What happended to the SS II ... JJ6790 ? (UPDATE: not an SSII but an SS I !)

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"The family only possesses one photo of JJ 6790. I recall, as a very small boy, this car was too long to fit the garage, so it had rugs over the rear end. It was black, green spokes to the wheels. It was distinctive in as much as it resembled an open top style but the roof was really steel. It had imitation stiffeners like u would see on a child's pram. The rear window was, small making it dark inside. Father could not obtain sufficient petrol, like uncertain during the war. I recall hearing it started up then driven away for ever when I was very small. I still have the spark plug spanner (larger than current spark plugs) father did not pass on all the tools. The current owner may like the spanner. The sump leaked, we had to have a permanent large tray to catch it. The car was last seen by Mother in Studly, Warwicks, about 1970. (John Baiker, SSII owner...; photo and comments Roger Baiker)
UPDATEs came in from Dick Trenk and Henk Arriens both claiming the car is a SSI, not an SS II. Dick added: "The Four cylinder SS-2 is a short stubby car with a short bonnet length. The car shown is the six cylinder SS-1 having the long low racey lines which made it an immediate sales winner when introduced at the London Earls Court show in 1931 (as a 1932 model). While the photo has some bushes blocking a clear view, there is no doubt this car is a 1933 model fixed head coupe. The windscreen frame , slanted louvres on the bonnet and high bottom door edge help in this identity."

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