Side ventilators

[Mike Costigan]

Smiley and Terrytune, all scuttle ventilators are made of brass, but they were never supplied ex-Longbridge in unpainted form. Nor were they originally plated on a 1930-31 tourer. Unfortunately the design does mean that with use the paint is very easily chipped off both the frame and the trapdoor, removing all the paint was an economical way of tidying up an older car, plating the fittings are more expensive but equally effective means of overcoming the problem.