Odd Webley MkIII facts.
According to Chris Thrales’ book, the MkIII (Roman numerals, please chaps) was last sold in 1975 by Cogswell and Harrison for £44.50. The replacement Osprey was £44.11 RRP. A similar price for a cheaper to manufacture item.
I suspect that by then Webley were making almost no profit on the MkIII (btw, it took Austin-Morris-BLMC about ten years to work out that every Mini car they had made had sold for less than it actually cost to make! British industry, eh.).
Odder, in 1973, one dealer in London was selling MkIIIs for £28.84, and Airsporters (by then the very unimpressive - yes I have one - Mk5) for more - £29.70.