19-11-2021, 07:54 PM
Tony
You frequently display gems from Longbridge's PR Dept. Just before the public launch of the Seven, PR were preparing for publicity. Whilst doing some research on the ACU Six Days Trial at the beginning of 1922, I came upon reports that some pre-production cars hade been lent out to journalists. For the Six Days, a car was loaned to motoring writer Laurie Cade, who was accompanied by Freddie Pignon who became well known as a golf reporter. As far as I know the car behaved well in the course of following the trial. However, Austin's PR Dept are said to have produced a fake picture of the two out on the road, with Cade driving and Pignon sitting next to him with a typewriter on his lap. Do you have any such images cooked up by the factory, was it for an ad in the press?
You frequently display gems from Longbridge's PR Dept. Just before the public launch of the Seven, PR were preparing for publicity. Whilst doing some research on the ACU Six Days Trial at the beginning of 1922, I came upon reports that some pre-production cars hade been lent out to journalists. For the Six Days, a car was loaned to motoring writer Laurie Cade, who was accompanied by Freddie Pignon who became well known as a golf reporter. As far as I know the car behaved well in the course of following the trial. However, Austin's PR Dept are said to have produced a fake picture of the two out on the road, with Cade driving and Pignon sitting next to him with a typewriter on his lap. Do you have any such images cooked up by the factory, was it for an ad in the press?