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Tony Press Offline
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#1
21-06-2018, 07:24 AM
Now that is an Austin Seven (or nearly an Austin Seven) racing car !  Blush

https://www.prewarcar.com/236275-1932-pg...en-special

Reportedly cost 100.000 UKP !!
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#2
21-06-2018, 09:04 AM
That's a brilliantly engineered car,but wow £100k to build !
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21-06-2018, 10:05 AM
Reading an article on restoration of Merc SLs and how they easily top a million, its easier to understand when much of the quoted figure is based on the charging rate for the business which is putting in the labour... in hours that paid staff are sitting around unused.

Realistically, how many hours went into that (amazing) car?
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21-06-2018, 11:46 AM
A super piece of work - hope it gets used.
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#5
21-06-2018, 01:37 PM
Beautifully engineered. I'd love to know what it weighs though, there seems to be quite a lot of metal joining up all those drilled lightening holes.
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#6
21-06-2018, 03:45 PM
I've seen the car and it is a masterpiece. I was told, that the owner spared no expense and at times already excellent work was redone for the goal of perfect car.
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#7
21-06-2018, 03:54 PM
I agree with Stuart - beautifully engineered, but how much does it weigh? Just look at the bulkhead behind the seat, for example:


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It's only a closing panel, not even a seat support; a simple 18g or 20g alloy panel with no strengthening at all would do the job!
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21-06-2018, 04:39 PM (This post was last modified: 22-06-2018, 05:57 AM by Nick Salmon.)
I highlighted the PGS in a previous thread.

http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...hlight=PGS

I succeeded in tracking down the new owner (who is not the original builder) and invited him to bring the car to the National A7 Rally at Beaulieu weekend after next. Regretably he didn't respond so I would take it that the sale of the house/car is taking precedence.
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#9
21-06-2018, 10:31 PM
Exquisite work. I just hope it gets out to play and doesn't languish in a private museum somewhere!
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#10
22-06-2018, 08:01 AM
Is it just me who finds this a little hard to understand?
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