17-01-2024, 12:39 AM
(15-01-2024, 11:54 AM)Chris Garner Wrote: Matt. If your definition of a Chummy is a 4-seater tourer, then they were produced from the start in 1922 right through to mid 1934, which would then be in the region of C 200000.
Personally, I think that useable cars start at the end of 1926, with 7" brakes. Even these early ones have some oddities, like the belt drive speedo. 1922 - late 1926 cars look nice but if in standard shape, can cause problems with taper bearings, 6" brakes, weak chassis with no extensions etc.
1926 - mid '28 cars originally had mag engines - down here, I was considered to be slightly mad in the eighties when I started using a '28 chummy with a mag engine, everyone else in the club with a chummy had converted their cars to coil ignition years before. Today, most black rad Chummies are running mag engines once again.
Mid '28 to 1931 (late AD, AE, AF) types are good, handle properly and can be quite quick with their coil engines.
LWB cars (AH, 32 - 34) are also very useable although it's a stretch calling them a "Chummy", they're usually known as a 4-seat tourer. We ran one of these when the children got fed up with being in the back of a chummy and kept kicking the front seats!
Now the kids have left home, I'm back in a 1927, mag engine chummy, which I rebuilt ten years ago. I love it to bits because it's comfortable, quick and handles well. Go on, you need one!