David Hawker contacted the archive about an article for publication on his 1964 trip with a Nippy to Nice – via various Alps. He sent one picture, which started balls rolling… John Raeburn also made contact – he had found a car BMP 982 in a garage in Welwyn Garden City in 1968 – the same! “I bought BMP from a garage just outside Woolmer Green, where it had been abandoned by the previous owner, and it became my sole form of transport, up and until then I had a ’34 box saloon. The car was fairly original except for the engine which … Continue reading BMP 982 – an early 65

Patsy Figg posted on Austin Classic Cars Facebook group “Thanks for accepting me to your group! This is my late father in his first car – an “aluminium prototype Austin Nippy”. Does anyone have anything like this? My mother passed … Continue reading AKN 625 – rediscovered past of a ’65’

This car was registered in Kent, probably in March 1934 so a late-ish aluminium 65. We are assuming that the photo was taken during the war years 1939-45. Note the characteristic white paint markings on the sills and front wings – very smartly done. The driver, Phyllis, married Jane Turner’s uncle in 1936. We don’t know whether the car was registered in the name of Longman or Jeremy, as Phyllis Longman or her family may have owned the car before she married Derek Jeremy (Jane’s mother’s brother). I wonder if AKT 106 still survives? Keep your eyes open… Continue reading a late 65 in wartime – is it still around?