RE: A-Door-Able
MANY THANKS TO THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIPS of the American Austin Bantam Club and Austin Bantam Society because it seems like every one of them wrote in to tell us that the mystery door Stephen Hallas sent us photos of for HCC #152 did not come off a fire truck, as we first thought, but off a Bantam, as illustrated by Ralph Davy’s photo, above.
Exactly which Bantam? Fortunately, we also heard from Robert Cunningham, whom we trust with knowledge of all things Bantam, and who told us that it comes from a 1940 Bantam convertible coupe. “If the upholstery is red vinyl, it’s from a standard model; if it’s red leather, it’s from the more costly Riviera model,” he wrote. “By contrast, the Bantam coupe, pickup and panel…
