1960 Commer Cob Series I

1960 Commer Cob Series I in Looking at Britain: Industrial Town, Short Movie, 1962

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dsl ◊ 2016-09-19 21:33	MCP 35 = Halifax, Feb 1960, which makes this very late S1 before S2 launch in March 1960. But am happy this is S1 - doesn't have the exaggerated drip channel above rear door of S2 (and rare S3). Also I think there is another difference which seems apparent but has never been identified in anything I've read - the front wheel arch has flatter top as here on S1, then rounder/larger on S2/S3 - also applies to Husky in same way (S1 vs S2/3) and probably to Minx and other Audaxes as well (similar dates but different series numbers, so S1/2 vs Oct 59 S3 no suffix onwards). Not yet a bulletproof distinction, but there is something ......

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◊ 2016-09-19 21:33

MCP 35 = Halifax, Feb 1960, which makes this very late S1 before S2 launch in March 1960. But am happy this is S1 - doesn't have the exaggerated drip channel above rear door of S2 (and rare S3). Also I think there is another difference which seems apparent but has never been identified in anything I've read - the front wheel arch has flatter top as here on S1, then rounder/larger on S2/S3 - also applies to Husky in same way (S1 vs S2/3) and probably to Minx and other Audaxes as well (similar dates but different series numbers, so S1/2 vs Oct 59 S3 no suffix onwards). Not yet a bulletproof distinction, but there is something ......

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