What is interesting to me (thanks for all those contribs, all) is how far a lot of new owner 'restored' cars are unintentionally getting away from original. It matters not a jot of course, but originality is certainly something that will get harder to remember as time goes on, as we are distanced from original memory and object. The hood design changes over the years on the Nippy, for instance, seem to be largely down to business imperatives in the 50s and 60s... but now there are perhaps 1/3 of cars which actually look outwardly physically different from how Austin intended. That's before you get to the detail under the skin that Martin refers to above! It's just intriguing to understand the processes.
It would be interesting to compile a register of those few completely 'undisturbed' cars, like the brown '30 Tourer in Rinsey Mills (and so on) that we do have recourse to. Presumably the individual registrars probably know those cars.
It would be interesting to compile a register of those few completely 'undisturbed' cars, like the brown '30 Tourer in Rinsey Mills (and so on) that we do have recourse to. Presumably the individual registrars probably know those cars.