1930s hood fasteners evidence - plea

[Martin Prior]

There are lots of differences in the way the cars were built, some find these details interesting.

The more we discuss them, the more we learn.

Those not interested in the details should write about things they are interested in instead, surely?  There is plenty of space for all of us here, without the need to shut down conversations.

I completely agree with you, Ruairidh.

This kind of discussion is very helpful to our specialist field of woodwork.  We've studied minutely the frame details of dozens of "identical" cars and no two are exactly alike.  

At this microscopic level, I don't believe that anything can conclusively be said to be right or wrong.  It's quite evident that even in the late thirties very minor constructional details at Austin were not being micro-managed, but were instead left to individual tradespeople to sort out in their own ways.