17-09-2021, 03:46 PM
(16-09-2021, 01:04 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote:(15-09-2021, 03:35 PM)Hedd_Jones Wrote: And for the record, I doubt any manufacturer would have sent a car our new ex works with bent front wings. The bonhams/ebay photo shows a car with bent front wings.
The wing "bend" might be the result of the photograph being at an angle? The picture I posted was straightened in photoshop but the "bend is still there - I can straighten it if you like...). If they are bent, might the lad have sat on it, or the car sent out like that? After all, this was not a Rolls Royce job. I've had new, modern cars with various faults on delivery including a loose grill (Fiat); a broken grill (another Fiat, the salesman stood in front of it while I went over the car with a fine toothcomb); a dinged glovebox; loose exhaust; wiring hanging down below the engine bay; corroded alloy wheels (Fiat, again); overfilled with oil and belching smoke upon leaving the showroom (Kia); wonky NS headlamp (Discovery) - etc.
What brought me to my conclusion was the fact the angle of the front part of the wings are different, left to right. The nearside is much nearer horizontal at the tip, vs the offside. Not just a little different, but very different.
When I threw the AE chummy together this was the same, a little tweaking fixed it (near enough for my car). Knowing how the tweaking fixed it gave me a good idea how it happened. Someone has done it to the back wings of my current chummy. I would suggest the peak in the offside wing is as a result of the same incident.
I'm not suggesting that Austins sent out cars like that, I'm just suggesting the car isn't new.
As to the motor cycle. I've also no idea what it is. But I can see that it has internal expanding rear brakes. When father used to deal in vintage Autojumble that was usually a sign of a wheel off a 'bike' built sometime from the early to mid 1920's onwards (say 1922 onwards generally). So its not a lot of help with dates.