02-11-2022, 07:26 PM
Thanks Ruairidh - that is helpful. Now the question is, what does it say for Tourers and Two-seaters? If it always (or sometimes) says 'Not Appliable' for the hood colour - perhaps because they were expected to be black - then it this doesn't add anything to the argument of whether or not this particular car left the factory as the expected standard boat-tail or with its hard top.
However, if the records always give a hood colour for Tourers and Two-seaters - even if is just 'black' - this throws a bit of doubt on the car having left as a standard boat-tail tourer as it would have had the colour recorded rather than having 'Not applicable' in the record.
So, there might be a bit more mileage in this. It would be good to have a clear answer - which must be there to see in the build records? A glance down one of the pages of entries would settle it.
However, if the records always give a hood colour for Tourers and Two-seaters - even if is just 'black' - this throws a bit of doubt on the car having left as a standard boat-tail tourer as it would have had the colour recorded rather than having 'Not applicable' in the record.
So, there might be a bit more mileage in this. It would be good to have a clear answer - which must be there to see in the build records? A glance down one of the pages of entries would settle it.