This is Lynda Penson’s 1931 Junior, which she inherited from her late father Ian Rowthorne. Ian discovered this charming little car in 1979 in a corrugated iron shed where it had been laid upon bricks for the previous 28years. It was in a very advanced stage of deterioration and Ian spent the next 10 years stripping it to its last nut and bolt for a complete restoration.
This picture is of the car on its first outing after restoration for Ian’s daughter’s wedding in September1990.
The car had been initially purchased from Anstey’s Garage in Maidstone for £150 in April 1931, but nothing more is known of its history until 1948.