16-05-2022, 05:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-05-2022, 08:26 AM by Mike Costigan.)
Birmingham first issued the OL series in July 1923, so it is most unlikely the car illustrated is A1-95, which would have been over six months old by then.
The first prototype OK 2950 was complete and photographed with Sir Herbert at the wheel over the Easter weekend of 1922. At this time the car had no electrics (apart from the magneto) with oil side and tail lamps, and no battery, dynamo or starter.
OK 3537 was completed and shown to the Longbridge workforce at the Works Gala day on Whit Monday, June 5th 1922.
By July all three prototypes had been completed, the 'official' launch being at Claridges on July 21st (which we shall be celebrating on the Thursday of the week at Moreton) at which time OK 3537 was on display in the Oxford Street showrooms. OK 3261 had already been road-tested by The Motor on or before 11th July, and OK 2950 was used at Shelsley Walsh on 29th July.
The first prototype OK 2950 was complete and photographed with Sir Herbert at the wheel over the Easter weekend of 1922. At this time the car had no electrics (apart from the magneto) with oil side and tail lamps, and no battery, dynamo or starter.
OK 3537 was completed and shown to the Longbridge workforce at the Works Gala day on Whit Monday, June 5th 1922.
By July all three prototypes had been completed, the 'official' launch being at Claridges on July 21st (which we shall be celebrating on the Thursday of the week at Moreton) at which time OK 3537 was on display in the Oxford Street showrooms. OK 3261 had already been road-tested by The Motor on or before 11th July, and OK 2950 was used at Shelsley Walsh on 29th July.