I get the impression that the photo on page 43 of Brian Long’s book is actually “The Red One” 100000 with its new body after the crash, as shown on page 38, with trade plate 084 WK changed to reg. plate XHP 438, (reg. nr. later transferred to 100002; JDHT confirm that transferring reg. number plates did happen).
Brain Long says on page 57 that XHP 438 retains the deeper grille to this day, but I think that car must be The Red One 100000, so there is still a need to look for that one!
Photos in the book from page 44, ie from about September 1959, are all of 100002.
Either that or 100002 had a larger grille (page 43) which was changed to a smaller one (page 44 etc.), perhaps by swapping the body, changing the grille or swapping chassis, which seems unlikely.
I hate to suggest that Brian Long made a mistake, but I can’t think of no other way to explain it.
