01-02-2024, 07:53 PM
It is a little known fact that Austin offered new owners of the Seven a choice in who would remove the dust from their purchase prior to delivery.
For the hoi-polloi, girls from Birmingham tenements flicked a piece of used lace curtain over the bodywork (the cars', not their own). This was included in the price.
More affluent owners, of discerning taste, could specify the services of 'nice gels' to delicately flick an alpaca-wool cloth over the paintwork - while attired in sleek dresses with a-la-mode footwear. This added a guinea to the price. Two guineas if the new owner wished to view the process in person.
Quite who would specify the services of the hairy-arsed blokes has been lost in the mists of time.
For the hoi-polloi, girls from Birmingham tenements flicked a piece of used lace curtain over the bodywork (the cars', not their own). This was included in the price.
More affluent owners, of discerning taste, could specify the services of 'nice gels' to delicately flick an alpaca-wool cloth over the paintwork - while attired in sleek dresses with a-la-mode footwear. This added a guinea to the price. Two guineas if the new owner wished to view the process in person.
Quite who would specify the services of the hairy-arsed blokes has been lost in the mists of time.