Thanks, by the way, for all the feeback on prices. I now have another couple of holes in my information that need to be filled. When I was an apprentice motor mechanic in the 1960s the firm had a hearse which I had to wash and polish. It was a huge Packard with a straight eight side valve engine, absolutely massive, it was. The question: Roughly how long was it from front bumper to rear tailgate? Anyone hazard a guess?
The other question: My mentor at the time, Jim, who showed me how to lap in valves and fit piston rings and do a 100 other jobs, drove a prewar Austin 7 as an everyday runabout, much as we today would have a Minor 1000, say, or an Austin A40.
How much would an Austin 7 fetch today in concours condition? His wasn't concours, but it was in pretty tidy nick.
MM