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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
Yes a lovely picture, odd they went to the trouble of installing brackets for an aluminium number plate, when there is a space ready for a hand painted one between the dummy irons.
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Location: Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood County
Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
01-02-2021, 02:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2021, 02:25 PM by John Mason.)
Do you think that maybe where Austin got the idea of cowled radiators when they introduced the Ruby, Pearl and Opal models. Like all others have said lovely picture.
Are we sure the photo was taken in the 1930s That front number plate looks to me like 40s or 50s.
John Mason.
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
John, the front number plate is a cast alloy item more usually seen on early 1920s cars and was a bit dated by 1929. Post-War tax discs had a vertical colour pattern in the 1940s, changing to a cross-pattern in the 1950s; having said that, I'm not entirely comfortable with my dating of early 1930s, as those years had, to me, a slightly different form. The clothing, particularly the ladies' cloche hats, I would have thought were a bit dated for the early 1930s.
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Location: Toronto
Car type: 1930 Boat tail tourer
Lovely pic! It does appear that she is extracting the children from behind the seat - or perhaps packing them in.
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Location: Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Car type: 1928 Austin Seven (56S Box Type)
Hello,
I agree with Ivor. Licence numbers should have been painted on the place he says. But now is too late.
Bert.
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Yes, great photo — front tyre wear indicates a well used car. Does the AA badge help with dating?
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Location: Near Cambridge, UK
Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
The style of AA badge should not be used for dating the car. The badge from an older car was usually transferred to its replacement.
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