25-09-2020, 11:48 PM
The 1930s AF body (long bonnet, short scuttle, coupled brakes) was aluminium but in early 1931 changed to steel - the wings remaining the same. Apart from a magnet, three easily observed changes confirm a steel-bodied version: a pressing in the scuttle that continues the edge-hinge-of-the-bonnet line, a dashboard with a separate instrument panel and, in place of a screw-on Austin winged badge, one pressed into the radiator shell - like this car: https://www.robinlawton.com/cars/1931-au...eat-tourer. Was the AG the late 1931 short-wheelbase model that retained the small Chummy-style doors - but fitted the contemporary, much larger wings, like this: https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C890491 ?