25-11-2018, 11:04 AM
The convesation on FB started earlier this year when I (smugly 
) announced that Roly's two-seater was just that, not an Opal! He pointed out that all the literature from the time said the opposite.
Determined to proove his car was a "two-seater" I look at everything I had and everything I could find on line, very quickly coming to the conclusion that the chrome rad. two seater was an "Opal" and the painted rad two seater was a "two seater". That pesky Roly had been correct all along, it would seem
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Several have put forward cases on FB to counter this claim but they are either citing secondary evidence or inconclusive wording without a pictorial reference.
If anyone has a photo/picture of a painted rad. two seater specifically named "Opal" in original Austin literature please post it up.
Up until 6 months ago I was happy to call pianted rad two-seaters Opals but I am now of the firm oppinion this is in fact incorrect.
) announced that Roly's two-seater was just that, not an Opal! He pointed out that all the literature from the time said the opposite. Determined to proove his car was a "two-seater" I look at everything I had and everything I could find on line, very quickly coming to the conclusion that the chrome rad. two seater was an "Opal" and the painted rad two seater was a "two seater". That pesky Roly had been correct all along, it would seem
.Several have put forward cases on FB to counter this claim but they are either citing secondary evidence or inconclusive wording without a pictorial reference.
If anyone has a photo/picture of a painted rad. two seater specifically named "Opal" in original Austin literature please post it up.
Up until 6 months ago I was happy to call pianted rad two-seaters Opals but I am now of the firm oppinion this is in fact incorrect.