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◊ 2011-12-15 12:20 |
Vehicle Make on DVLA website shown as Other > 'Austin 12-4' The vehicle details for BMO 441 are: Date of Liability 01 05 2012 Date of First Registration 30 12 1938 Year of Manufacture 1938 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1511cc Vehicle Colour Brown |
◊ 2019-10-10 17:05 |
https://ccmv.aecsouthall.co.uk/p185012956/heb2a71e#h1d136d5d Actually a 1936 Austin but first registered in 1938. |
◊ 2021-12-28 14:13 |
Originally built as a 12/4 Van then converted to a pick-up during WWII, subsequently the cab was extended at the back for added comfort and the canvas tilt added. https://www.austintendriversclub.com/cars.php?p=78#expanded (data from image 17). |
◊ 2021-12-28 14:41 |
May be re-registered after its conversion as a pick up, could it be possible ? |
◊ 2021-12-28 15:22 |
The authorities discouraged the re registration of vehicles in UK until they realised that it could become a source of revenue. While it was possible it was infrequently done, and generally only on expensive cars belonging to the nobs. It would seem fairly unlikely to re register a van, unless the local authority insisted on it as they might have considered it a change requiring such when the van became a pickup. |
◊ 2021-12-28 16:41 |
It stood in a showroom, unsold, for two years (as shown in the aecsouthall link). |
◊ 2021-12-28 17:14 |
Money was tight, it was the depression. It was only the government expenditure necessitated by WW2 that got things going. |