01. An Austin 7 50 Years On
It was 1958, I had just had my 13th birthday and out driving with my father in our melbourne suburb that I glimpsed a small old car parked in a side street and enquired with dad as to what type of vehicle it was. He replied ‘’I’ts one of those small matchbox Austin sevens son’, […]
02. An Austin 7 coincidence
During the mid 1960’s I was a commercial traveller in the eastern area of Australias Victorian state. Since my teenage years I had an affection for Austin sevens and as the years passed I felt that if I was to ever learn anything about motor cars I should purchase one and attempt a restoration. Other […]
03. An Austin seven Latrobe sports rescue
I have talked before in previous scribblings about the Austin seven opportunities that came my way as 20 year old corporate commercial traveller servicing Victorias north east and gippsland but one such story sticks in my mind that I will share. By 1971 my chummy restoration was progressing slowly from a financial point of view […]
04. An Austin 7 coupe barn find
During the 1960’s vintage cars were still to be found in the Victorian countryside often under a tree or if one was lucky stored in an old shed or barn. This story happened that way but by accident as when the Austin in these notes was found it was simply a stroke of luck as […]
05. Grandfathers axe and an Austin 7
I came from a long line of carpenters and in 1910 my grandfather purchased a new axe. In 1927 my dad was apprenticed to his father and received the aforementioned axe as part of his tool kit from his dad albeit with a nice new handle fitted. During the following 22 years a number of […]
07. Replica ‘C’ cab bakers van restoration
During 1972 I saw my first bakers van at a rally and aspired to own one but the only way that was going to happen was to build it as hardly any survived downunder. My Austin 7 chummy full restoration was nearing completion and after researching vans in the UK I decided to base the […]
08. A very patient 50 year Austin 7 barnfind
I have rabbited on before about the opportunities that came my way during the sixties where vintage cars could be found languishing under a tree etc. During those years as a country commercial traveller I located 8 Austin 7 vehicles as barn finds 6 of which I purchased. One Latrobe sports was located in Shoream […]
06. An Austin 7 shed find
During 1996 I was still trying to find a number of items to start the restoration of my 1929 ‘c’ cab bakers van. One item that eluded me among many was a second bucket seat. I had already acquired one from another fellow but my luck changed when I received a telephone call from a […]
What works for me #4
My Austin seven has had the same honeycomb radiator insitu for at least 60 years that I am aware of but recently I had noticed that the engine was getting hotter particularly on summer days thus it was time to either change it or explore cleaning it out.Over a period of time I enquired with […]
What works for me #3
During the restoration of my Austin 7 it became apparent that a number of items located were in need of derusting prior to repairs and installation. Particle or soda blasting is not always an option depending on the item in need of attention however I recalled an article published earlier from a specialist in chemistry […]
