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The two-Austin-Seven family - a teaser. How early?

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The two-Austin-Seven family - a teaser. How early?
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17-02-2020, 07:46 PM
(17-02-2020, 09:15 AM)Mike Costigan Wrote: Austin was promoting the Seven as a second car in the mid-1920s, but that was as a 'tender' for a larger car, rather than two small cars together. Also the colour chosen doesn't look like a 1920s feature, so I'll go along with Mick and say this is late 1930s.
A bit of Googling turns up that GM and Peugeot started advertising a two-car family around 1927; it also turns up this cringe-worthy film from the 1950s.
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RE: The two-Austin-Seven family - a teaser. How early? - by Tony Griffiths - 17-02-2020, 07:46 PM

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