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Austin Seven with a Beehive - Tony Press - 01-08-2020 I had forgotten the Beehive Beehive !.jpg (Size: 237.52 KB / Downloads: 647) RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Ivor Hawkins - 01-08-2020 The box saloon is what my father would call a Hong Kong taxi, with all the bells and whistles on it...great photograph and so reminiscent of the time. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Mike Costigan - 01-08-2020 Lovely photo. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - bystander - 01-08-2020 I notice the photo is credited to Ian Moorcraft, he of the Bristol Austin 7 club, so probably a connection there. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Martin Prior - 01-08-2020 OW2310 is still with us. Listed on the register as an RP body on an RN chassis. I love the "Hong Kong taxi" epithet. We have an utterly derelict RN body that had clearly once had every conceivable bit of 'fifties boy-racer bling fitted to it. One of my (too many) projects is, one day, to restore it to its full, tacky, tasteless glory, fully loaded with shiny things and fuse-blowing accessories. This picture inspires me! Offers of any unwanted period accessories will be gratefully received - the cheaper, nastier and flashier the better! RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Bob Culver - 01-08-2020 Would members less than 65 have identified the beehive? Pity about the red. Maybe car was an early 12v conversion. I wonder if the radio could be heard underway. The mudguard braces were quite common on many makes. The strange quivering oncoming headlights so often seen in the 50s are but a memory. Would the experience be better with a fancy modern in a designated car park ringed around by other cars? With or without one external mirror, driving the Seven I was always more aware of surrounding and following traffic than I have ever been in anything since. How did they heat the billy? Do they still make girls satisfied by a cuppa on the grass? If I was an AA serviceman I would look forward to a callout. But would dread with moderns. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Rick F - 01-08-2020 Kettles were almost invariably boiled over a "Primus" contained in an open-sided biscuit tin. I still have my father's somewhere in the garage. I last used it in the 70s, camping on the banks of the Thames. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - andrew34ruby - 01-08-2020 (01-08-2020, 10:42 AM)Bob Culver Wrote: Would members less than 65 have identified the beehive? My wife is a youthful 62. I showed her the photo, without title and asked her what the hairstyle was. She replied 'beehive'. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Bruce Nicholls - 01-08-2020 My parents used a meths burner in its own container which formed the kettle stand. We had boil ups everywhere we went. RE: Austin Seven with a Beehive - Reckless Rat - 01-08-2020 Same here. My Dad always had a biscuit tin in the boot with a meths burner, ally kettle with a folding handle and screw-on cap on the spout so it was capable of storing the water, some tea bags, sugar cubes and some condensed milk in a tube. My Mum had to have a brew, it was her life blood. I could have started an album of photos entitled "piles of gravel I have pic-nic'ed next to". |