1939 Austin Eight Tourer [AP]

1939 Austin Eight Tourer [AP] in The List of Adrian Messenger, Movie, 1963

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

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Author	Message
chris40 ◊ 2011-04-13 20:08	Austin Eight Tourer, 1939+. (I'm not sure whether the Tourer was made after the War.)
dsl ◊ 2011-04-13 20:18	chris40 wrote I'm not sure whether the Tourer was made after the War. Yes - Aug 45-Jan 47. Can't read the plates clearly enough to try for a date.
chris40 ◊ 2011-04-13 20:28	Plates are either fake or later than the car (maybe ex-MoD?). They seem to read *** DYV.
dsl ◊ 2011-04-13 20:31	xxx DYV "allocated in blocks" May 62 - Jan 63. Ex-MoD explanation seems convincing.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2011-04-13 20:51	The tourer and the two door saloon were not made post war. The four door 8 was completely discontinued in 1947 and not replaced by another small car until the introduction of the A30. Military Austin 8 tourers, some four seat and others two seat with extra luggage space were made between 1939 and 1944 only.
chris40 ◊ 2011-04-13 20:57	Thanks, JfS, I rather thought that. On reflection I don't think this is ex-MoD; IIRC they all had solid, not pierced, pressed-steel wheels. So the plates are fake or re-registrations. -- Last edit: 2011-04-13 20:58:11
dsl ◊ 2013-11-07 20:52	Agree not military version - also the horizontal side vents instead of vertical.