13-05-2018, 07:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-05-2018, 08:07 PM by Urgent Austin.
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Hello All,
I'm now within sight of the point when I will need a body for my special - well, probably a year away, but what with lead times, etc, it's probably the right time to decide what I'm going to do.
I think I'm right to say that I have a chassis (1932 LWB) for which there is no "original" sports body style, 1932 being the gap between the last of the 'Ulsters' and the fist of the '65s' (or tell me if I'm wrong about that).
Over the years I've been tinkering, I've had a number of ideas for what I might do, and my preferences keep changing! However, I do need to work within certain constraints. First, I'm not going to attempt to make anything myself. There are only so many skills one can gather in one's life, and that's a big one to attempt; and I want something that looks good. Second, my budget will not run to a completely bespoke body - I need to find something that's already out there, somewhere. I see three basic options, and I would be very interested to hear what views colleagues have on the matter (and what bodies you may have hidden in your sheds...)
1. The obvious choice, and one to which I keep returning, is a LWB version of the Ulster, of the type produced by Rod Yates. These seem to be proven, popular, good value, and actually quite desirable when complete (if some of the asking pries one sees are to be believed).
2. However, I'm beginning to err towards the suggestion that a more "correct" choice for a LWB chassis would be an aluminium Nippy/65 body. But as far as I've been able to find out, no-one is 'producing' these (in the Yates sense of 'production') and a bespoke one would be beyond my means. A second hand 65 body came up at auction a few years ago (so Mr Google tells me), but another one being available seems a remote possibility, unless someone can tell me differently.
3. A body which is not based on a production Austin body at all. I was taken by the vaguely GE Brooklandsesque body on the 7 County Austins website a few months ago (.JPG]http://www.7ca.co.uk/HPIM3245[1].JPG ). An LWB Brooklands?! (I hear some people exclaim). Or perhaps a 50s-style Cambridge body?
I know many people have many views on this subject. If you would like to share any of them, I would be grateful. I should say, I have both straight and bent axles I could fit, and standard and lowered steering boxes, insofar as those might be influencing factors.
Thanks!
Urgent
I'm now within sight of the point when I will need a body for my special - well, probably a year away, but what with lead times, etc, it's probably the right time to decide what I'm going to do.
I think I'm right to say that I have a chassis (1932 LWB) for which there is no "original" sports body style, 1932 being the gap between the last of the 'Ulsters' and the fist of the '65s' (or tell me if I'm wrong about that).
Over the years I've been tinkering, I've had a number of ideas for what I might do, and my preferences keep changing! However, I do need to work within certain constraints. First, I'm not going to attempt to make anything myself. There are only so many skills one can gather in one's life, and that's a big one to attempt; and I want something that looks good. Second, my budget will not run to a completely bespoke body - I need to find something that's already out there, somewhere. I see three basic options, and I would be very interested to hear what views colleagues have on the matter (and what bodies you may have hidden in your sheds...)
1. The obvious choice, and one to which I keep returning, is a LWB version of the Ulster, of the type produced by Rod Yates. These seem to be proven, popular, good value, and actually quite desirable when complete (if some of the asking pries one sees are to be believed).
2. However, I'm beginning to err towards the suggestion that a more "correct" choice for a LWB chassis would be an aluminium Nippy/65 body. But as far as I've been able to find out, no-one is 'producing' these (in the Yates sense of 'production') and a bespoke one would be beyond my means. A second hand 65 body came up at auction a few years ago (so Mr Google tells me), but another one being available seems a remote possibility, unless someone can tell me differently.
3. A body which is not based on a production Austin body at all. I was taken by the vaguely GE Brooklandsesque body on the 7 County Austins website a few months ago (.JPG]http://www.7ca.co.uk/HPIM3245[1].JPG ). An LWB Brooklands?! (I hear some people exclaim). Or perhaps a 50s-style Cambridge body?
I know many people have many views on this subject. If you would like to share any of them, I would be grateful. I should say, I have both straight and bent axles I could fit, and standard and lowered steering boxes, insofar as those might be influencing factors.
Thanks!
Urgent