Old Period Ads

[Old English White]

I always said that Teal Blue was the one colour of that period which suited EVERY car in the BL range - whether it was a Mini, an MG a Maxi or whatever, they all suited the colour - and working for a BL dealer at the time, we all believed that their cars were the best you could buy

[Peter Laidler]

I thought that mechanically and technically their cars were good too. But dear o' deary me, the quality control and attention to detail - and corrosion prevention was dire.

[Old English White]

But dear o' deary me, the quality control and attention to detail - and corrosion prevention was dire.

You're right of course - but it kept me in a job and paid the mortgage for many years
And now, we all drive German or Japanese cars ........

[Peter Laidler]

As a family, we're VW drivers - except for my two mini's of course! I like to think that our VW's are historically British. After all, it was the RAF who flattened the old VW factory on their way to a party at nearby Duisberg one evening and a British Army Major (from my own former Corps) who decided to resurrect the factory. VW's post-1945 ancestry goes back to Britain

['S'-type]

Bingo, we have a winner (unless it's a Clubman with a 1000 badge).

That's what I reckon is most likely. BL wouldn't expect anyone to notice and just photographed whatever they had to hand
Especially on earlier adverts and brochures there was a lot of "touching up" by hand wasn't there
It is a UK advert, so they used a UK car and just stuck an Italian plate on it.

It also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.

[Old English White]

I thought the flush bootlid handle was a later thing? I've never owned a Mk3 so I could be wrong but I don't remember the flush handle being a fitting at that stage.
The car in the picture isn't an Innocenti anyway is it - which as others have said, is what the Italians would actually have bought!

[surfblue63]

It also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.

Early Mk3 and Clubmans had the t-handle for a bit. A better handle to use as you can actually get hold of it. The later version is a bit tricky, especially if your car has a new boot seal of the fit is tight.

... and a British Army Major (from my own former Corps) who decided to resurrect the factory. VW's post-1945 ancestry goes back to Britain

Major Ivan Hurst got the VW factory going. It was offered to Rootes and I think Austin, but they both said there was nothing of any use there. Funny how Rootes sort of copied the VW philosophy with the Imp.

[hanlminiman]

It also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.

Early Mk3 and Clubmans had the t-handle for a bit. A better handle to use as you can actually get hold of it. The later version is a bit tricky, especially if your car has a new boot seal of the fit is tight.

... and a British Army Major (from my own former Corps) who decided to resurrect the factory. VW's post-1945 ancestry goes back to Britain

Major Ivan Hurst got the VW factory going. It was offered to Rootes and I think Austin, but they both said there was nothing of any use there. Funny how Rootes sort of copied the VW philosophy with the Imp.

Very interesting. As a member of the local Probus group (Prostrate Removed Other Parts Under Surveillance) we had a talk about the rebuilding of the VW factory post 1945. Apparently the British Army Major (ex Royal Engineers?) was very good at rebuilding tanks from spare parts and was allocated the task of recreating the VW production line.

[Peter Laidler]

Not being pedantic. He was REME, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

[Ronnie]

Bingo, we have a winner (unless it's a Clubman with a 1000 badge).

That's what I reckon is most likely. BL wouldn't expect anyone to notice and just photographed whatever they had to hand
Especially on earlier adverts and brochures there was a lot of "touching up" by hand wasn't there
It is a UK advert, so they used a UK car and just stuck an Italian plate on it.

It also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.

I have a Mk3 S Aug 71 (K) purchased new it has the old handle, but I have seen many J registered Mk 3's with the newer handle, I am led to believe that my car is in the last 500?

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[Peter Laidler]

Lovely Christmas adverts by the BMC Publicity machine. The problem was that the BMC marketing people just didn't know how to sell the products

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[r.tec]

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Any relationship to the AMAL 8-port crossflow A-Series?

Update
Now found this:
Fischer-Amal

Formerly Apparatebau Fischer, Frankfurt-Oberrad, was founded in 1860 and manufactured ignition magnets from 1900 under the name "Fischer Magneto". Fischer AG Apparatebau manufactured AMAL carburetors under license under the name Amal-Fischer, previously also B&B carburetors as Fischer-B&B.

[UHR850]

W&P

[mab01uk]

[WMU 211G]

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[Peter Laidler]

They wouldn't get away with that double entendre today........

[hugbilly]

They wouldn't get away with that double entendre today........