Minic 7M town coupé : Chocolate city connection

The town coupé was miscalled cabriolet in the first Meccano magazine ads in 1935. The name were reversed between the cabriolet and the town coupé. The original colours announced by Tri-ang were Ivory and green with plated mudguards, which is confusing, one could infer that two tone bodies could have been made, in fact it must be understood ivory or green. The first is what has been called Beige on the tags glued on the flaps of the boxes, regarding the green color, unfortunately I do not know what is the exact tone. Red with Ivory mudguards must be the deep red close to the burgundy used on the £100 Ford.

The model shown below is from the second series, it has the rounded wings but not the petrol can. The wings look more fawn than beige (or stone as I read in books and articles about Minic), but it can be some aging of the painting. It's difficult to say whether this is fawn or tan, I had the same problem with stone and beige, Tri-ang used different shades of colour depending of the months, the year, the mix and of course, today it depends of the kind its aging.

I got this from a Vectis auction recently. As it happens often, I was sure I'd be the only one interested
but obviously I didn't and paid an arm and a leg for it but as French says : the price is forgotten, the quality remains.

The town coupé is an elegant car from the time when the driver could be freezing or getting wet as the weather was, while the master was warm and comfortably seated in the back of the car...

And for the chocolate and disco music lovers, an obscure disco track called "Take the music to the party" by Chocolate city connection... A must for a cool "easy" disco party.