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Car type: 1933 Austin Chummy
Just arrived in Melrose (Scottish borders) and parked up in the Caravan and Motorhome site and decided to go for a walk before it got dark.
Not quite to the main road when an Austin 7 (RP ?) went past heading away from Galashiels.
Too far away to get the reg number, so wondering who it was ?.
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06-11-2024, 04:22 PM
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That would have been Jim Holyoake, in his Fabric Saloon - posts as "Austin Wood" on this forum
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Yes, I was about in Melrose today (as usual).
Jim
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Jim,
was not close enough to wave, but was pleased to see a 7 passing.
Down here (from near Fraserburgh) to pick up new seats and carpets
from Ashington, so my 7 tourer should look a lot tidier in a few weeks.
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Hi Martin,
I've been in Melrose for more than 10 years now. However my sister lived in your part of the world, King Edward, just outside Banff. She was a nurse at Fraserburgh Hospital.
Jim
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Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
Is it the same fabric saloon I sold to you in the 1960s?
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No Robert,
Sadly the bodywork on that one disintegrated. A lot of the wood collapsed and the floopan got moth eaten. I did a lot of miles in it though. As a student at Dundee I did many trips up and down the A1/A68.
UR 7179 is still on the register, rebodied as a chummy.
I've had 3 Rubys, a 1934 Tourer and a Nippy too. The current fabric saloon since 2008 is my everyday transport. Fabric saloons are my favourite but the body is flimsy!
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But they are relatively warm and quiet, particularly compared with steel boxes!
