Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 12009 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:
Thanks Penman, so it seems that wide and narrow bodied cars were built throughout production, interesting stuff. I'd noticed that this guy's car at the show had less of the rear wing visible, compared to mine, so I was on the right tracks!
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Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1818 Location: Herne Bay
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:04 am Post subject:
Well, yer live and learn. After running a 10/4 for 23 years I was always under the impression that only the early 10/4s with the ladder chassis were narrow bodied, someone must have told me that.
Going through my Pitman manual I can find no reference to body width, only to the chassis being cross-braced in June 33.
My immediate thoughts were: why go to the expense of tooling for two different widths of body, why not plump for the wider one? Possibly the answer is in the method of construction, there being the two sides and a fairly simple centre section that would not entail too much tooling to have a wider alternative, these are soldered to the two outer shell pressings.
Couldn't be that only the rear wings are narrower and the bodies remain the same? Just a thought, it must be documented somewhere.
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1818 Location: Herne Bay
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:53 am Post subject:
Looking at that; it does appear that I have a narrow bodied car. Having just remembered who told me much of what I know about 10/4s I'll pop in and see if he has anything documented.
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1767 Location: Lancashire
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:
Hi
pigtin wrote:
Well, yer live and learn. After running a 10/4 for 23 years I was always under the impression that only the early 10/4s with the ladder chassis were narrow bodied, someone must have told me that.
Going through my Pitman manual I can find no reference to body width, only to the chassis being cross-braced in June 33.
My immediate thoughts were: why go to the expense of tooling for two different widths of body, why not plump for the wider one? Possibly the answer is in the method of construction, there being the two sides and a fairly simple centre section that would not entail too much tooling to have a wider alternative, these are soldered to the two outer shell pressings.
Couldn't be that only the rear wings are narrower and the bodies remain the same? Just a thought, it must be documented somewhere.
Perhaps it will only be possible to resolve this properly by actually having 2 different saloons next to each other in order to compare such things as the amount of overhang the rear wings have over the rear wheels, the internal width at for instance the A post, the B post and behind the rear doors, and to also check if they have the same chassis setup.
With the Cabriolet and Convertible they may not have made enough to warrant having 2 different width bodies.
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 12009 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject:
pigtin wrote:
Hi Pigtin, I was flicking through some old copies of The Automobile (1988 to be precise), and what should feature on a show review page, but a certain 10/4 saloon!
Rick _________________ Rick (Admin. oldclassiccar.co.uk)
Various 1930s-1960s relics - Austin, Morris, Bedford, Dodge etc.
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1818 Location: Herne Bay
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:
Hi Rick,
Yes, that was at Sellindge. Used to be one of the best shows in Kent.
It also appears at the Great Dorset on Fred Dibnah's 'Steam up' video. _________________ If you tie a piece of buttered toast to a cat's back, then drop it off a high building. It will hover just above the ground rotating slowly.
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 12009 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject:
I found out today that this year's ATDC rally is being held just down the road from me, in July. Any of the 10 owners on here planning to attend?? (eg AustinAnnie, pigtin?)
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Various 1930s-1960s relics - Austin, Morris, Bedford, Dodge etc.
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 12009 Location: S. Cheshire
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:07 am Post subject:
Well the ATDC national rally took place over the weekend at a local rugby ground. We went along on the Saturday, and although some cars were out on a run, there were still plenty of 30s Austins to ogle at..
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