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We staan weer aan het begin van een nieuw jaar. Waar blijft de tijd? Het lijkt pas gisteren dat we ons opwonden over 2023 en alle evenementen die daarvoor beloofd waren, en nu zijn ze allemaal voorbij en maken we plannen voor 2024. En wat is er veel te doen! Zodra de kerstvakantie voorbij is, gaan we weer aan de slag en onze eerste internationale show is minder dan twee weken van ons vandaan. Van 11-14 januari kun je ons vinden op InterClassics Maastricht, waar we een replica van de Ford Quadricycle uit 1896 en een tweemotorige Ford Model A special tentoonstellen.
Daarna kijken we uit naar Salon Rétromobile in Parijs van 31 januari tot 4 februari, waar we opnieuw een prachtige collectie veteranen en oldtimers tentoonstellen. Vanaf dan zijn er nog talloze evenementen, maar een van de belangrijkste is de Vintage Revival Montlhéry op 11 en 12 mei, ter ere van het honderdjarig bestaan van het Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry. Ook de Sunbeam Motorcycle Club - de club voor alle vooroorlogse motorfietsen - viert het eeuwfeest met een speciale bijeenkomst op Brooklands op 17 maart.
De honderdste verjaardag van Montlhéry en SMCC is niet de enige reden voor een feestje. Misschien weet je nog dat het in 2024 ook 130 jaar geleden is dat de allereerste autorace van stad tot stad, de Paris-Rouen, werd gehouden, 120 jaar geleden dat de eerste Rolls-Royce in productie ging en 100 jaar geleden dat de eerste MG hetzelfde deed. Al deze mijlpalen zullen op hun beurt worden herdacht, dus er is voor iedereen wel iets om naar uit te kijken.
Tot die tijd wensen we jullie allemaal een gelukkig nieuwjaar, en we hopen dat jullie net zoveel plezier hebben als de meisjes in de Austin Seven! Tot ziens in Maastricht!
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maandag januari 1st, 2024
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Peter Maguire
03 Januari 2024, 14:43
David Grimstead
03 Januari 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 Januari 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 Januari 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 Januari 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 Januari 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 Januari 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 Januari 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.