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◊ 2025-05-02 09:55 |
Presented at London Motor Show in October 1958, it's a 1959 Year Model. Many on the site are listed 1958 though  |
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◊ 2025-05-02 10:09 |
That’s because the British industry tended not to have model years. That Mk1 A40 remained until 1962 iirc, so which year would you call the “model year”? It should be left as 1958. -- Last edit: 2025-05-02 10:10:52 |
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◊ 2025-05-02 10:13 |
It's not so much a "model year", but rather "first full year of production by default". |
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◊ 2025-05-02 11:23 |
Most British cars were introduced at Earl’s Court, which show took place in October of each year. The date that the first ones were built would therefore be about July, after the tooling change which would be done during the holidays. A wholesale change would therefore be a big task, certainly if I have had any dating involvement. What would you do if this car had a clearly visible 1958 numberplate? Call it a ‘59? -- Last edit: 2025-05-02 11:25:12 |
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◊ 2025-05-02 11:27 |
Probably, yeah. Unless it had details that differed from those of the 1959 calendar year. |
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◊ 2025-05-02 13:24 |
It's a Mk2 (Sept 61+), not Mk1. I'm with jfs on this one - a late 58 plate on this hypothetical example should be honoured as a particular example. If the majority of similar where no plate date can be given, I've no problem if these are listed as 59s. But very early examples of new models/marks/facelifts sometimes show features/quirks which are quickly tweaked when production gets fully established with these running changes not referenced in main sources, but can be spotted within our collection provided that we have the initial examples accurately dated and not submerged into the general puddle. |
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