I was 19 in January 1977, when I bought the latest known Ruby, TL 8106, registered January 1939. All the late mods, rod brakes, plastic handbrake handle, bar on the rad cap etc. I owned the car for four or five years, completely rebuilt it and covered about 50,000 miles in it, using it as my only car for much of that time. TL 8106 is still out there somewhere, I met the (then) owner about 10 years ago.
I sold the car in the early eighties, replacing it with a July '32 SWB box saloon, easily the fastest Austin Seven I have owned.
My first car was a 1932 Austin 7 RN. Bought it of my Uncle in 1954 for 30 Pounds. Ran it for a couple of years and then
progressed to an Austin 10.
I am now the proud owner of a Dec 1932 Austin RP purchased 18 Months ago. (NO, a bit more than 30Pounds).
Still learning to drive it again. Great Fun.
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Car type: '26 Chummy, '28 Top Hat, '33 Type "65", single seaters
I was born into the world of Austin 7's, at the end of '69 Mum's only transport for the last few weeks of her pregnancy was this '30 Special. This is Mum & me in early 1970. I actually learned how to drive on this same special when I was 9.
Come to think of it, there hasn't been a single day in my life when we haven't had Austin 7's in the family
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I don't have any early photos of my first Seven in 1962, an RN Father bought for £8 I suspect to keep me off motor cycles, it was a trailer load of bits which I had to put together. However I found this photo on e bay recently, exactly where or when it was taken I have no idea, a friend had borrowed it while I was away. It was maroon body with Post Office red wings & ivory white wheels and Ford pop headlights it did over 100,000 miles before I rebuilt it.
I was 18 when I first bought "Jane". I did not now how a car worked, but drove it from the seller in Cornwall to home in Surrey. No problems other than a broken brake light that the Policeman who stopped me helped fix as he had a phillips screwdriver in his toolkit and I didn't.
Both the car and lady in the picture are still with me and both competing amicably for my time.
The car below was the second 7 I bought. But the first I finished restoring.
Sadly sold the Ulster shortly after it was finished, the money went towards getting rid of the mortgage, so I could go self employed supplying you all with austin 7 spares.
It seamed like a good idea at the time!
The last I heard the Ulster was in ownership in Germany.
