>> I can't see one actually made in '44 being for private use.
I don't think it was literally impossible to get a vehicle for private use during the war Ted. It was just very difficult and you had to have a pressing reason or some other form of influence. After all there were essential industries and services run by private firms. Also, fuel was strictly rationed for some time after the war. There was a black market in fuel as well as other things, but rich people stayed mobile by owning several cars and using all their rations in the most economical one.
And immediately after the war, all sorts of ex-military kit fell onto the market. Everyone from farmers to private citizens hurtling around in everything from Bren gun carriers to motor bikes, often still in their khaki paint.
Chain-smoking of course.
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