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Happy New Year from PreWarCar.com!
Here we are again, at the start of another new year. Where does the time go? It seems like only yesterday that we were getting excited for 2023 and all the events that were promised for it, and now they're all over and done and we're making plans for 2024. And what a lot there is to do! As soon as the Christmas holidays are over, we'll be back to work, and our first international show is less than two weeks away. From January 11-14th, we'll be able to come and find us at InterClassics Maastricht, where we'll be exhibiting a replica of the 1896 Ford Quadricycle and a twin-engined Ford Model A special.
After that, we'll be looking forward to Salon Rétromobile in Paris from January 31st to February 4th, where again we'll have an excellent collection of veteran and vintage cars on display. There'll be countless more events from then on, but one of the most important will be the Vintage Revival Montlhéry on May 11-12th, which will be marking the centenary of the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry. Also marking its centenary is the Sunbeam Motorcycle Club—the club for all pre-war motorcycles—with a special gathering at Brooklands on March 17th.
The Montlhéry and SMCC centenaries aren't the only cause for celebration, either. Perhaps you've remembered that 2024 also heralds 130 years since the first ever city-to-city motor race, the Paris-Rouen, 120 years since the first Rolls-Royce went into production and 100 years since the first MG did likewise. All of these landmark anniversaries will be marked in their turn, so there should be something for everyone to look forward to.
Until then, let us wish you all a happy New Year, and we hope you have as much fun as the girls in the Austin Seven! See you at Maastricht!
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lunedì gennaio 1st, 2024
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Peter Maguire
03 Gennaio 2024, 14:43
David Grimstead
03 Gennaio 2024, 14:18
The young lady reveller rodeo-riding this early Austin Seven’s bonnet is wearing what was in the 1920s a not uncommon British fancy dress costume inspired by one of the most recognisable petroleum brands then on sale: “Pratts Spirit” - the words written on her wings, as Hergen Deuter also spotted.
She was probably just one of many, as at the December 31st 1925 New Year celebration in the town hall in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland a Miss Jeanie Boyd of Ballywindland was awarded the first prize for the best ladies’ costume, dressed as Pratts Spirit. And two years later, Miss R. Flynn of Portwilliam was also awarded first prize for her Pratts Spirit costume worn at the December 1927 Liverpool Scots Association’s fancy dress carnival.
No connection between Austin and Pratts but that’s some free advertising: a Pratt Spirit riding around on the bonnet of a trend-setting Austin – and no “elfin safety” to stop them.
Some men chose to enter fancy dress carnivals inspired by Pratts Spirit too but dressed as a petrol-pump rather than a fairy… Both these themes ceased to have relevance in 1935 when Pratts range of, by then, ethyl-leaded petrol became ESSO.
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She was probably just one of many, as at the December 31st 1925 New Year celebration in the town hall in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland a Miss Jeanie Boyd of Ballywindland was awarded the first prize for the best ladies’ costume, dressed as Pratts Spirit. And two years later, Miss R. Flynn of Portwilliam was also awarded first prize for her Pratts Spirit costume worn at the December 1927 Liverpool Scots Association’s fancy dress carnival.
No connection between Austin and Pratts but that’s some free advertising: a Pratt Spirit riding around on the bonnet of a trend-setting Austin – and no “elfin safety” to stop them.
Some men chose to enter fancy dress carnivals inspired by Pratts Spirit too but dressed as a petrol-pump rather than a fairy… Both these themes ceased to have relevance in 1935 when Pratts range of, by then, ethyl-leaded petrol became ESSO.
Mike Costigan
02 Gennaio 2024, 20:48
The third prototype, XL3, is in the Science museum and is still registered OK 3537. The caption in James Taylor's book is incorrect; OK 6995 is chassis number 71 and was registered in March 1923.
Here's a photo of OK 9365 which shows the shape of the 6:
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Here's a photo of OK 9365 which shows the shape of the 6:
Hergen Deuter
02 Gennaio 2024, 18:53
“Pratt’s Spirit” appears to be written in the dog ears of the elf sitting on the hood.
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Anthony Green
02 Gennaio 2024, 08:47
I would guess that it’s a 1923 model in view of the running board and the square door. The first models produced in 1922 apparently didn’t have running boards, and in 1924 the doors were enlarged with an additional diagonal. So by process of elimination, the car pictured above is a 1923 model. As for the reg number, there’s a modern photo of OK 6995 in restored condition and without running boards with the caption “XL3, the third prototype” in James Taylor’s recent book The Complete Catalogue of the Austin Seven. But the surrounding text says that the third prototype XL3 had registration OK 3537, which is somewhat confusing. Perhaps the car changed reg number at some point in time?
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Mike Costigan
01 Gennaio 2024, 22:04
It's impossible to be certain, but this is probably OK 9365, which appeared in a number of publicity photos including in the August 31st 1923 issue of The Light Car & Cyclecar magazine.
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Peter Maguire
01 Gennaio 2024, 15:14
A very interesting photo of a very early scoop-scuttle pram-hood Austin 7 'Chummy', with what appears to be a works registration -
'OK---5', the number prior to the five, though partially obscured, could be a 2. An 8 or a 3 could possibly fit, though I think that the space before the 5 would then be wrong.
Anyone out there with more details? Another photo perhaps..!
Happy New Year,
Peter.
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'OK---5', the number prior to the five, though partially obscured, could be a 2. An 8 or a 3 could possibly fit, though I think that the space before the 5 would then be wrong.
Anyone out there with more details? Another photo perhaps..!
Happy New Year,
Peter.
Peter Maguire
02 Gennaio 2024, 10:48
Hello Mike,
You may well be right, that would fit.
The only problem is that under high magnification the top of the partly visible number
appears to curl round more than a 'six' might.
I have tried several ways of enlarging the image and get the same result.
If only the photo had been taken slightly to the right.
All the best, Peter.
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You may well be right, that would fit.
The only problem is that under high magnification the top of the partly visible number
appears to curl round more than a 'six' might.
I have tried several ways of enlarging the image and get the same result.
If only the photo had been taken slightly to the right.
All the best, Peter.
Anthony Green adds an interesting point, picked up and added to by Mike Costigan, in so far as there are a number of Austin 7's which have been subject to misattribution ! Sometimes this is just a misinterpretation of facts, sometimes not.
The late Bryan Purves, who was a friend of mine, once told me that, when he was researching 'The Austin Seven Source Book', some of the information he received was dubious, or that a certain amount of dissembling was evident. Also, for some reason, a number of people who could have helped to resolve certain issues did not do so. A sad state of affairs in my view, as it does not help in establishing a true history of a car that, in all its forms, holds an important place in the history of motoring.
I digress. We have still to establish the true identification of the car and its passengers.