Looking at this again (and again), there's something very odd going on here. Looking at this picture, there are 4 definite Big 7 features on this body, I've ringed them.
Could it be a factory prototype of some sort? Did they make a 2 seater Big 7 outside Australia?
Or did someone bodge together 2 bodies (seems unlikely)?
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Car was sold at Anglia Car Auctions on 4th Nov 2023, fetching £9828 in total.
The engine was as expected then.
So, it seems we either have a magician who can rebuild an Opal body round a redundant, red Big 7 scuttle and chassis in 10 months, or someone who has muddled their pictures up, whether to confuse or deliberately mislead!
Could it be a factory prototype of some sort? Did they make a 2 seater Big 7 outside Australia?
Or did someone bodge together 2 bodies (seems unlikely)?
1937 Opal.jpg (Size: 113.34 KB / Downloads: 131)
(05-09-2024, 09:53 AM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: On the screen, one can spot the bottom corner of a card with the estimated Auction price - £5000 to £7000. One exciting and possibly unique feature - an upside-down coil.
Car was sold at Anglia Car Auctions on 4th Nov 2023, fetching £9828 in total.
The engine was as expected then.
So, it seems we either have a magician who can rebuild an Opal body round a redundant, red Big 7 scuttle and chassis in 10 months, or someone who has muddled their pictures up, whether to confuse or deliberately mislead!
