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Car type: Austin 7 boat tail tourer 1931
I'm relatively new to Austin 7s - I had an RN last year but didn't use it much and sold it and bought a little Boat Tail Tourer early this year, but I've not used that as much as I intended. This was partly due to a new job and partly due to having taken a renewed interest in Classic Motorcycles, but these are just excuses - I just need to use it more!
Having bought tickets to the Centenary, I'm starting to prepare for the trip (spares, route, car prep etc), but my main "concern" is that I haven't done a trip of more than 30 miles and it's about 130miles each way to Moreton in the Marsh and I want to drive it rather than trailer it.
The 7 has performed well in the short trips I've taken, but part of my Centenary prep will need to be longer test runs.
With this in mind I think joining "the Club" would be sensible, but having googled it there seem to be a good number of clubs. Some seem to be national and some more regional, but even the national ones seem to have their events in a particular region. I'd also like to try some trials and some clubs seem to do it and others don't.
So which club? (I'm based in the Peak District of North Derbyshire)
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I would recommend that you investigate the Pre War Austin 7 club. We have transferred from the 750 Motor Club and find that they have a blend of competition and socialising. Alan
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Definitely the PWA7C. You are in their 'heartland' area. http://www.pwa7c.co.uk/
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first try the nearest club.
if they have a club night, meet up in a put or something. attend at least 6 in a row. to see if you get on with those people. you may or maynot. not everyone is sueted to there local club. or you may find some are clicky and its not for you.
you may find after meeting others at the centenary, you get on more with people in another club location etc.
its all about which one you want to pay your club fees to.
your local PWA7C should be a good place to start. they run the burt hadley trials.
it may be worth attending the dave wilcox trial between christmas and new years.
tony
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Thanks all, Yes it seems like the PWA7C has plenty going on and has events in this part of the world so I'll give it a go. The Dave Wilcox trial seems a good place to start so I'll aim to get there in a few weeks time.
Thanks
Steve
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(09-12-2021, 07:19 PM)sparkeysprite Wrote: ... With this in mind I think joining "the Club" would be sensible, but having googled it there seem to be a good number of clubs. Some seem to be national and some more regional, but even the national ones seem to have their events in a particular region.
As a very new owner myself, I faced the same quandary this year. Joining "The Austin 7 Club" was one of the first things I intended to do when I bought my Chummy and I was very surprised to find not one organisation but a plethora of apparently autonomous clubs, each doing their own thing and charging their own subscription. Living on the Hampshire / West Sussex border there seem to be two within equal distance so I picked one at random and signed up. They seem a friendly bunch and I have made some helpful contacts.
I've been a member of several one-make car clubs but I've never before come across one structured in this way.
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10-12-2021, 06:49 PM
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Ian, that's one of many peculiarities when it comes to Austin Seven ownership!
The logical choice for sparky would be the PWA7C, then he has the choice of meetings at Wilmslow or Sheffield, and several active members on his doorstep.
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Ian - whilst there are many and varied Austin Seven clubs, there is the Austin Seven Clubs' Association which most of the clubs belong to. That is how we have come to organise the Centenary Event next year.
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When we set up the A7CA back in 1968,we're most careful to ensure that every Club was encouraged to assist all the others,not to be competitive with each other,and to freely share all correct information.
I'm pleased to note that as far as I know,this highly desirable situation still exists to this day.
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12-12-2021, 03:03 PM
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Ian DunfordWhen we set up the A7CA back in 1968, we're most careful to ensure that every Club was encouraged to assist all the others, not to be competitive with each other, and to freely share all correct information.
I'm pleased to note that as far as I know, this highly desirable situation still exists to this day.
Ian is spot on. The original concept of an association of clubs - by John Ward of the Midlands Club - was not to form a single organisation, but to allow "regional democracy" to flourish and enable the publication of the now long-successful quarterly "Grey Magazine" (the idea to base its format on a facsimile of a Seven's handbook was also John's). In the event, things turned have turned far better than expected and now, with the wonderful archive of literature and other items safely managed and stored, the comprehensive database of cars, etc. things are on a very firm footing indeed.
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