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1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Tony Griffiths - 01-04-2020
Here it is (more time for idle hands) as Mike Costigan retreats from the frozen garage and applies his considerable artistic skills to a colour rendering of "How Dinky" (the original is below). Now, where are all my other early ads for Mike to spend more time on..... Ah! Found them....hopefully, more will be coming (unless the weather improves).
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Steve kay - 01-04-2020
Automatic lubrication?
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Tony Griffiths - 01-04-2020
(01-04-2020, 02:23 PM)Steve kay Wrote: Automatic lubrication?I suppose it's possible that many potential customers for an early Seven would have been familiar with the various cyclecars and motorcycle combinations on offer. A feature of some engines fitted to these would have been a total-loss lubrication system, a hand pump delivering shots of oil at the whim of the driver. An engine with a pumped supply from a sump might just have been a selling point - though it's perhaps more likely that the illustration below would have been number one on the list:
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Hugh Barnes - 01-04-2020
With all these images that Tony is coming up with, I would be really interested to find any illustrations that might be signed 'Douglas Maxfield' Some of you may recall the article I wrote on him in the Grey Mag a while back. I'd be delighted to find other images that could be attributed to him. If you see any, could you let me know, please? Thanks..
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Pearls not a Singer - 01-04-2020
What year did the Mercedes SL take over to become the car of choice to buy for your mistress?
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Bob Culver - 01-04-2020
1923 was somewhat removed from the days of drip sight oil feeders etc. Many motorcycles and the Chev 4 car required oil can attention for the ohv rocker gear and guides.
Adverts obviously not aimed at the common worker who at that stage in the UK would not be in the market for new car ownership.
I have a late 1922 catalogue for 1923. The Seven is listed as L225. A Model T tourer L175!!
What is the reference to the book please?
The persons in the advert are dressed as for the American adverts for Stutz and the many other expensive exotics marketed then!
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Tony Press - 02-04-2020
(01-04-2020, 02:23 PM)Steve kay Wrote: Automatic lubrication?
Well you don't have to pump it
(01-04-2020, 12:37 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Here it is (more time for idle hands) as Mike Costigan retreats from the frozen garage and applies his considerable artistic skills to a colour rendering of "How Dinky" (the original is below). Now, where are all my other early ads for Mike to spend more time on..... Ah! Found them....hopefully, more will be coming (unless the weather improves).
Interesting- where are the stripes on his scarf and the pattern on her hat in the coloured version ?
RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Mike Costigan - 02-04-2020
Tony,
The scarf has stripes, but I must admit I overlooked the patterned hat!
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RE: 1923 A7 Colour Advertisement - just discovered! - Tony Press - 02-04-2020
Ah - look more closely !