1923 chummy

[Tony Betts]

new body,

yes it would be wonderful to have a rear car, such as a 1923 car with an original body amongst all the other parts.

but talk to the severn owners who have been in all this the longest. and they will tell you, in the 60s there were only a handfull of early cars left known in running condition.

in the years since, alot of the parts have come out of sheds, scrap yards etc. and people have collected up the original and early parts to build the cars.

but the one thing that hasnt surved in the same numbers is the original bodies.

so today we have several handfully of serviving 1923 cars.

so should we be dissapointed with neww bodies???

id rather have and original chassis and engine in a car, than a box chassis altered and restamped to paperwork found. so the car looks correct with original reg.

the otherside of this is i recently bought some old 1923 body bits, so if i use them in a new body. how little original do you have before it becomes "triggers broom".

also fitting a starter motor, and fan. that can quickly be put back to original. i think is very different to fitting a rack and pinion steering.

tony