27-11-2018, 10:09 AM
(27-11-2018, 09:50 AM)e-richard Wrote: Similar to Derek Sheldon, I have owned my OPAL painted cowl rad APE for 50 years. It came with the original (grey) log book defining it as an OPAL and all documents since then refer to OPAL.
Now, the purists among you may well debate the subtleties of naming by the Austin company, but to me, an enthusiastic owner, its just an Austin 7 OPAL
That's interesting, and could be significant. Is it truly the original logbook (ie issued 1936 or whatever) or is it an early continuation book?
I must admit as the instigator of the original thread which was probably the catalyst for the Facebook conversation I was stirring things for amusement - I too have always considered the APEs as Opals
