15-07-2019, 08:32 PM
not your typical Brit (although my ancesters emigrated from Cornwall in the 1870's - was just there last year doing a bit of genealogy).
I own a '35 Austin Seven Pearl Cabriolet, purchased from a guy in Mississippi who got it in a trade for work done. Before that who knows. It runs and I am currently going thru it bit by bit, getting rid of rust and polishing a bit. Not a restoration right now, as I have other old cars that need some loving care too. I have had many cars over the years, some just for fun, some to hot-rod, and some to restore and enjoy. I have had a number of British cars...'53 Jaguar XK120 roadster, '57 Daimler saloon, '58 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 (owned by a hungarian actress who did work in the US and UK, a long time girlfriend of Prince Philip's cousin...one of the Montbattens), and a '35 Hupmobile (American car, but built as a right hand drive for Australia...spent most of its life in Australia, before being purchased and returned to the US IN 2005).
I have been fascinated with cars of all kinds, makes, shapes and sizes. I am intrigued by the engineering and mechanics over the years, particularly British cars which often developed unique things which make me think they had no contact with Europe or the U.S. to utilize things which had already been developed elsewhere...trust me, they're almost never better than what existed elsewhere.
It's fun, keeps me out of the bars (or pubs there) and engages me intellectually.
If you would like, I would participate in your research. I realize I'm in America, but perhaps that might lend a different take of interest to your viewers/readers/or whatever. If so, respond to this post and I can share my contact info.
Cheers!
I own a '35 Austin Seven Pearl Cabriolet, purchased from a guy in Mississippi who got it in a trade for work done. Before that who knows. It runs and I am currently going thru it bit by bit, getting rid of rust and polishing a bit. Not a restoration right now, as I have other old cars that need some loving care too. I have had many cars over the years, some just for fun, some to hot-rod, and some to restore and enjoy. I have had a number of British cars...'53 Jaguar XK120 roadster, '57 Daimler saloon, '58 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud 1 (owned by a hungarian actress who did work in the US and UK, a long time girlfriend of Prince Philip's cousin...one of the Montbattens), and a '35 Hupmobile (American car, but built as a right hand drive for Australia...spent most of its life in Australia, before being purchased and returned to the US IN 2005).
I have been fascinated with cars of all kinds, makes, shapes and sizes. I am intrigued by the engineering and mechanics over the years, particularly British cars which often developed unique things which make me think they had no contact with Europe or the U.S. to utilize things which had already been developed elsewhere...trust me, they're almost never better than what existed elsewhere.
It's fun, keeps me out of the bars (or pubs there) and engages me intellectually.
If you would like, I would participate in your research. I realize I'm in America, but perhaps that might lend a different take of interest to your viewers/readers/or whatever. If so, respond to this post and I can share my contact info.
Cheers!