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A 8-seater Austin Chummy with a roadblock

We don't know the exact situation of where this photograph was shoot but that the girls had some fun, is certain! It looks the owner of the car is defeat by his wife and daughters and all is rest for him is to block the road.

The car looks to us as an Austin Seven Chummy. Clearly, a big 8 seater car, isn't it?

How many people have you tried to fit in and on your pre-war car? With this we mean of course how many people too much (which is relative) have you tried to fit in your car? And what pre-war was it?

Words by the editor. Photograph from the archive.

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vendredi août 10th, 2018
Jeff Perkins
10 Août 2018, 03:42
Tried to fit all in for a holiday picture.....
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Michael Schlenger
10 Août 2018, 00:40
I am pretty sure that the car in the photo is not an Austin 7, but a Dixi DA1 built by the German Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach under license from Austin and that the owner who just evaded the fate of being overrun is Helmut Kasimirowicz, a well-known Dixi-connoisseur on the continent.

As for your question: I haven't tried it myself, but the attached photo shows that it is possible to carry a considerable bunch of hilarious students (including one disguised as the great weirdo Karl Marx) in a car that looks like a pre-WW1 Benz, but could also be an exponent of the many obscure German marques featuring v-shaped radiators back then. I didn't count the people in the car, since I wasn't sure whether Karl Marx counts as zero or not...
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