HOW TO ORDER
To contact Jim or place an order
Almost from the onset of production of motor vehicles at Longbridge, Herbert Austin recognised the importance of bringing the name of his
company and its respective ‘trade mark’ to as many prospective purchasers of his Motor Cars as possible.
FROM JIM STRINGER
One way of achieving this was by introducing a range of ‘Novelties’ which, like his motor cars were produced to the highest standard of quality
available. Initially customers of Austin Motor Cars were offered wings and wheel pin badges in nickel for a few shillings each, or in hall-marked
gold for 10/6d, in order to show others that their preferred choice of motor car was an ‘Austin’. By the beginning of World War One, the range
included napkin rings, pocket watches, powder compacts, menu holders, tie pins, cuff links and hat pins for the ladies, and many other items too
numerous to mention.
Today of course these ‘Novelties’ are highly sought after and often fetch high prices at auction. The range of items listed below are offered, not
now as a means of selling more cars, but as a tribute to this once great motor manufacturer and to the man whose name they bore. Like the
novelties of almost a century ago the items listed below are also produced to the highest standard possible, and I am certain that they will not
only surpass your expectations, but who knows, may even increase in value like those produced many years earlier.
Austin Sales & Service signs
Vitreous enamel on 16 swg steel
plate, 24” x 17”.
£100
plus p&p
Bookmarks
Various designs
£3.50
each plus p&p
Ball point pens
“You Buy a Car but you
Invest in an Austin”
£3.50
plus p&p
Oxford Diecast
1:43 scale models of the 1926 Austin
12/4 ‘Clifton’ tourer.
£19.50
plus £3.50 p&p
Models of the 12/4 Taxicab and the
7 ‘RN saloon and vans also
available – check for availability.
Mobiloil Signs
1Vitreous enamel on 16swg steel
plate. 14½” x 19½”
£110
plus p&p
(Illustration is of the original sign
from which copies are
manufactured)
01795 488177