were made and each had a short life with the power they were called upon to produce. When these blocks ran out Peter's car was fitted with a Mercury 8 cylinder squeezed into the now single seater body and this is in the hands of Burlen Carburettors the SU specialists. Barbara was given the White car when she married John Bolster and took it with her to the farm in Kent. As the last of the special engines was becoming fragile it was replaced with an 1172cc Ford motor and used as a road car.
The car (and engine) still exists and the owner hopes one day to bring them both back together.
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Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
The SU name was from 'Skinner's Unit' I believe.
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