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I wonder what the impetus was for the Chummy cowl in the first place - thermosiphon cooling? Bet it's a fabulous car underneath but the front doesn't work for me personally with what Jem Marsh's design was trying to do in late 50s.
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
I think OC 67 may be a different car; OD 67 is not recognised on the DVLA website, but PVS 363 is a green Austin first registered August 1931, which ties in with OD 67 being re-registered. OC 67 is also DVLA recognised, and is a 1933 Austin, also green ...
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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
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(This post was last modified: 03-11-2020, 05:39 PM by Jeff Taylor.)
Sorry Mike my typo error!! - I've corrected my post.
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The Chummy Rad conversion was to allow it to race in a different class from the crossflow rad original design.
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Apologies have read through the notes OD67 was a 1931 saloon but special was built on 1937 lwb chassis in the 50s. Thanks for your comments and posting I will correct advert
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Location: Towcester
Car type: Box & Special
I see that OD 67 was entered by Nick Morgan, for Beaulieu in 1979, as a 1931 Odd Job Special. I don't remember the car, although it should have been parked in between my Ashley and my brother's special at the event.
As dickie65 suggests, the rules of 750mc Austin 7 racing at the time, was that the radiator had to be of upright, original Austin 7 style. For this reason, I reluctantly sold my Ashley, and replaced it with a Cambridge special.