03-07-2020, 11:31 PM
Interesting that this shows the headlamps in the forward position. Very few restored cars from the period (late '26 and early '27) have the lamps forward; most have been "retrofitted" to scuttle lamps.
Apparently a kit was supplied by The Austin Motor Co. to mount the lamps back on the scuttle after a police force expressed concerns about the new position not showing the width of the car correctly.
I wonder what the uptake was for the Longbridge modification kit at the time or whether the cars were so adapted later in their lives.....
Apparently a kit was supplied by The Austin Motor Co. to mount the lamps back on the scuttle after a police force expressed concerns about the new position not showing the width of the car correctly.
I wonder what the uptake was for the Longbridge modification kit at the time or whether the cars were so adapted later in their lives.....