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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2014, 05:22:08 AM »
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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2014, 06:04:21 AM »
Post war body on a pre war Austin Seven chassis ?

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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2014, 06:07:59 AM »
Post war body on a pre war Austin Seven chassis ?

That's very perceptive of you; you're right.
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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2014, 06:18:36 AM »
I've found a description of this car on a web site : 1920s Austin Seven chassis rebodied in the 50s. Ford Y wheels, Austin badge on the bonnet, Fiat moustache and tail lights

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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2014, 07:08:41 AM »
I've found a description of this car on a web site : 1920s Austin Seven chassis rebodied in the 50s. Ford Y wheels, Austin badge on the bonnet, Fiat moustache and tail lights

Indeed.  It's probably the same site I got it from, but it described the body as being "in the style of a Fiat 1400 B"!
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Re: NEH 3555
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2014, 07:09:53 AM »
It is the same site indeed.