I think this is the hard top Aero and one of the last cars sold before they closed, the last owner took out a new black plus 8 its a beauty think it went to Ireland.
The badge on the right is the "Order of the Road" from the 1950s and the number indicates the number of years of safe motoring achieved by the member/holder. This was rather similer to the Veteran Motorist badge which indicated the number of years of accident free driving (although from the way some of them drove they may have caused a few!!)
Interesting, the badges seem to be mounted directly to the grill, without a badge bar of any kind. I have not seen this before. Is this common practice?? cheers,
Mark
1934 SS MX4 1938 Series 1 DHC 1951 Plus 4 2005 Roadster