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Austin Seven discovered behind furniture
Due to its small size an Austin Seven can be housed almost everywhere. They are not only sinfully funny machines to drive... after a country ride you can store them in your living room. Not a long time ago we were told about an early Seven kept for a long time in a storage room full of furniture. The situation made us think of these now-famous American tv-programs about storage auctions. Luckily there was no need to bid to see this car. After around one hour moving old furniture we saw a sheet covering a little automobile: yep - this was 'our' little Seven. Rapidly we removed the cover and then saw what you can see in the main photo. An early Austin Seven... but very far from the "Very original restored Chummy" as it had been described to us. The car showed a hand made radiator cover and modern headlights in the front (photo 2). The windshield and top seems to be sourced from a Citroën 5 CV. The body has strange forms and includes non-original moldings all over. The bonnet has louvres, the dashboard has nothing in common with the original (photo 3) and even the seats appear to have been made by a not very careful restorer (photo 4). At least the engine seems to be in good overall condition, even if the original carburettor has also been replaced by a modern one. In conclusion, a 1970s bad restoration of which only the rolling chassis is unmolested. At least our experiencie with the storage room was good fun!
(Text and pictures: Francisco Carrión)
Publié:
lundi août 4th, 2014
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Inconnu
02 Septembre 2014, 19:16
Inconnu
06 Août 2014, 05:32
India has very few pre-1928 cars left in relation to the size of the country and number of cars imported from all over the world. This is precisely for the reason that tires and spares became unavailable. People were forced to modify cars and run for a while. Eventually many were scrapped but some did survive. So if a cars has survived in whatever shape, damage can be undone. But a scrapped car is lost.
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 15:03
Always sad to see a car hacked on by people with more 'good' intentions than talent. Understandable that keeping it on the road might be the important factor over keeping it original. Still, that doesn't excuse shoddy or just plain ignorant and sometimes dangerous reworking of the car. I've seen things that would make a grown man cry, if not throw a wrench! If you can't or don't want to keep it factory original, then at least do good, safe work on it. Too many of these contraptions are sold to unsuspecting buyers who find out too late that they bought a pig.
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 13:27
Car is maybe not 100% correct but looks good and FUN and that's what this hobby is all about right? Just enjoy it folks.
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 13:24
It might be not original, but it is definitely authentic.
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 11:00
What country is the car in ? Not the UK, presumably? Lets be sensible about this-spare parts were probably hard to get & the value of the car quite low when the various repairs/modifications were carried out. I think the person who did the work tried to respect the original character of the car, & has suceeded in doing so. A lot more difficult than throwing away the original body & buying a new "Ulster Replica". But as the Editor says-not a concours original car.Blame the Auctioneers for saying this-they do it all the time!
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 08:10
i like that, just use it as is until it gets tired then maybe put it right
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Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 07:52
Now what a good story, yes these were the seventies, originality didn´t count as much as ingenuity and skills to keep the thing on the road or bring it back to life. But dont forget: apart from some english or american clubs there was almost no backup, I myself kept an Austin Healey Sprite on the road late seventies and as the brake cylinder went it ment no more driving for 3 month. Today we can not only rely on hundreds of specialist companies but also on a huge amount of knowledge in books, magazines, people and the web.
But beware, there are as many wrong articles, bad people and misinformation as there are bad vehicles around and it needs more than common sense to pick the good ones out.
Now what to do with this particular one, where would you price it?
Best put it in a museum next to a proper one so anyone can see how things have changed and what a difference there is to an original and proper restored or only touched up example.
Today we are more after the original one´s with patina, will that stay that way or will it go the other way round again an will our kids fall for the shiny ones? We shall see.
kind regards from the Tyrol.
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But beware, there are as many wrong articles, bad people and misinformation as there are bad vehicles around and it needs more than common sense to pick the good ones out.
Now what to do with this particular one, where would you price it?
Best put it in a museum next to a proper one so anyone can see how things have changed and what a difference there is to an original and proper restored or only touched up example.
Today we are more after the original one´s with patina, will that stay that way or will it go the other way round again an will our kids fall for the shiny ones? We shall see.
kind regards from the Tyrol.
Inconnu
05 Août 2014, 07:23
Can't blame the previous owner for wanting to hide it!
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editor: no this is in Spain, David.