29-03-2019, 01:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-03-2019, 02:31 PM by PedigreeChummy.)
Hi all
Got a question for you all out there, the rationale for which is not financial, but originality and quirkiness, the latter traits being something that have always appealed to me...
To get to the point I recently purchased what was sold to me as an 1932 Tourer (I posted on here a few months back about my "numbers" concern...). I more recently found a source, which I hadn't previously discovered, where one can check original registration details according to reg number.
The threw up the rather surprising news that the Tourer I have was actually first registered as a van (AVG?) on 29/02/1932, which would tie in to the date on the logbook and the chassis number, the engine being a later replacement from 1932.
My quandry now is do I return the car to its former incarnation, if I can track down a repro van body from the era, or leave it as it is at present, ie. an AH Tourer with iffy numbers. I like the idea of originality, in identity at least considering the van shell would be a repro, and the quirkiness of having a van, but the car I have has been recently restored to a high standard with a newly painted Tourer body etc.
Is it worth it? I don't mind the work involved, but would, say, selling the restored body and associated interior and running gear cover the cost of sourcing the bits necessary to reconvert back to van form?
I'm going to drive and enjoy the car as is over the summer here, as should be the case, but I'm looking to next winter's project.
Thinking out loud a bit here, so all input welcome
Got a question for you all out there, the rationale for which is not financial, but originality and quirkiness, the latter traits being something that have always appealed to me...
To get to the point I recently purchased what was sold to me as an 1932 Tourer (I posted on here a few months back about my "numbers" concern...). I more recently found a source, which I hadn't previously discovered, where one can check original registration details according to reg number.
The threw up the rather surprising news that the Tourer I have was actually first registered as a van (AVG?) on 29/02/1932, which would tie in to the date on the logbook and the chassis number, the engine being a later replacement from 1932.
My quandry now is do I return the car to its former incarnation, if I can track down a repro van body from the era, or leave it as it is at present, ie. an AH Tourer with iffy numbers. I like the idea of originality, in identity at least considering the van shell would be a repro, and the quirkiness of having a van, but the car I have has been recently restored to a high standard with a newly painted Tourer body etc.
Is it worth it? I don't mind the work involved, but would, say, selling the restored body and associated interior and running gear cover the cost of sourcing the bits necessary to reconvert back to van form?
I'm going to drive and enjoy the car as is over the summer here, as should be the case, but I'm looking to next winter's project.
Thinking out loud a bit here, so all input welcome
