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RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Tony Press - 02-04-2019
http://archive.a7ca.org/about-the-archiv...our-seven/
I printed out this updated issue last year to store with the original, but unfortunately it didn't print properly as a booklet- probably me !
Tony.
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Douglas Alderson - 03-04-2019
Hi Mike. Very helpful guide and has been very useful to me. One comment I would make if it is possible it would be good to have a photo/section for all initial types and not have them merged together e.g. the D/AD and P/PA/PB/PC/PF/PL.
Thanks. Douglas
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - David Stepney - 03-04-2019
I thought ONOmoles was what went through the mind when mounds of freshly turned earth appeared in the middle of the lawn.
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Mike Costigan - 04-04-2019
(03-04-2019, 08:39 PM)Douglas Alderson Wrote: Hi Mike. Very helpful guide and has been very useful to me. One comment I would make if it is possible it would be good to have a photo/section for all initial types and not have them merged together e.g. the D/AD and P/PA/PB/PC/PF/PL.
Thanks. Douglas
Yes,Douglas, we hope to improve the photo selection. The D/AD is the same body, just Austin revised their method of annotation. The P/PA/PB/PC/PF/PL is still a puzzle to me and needs further research - I can only identify PA, PB, and PC versions; Austin had already started the double letter code by the introduction of the boat-tail, so I suspect the P doesn't exist unless it refers to the much earlier pointed tail Sports of 1924, and as for the PF and PL, they just don't make sense at all.
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Dave Mann - 04-04-2019
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RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - AustinWood - 04-04-2019
My 1929 fabric saloon was fitted with a new floor pan some 15 years ago. As a result it has lost the original number on the transmission tunnel. I would like to reinstate this but don't know what the model designation would be. It would either be RK or RF. I suspect the former.
Does anyone know?
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - JonE - 04-04-2019
Jim - your car is technically a RF but the standing hypothesis is that RK and RF did not have prefixes to the stamp. Ditto AE.
Mike actually posted something about a possible RK with a prefix stamp on 'ere a while back, but we need photo evidence for any AE or RK or RF with one.
Just wondering how will you stamp it - did you note the number before it was destroyed? Otherwise, there is no other information to go on unless its recorded somewhere else earlier..?
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - AustinWood - 04-04-2019
RK saloons number is stamped on the door hinges. I also have the Heritage dating certificate.
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Howard Wright - 04-04-2019
(04-04-2019, 12:05 PM)AustinWood Wrote: My 1929 fabric saloon was fitted with a new floor pan some 15 years ago. As a result it has lost the original number on the transmission tunnel. I would like to reinstate this but don't know what the model designation would be. It would either be RK or RF. I suspect the former.
Does anyone know?
Hi Jim
I think the floor pan on my 1930 RK is original. Only the car number is stamped on the pan infront and between the seats.
Hope this helps?
Howard
RE: Identifying Austin Sevens by their Factory Initials - Mike Costigan - 04-04-2019
I have owned two 1929 'RK's and one 1930 'RK', and also a 1929 'B' coupe - they all had the Car Number, not the body number, stamped on the tunnel. I never thought to examine things like door hinges ...