Car Transformation

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

167

Date Released

10 Mar 1958

Date recorded

7 Feb 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

758

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Testing Domestic Appliances
2. 2Wooden Armies
3. 3Car Transformation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A model of a different kind is a 1931 Austin 7, currently selling for about eleven pounds; you wouldn’t be seen dead in one? Wait until you have seen the metamorphosis effected by two do-it-yourself experts from Epping. The old model is stripped, cleaned, the suspension lowered, the steering column raked, the engine tuned and, finally, a new glass-fibre shell is added. For £150 and considerable elbow-grease you have a snappy-looking sports car, capable of speeds of 70 mph - and at 50 mph to the gallon!

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Motor vehicles

Locations

England; Essex; Epping

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

294

Story extras:

Film clip

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