Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
Austin " Bantam " - 1938 2 Door, tudor !.
Would be the Americanised Austin 7, actually made in the USA, by the Bantam Company - looked a bit different to the English 7's which by 1938 would have been a Ruby.

Short video of an Austin American Bantam club gathering.
" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bkdwxnVjhU "

a 1938 2 Door Roadster [ small photo ]. Whitewalls and Wheelspats - very American.

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an earlier Bantam, more like the English cars.

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English Austin 7, around 1930 model

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English Austin Ruby 7, 1934 model as the title says " like Dad's "
- my father was an Austin Man, Austin Seven's 1930's - 1950's , Austin 1800 1968 - 1978 Austin Allegro " Aggro " 1978 late 1980's in between the Fords, Prefect late mids 50's to 1967, Zephyr 6 1963 -68 and a Festiva 1990 - 1999.

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Used to be a bantam in TeAroha back in the 50s/60 neat little car. Bantam also won the contract to build the WW2 jeep to their design but could not produce enough so lost the contract