1930 American Austin Roadster

1930 American Austin Roadster in The Twilight Zone, Fernsehserie, 1959-1964 Ep. 5.13

Typ: Pkw, Cabriolet — Herkunftsland:

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Autor	Mitteilung
vilero ◊ 2009-08-25 13:46	Third in the site. Anybody can narrow down its year?
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-08-25 17:17	This car was built from 1930 until 1934, when the company was shut down and reorganizes as "American Bantam". Any help on the precise year would indeed be nice. Note the wheels are not original to the car.
pilou ◊ 2009-09-01 11:41	It is not a 1934 since those had vertical hood louvres and were facelifted models .The original roadster was built from october 1930 to 1932 and was normally always finished in 2 colors : cream and black or green and black.In 1932 there was no roadster but a very expensive DeLuxe Cabriolet at $ 475 , also a 2 passenger vehicle as all American Austins.In 1933 a Roadster was catalogued again at $ 305.Difficult here to date because of the restoration with one color ,non standard bright drum headlights and hubcaps and brightwork on the hood louvres.
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-09-01 15:33	So 1930 to 1933. Thanks, Pilou.