This is Allan and Cathy Jones’ 1954 4AD Roadster. Allan bought the car from Roadster registrar Bill Haverly in the mid 90s. It was a complete basket case and needed a full body-off restoration.
His good friend Ken Mellor, who had helped with Allan’s 1932 Junior restoration, came in to help once again. The aluminium skin had to be removed and repaired. Probably 90% of the wooden frame had to be remade and a lot of the metal panels.
Again, Allan painted the car in his driveway, and had it retrimmed and re-chromed etc. Bill Haverly was also a great help with supply of remanufactured parts, other spares, and much technical advice. Allan and Cathy have taken the car to many parts of the country, including Yorkshire for the ASCO National Rally in 2007.