14-11-2018, 10:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-11-2018, 10:11 PM by Douglas Alderson.)
I may be wrong but I believe that Austin did not name their car an Ulster but it was a "Sports Model", and the Ulster name came about due to the success in the Ulster TT. I am reasonably happy that the above is correct but in looking for car dealer adverts I have not come across an Austin add using the name "Chummy" only "Tourer" is this another car that has a nick name. I suppose "Boat Tail" is a nick name as well.
All very confusing even with out looking at the letter codes. Are there any other modles with nick names?
But I have found a dealers advert for a Morris "Chummy" from 1924, so who had the nick name first Morris or Austin?
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1924 Burnley News - Saturday 26 April 1924 Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD
All very confusing even with out looking at the letter codes. Are there any other modles with nick names?
But I have found a dealers advert for a Morris "Chummy" from 1924, so who had the nick name first Morris or Austin?
Morris Chummy.jpg (Size: 56.84 KB / Downloads: 288)
1924 Burnley News - Saturday 26 April 1924 Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD