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Old Crock

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Photos from 1920's of ACs
« on: September 18, 2013, 14:38:51 »

   
   A picture/postcard dealer has some shots from the mid-20's for sale on Ebay. They show twelve personal photos, I assume from a deceased's estate, of their AC which was obviously treasured by its owners. Delightful hand-written captions ‘AC’s on the coast road’, ‘On the way to Darlington’ and ‘The old 1923 AC – the 1926 AC’. I noticed one of the cars has had its front lights repositioned to the top of the wings.
   
   Here's a link to the set:
   http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&item=400573707289&pt=UK_Collectables_Photographs_MJ&_osacat=0&hash=
   item5d440db419&_ssn=piksplus&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR8.TRC0.A0.XAC+&_nkw=AC+&_sacat=0&_from=R40

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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 10:48:35 »
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   I noticed one of the cars has had its front lights repositioned to the top of the wings.
   
   A correction to the above. I have recently acquired two further sales catalogues from the 1920's, and the brochure from 1923 (for the '24 year) shows the headlamps positioned on the front wings on the 4-cyl. Empire model, so a factory fitting from new at the time. This headlamp positioning was not shown in the 1924 (for '25) brochure. See below: