C8A HUW: body dimensional data needed

[Jerry Hill]

Hi Phil

I waited until the weather got better and completed the painting. This week I got round to getting the sign writing done and all is finished.

Pic 1, 2 & 4 a trip up to Debach airfield wartime home to the USAAF 493rd.
Pic 3 the radio is re-united with the truck.
Pic 5 the new member to the fleet an Austin8 Military Tourer.

We've added another member to the fleet, a tiny 1939 Austin 8 Military Tourer, albeit painted in the wrong colour, but surprisingly original. A more appropriate repaint will come in time. Many of these little Austins went to France and Belgium with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939/40, only to be left behind after Dunkirk etc.. Their better known big brother is the Austin Tilly. Open the bonnet (hood) and you have to look hard to find the engine, a 900 cc side valve sowing machine motor...

Jerry