Mystery model

[Tony Griffiths]

The lighter picture helps a lot. Clearly, 6-inch brakes; but, interestingly, the shape of the wings looks similar to those used from late 1929.

[Robert Leigh]

I agree about the front shape of the wings but they have a different profile from the top and further back. I suggest that they are a local style by that bodybuilder.

[Archivist]

Thanks all for the continued input and interest. It would seem that we are homing in on the car being a 'Special' and perhaps based on an earlier chassis. I wonder whether some more leads might turn up if the picture got a wider audience in Australia/New Zealand. If any club rep would like a high res copy to include in their Club magazine to see if anyone can provide any more info, please drop me a line letting me know which Club you represent and I'll send a copy over..

Many thanks

Hugh

[Chris KC]

I'm curious about the windscreen. 
I don't know if glass <can> be cut to that shape, never mind on a production basis. 
Perspex was newly introduced in 1933 - but of course we don't know when this pic was taken.

[Andy Bennett]

Chris KC: I could cut glass to that shape, thickness depending. It would be cut slightly shallower for the centre and then ground in to the dip. The thinner it is the easier to cut to complicated shapes as far as leaded glass windows go. 2mm is easy, 3 mm more tricky and 4mm an order of magnitude more difficult. However, as you say, on a production basis I doubt it would be done in any thickness as too much wasteage, much more likelt to have been a split screen (by design or accident), or just a one off from the local church window restorer.

[Chris KC]

Thanks for the education Andy (I'll know where to go next time I need wiggly glass cut!)

[Andy Bennett]

No problem. Here's some wiggly glass for you. This was a birdbath project as a mix of blacksmithing and glasswork:

   

[Nick Salmon]

What a lovely piece of work Andy.

[Andy Bennett]

Thanks Nick

[Tony Press]

Just forwarded a link to this article to The Light Shaft editor here in Melbourne.