Heritage Certificate accuracy

[First53Resorter]

Greetings everyone!

My first post, so bear with me as I will do my best to check replies ASAP.

My 1953 A40 Somerset drophead coupe has been owned by my family since 1962. Last year, I convinced my father to sell it to me, and subsequently place it in the hands of a professional restoration facility. Immersing myself into the history of the car, I submitted info to the British Motor Museum and received a Heritage Certificate. I was shocked to see the Certificate return stating my Somerset was in fact, a Sport. Having lived with the car for 58 years, I know it to be a Somerset.

Here’s where it gets interesting. In a DaveWhy post, he mentioned Sport and Somerset chassis are the same. Is it possible during assembly the chassis for my car was originally intended to be a Sport, but at the last moment, possibly to fill an export order was switched to a Somerset?

Thoughts?

Thank you and stay well everyone.

[First53Resorter]

I did in fact reach out and not long after received verification of the error. A digital copy of the updated Heritage Certificate was attached. I’m very pleased at the rapid turnaround given the nature of present circumstances, and glad to have the car properly identified. This was not the first case of misidentification, though. In 1962 it was registered as an Austin-Healey! It is now ‘officially’ the Somerset it was manufactured to be.

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