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JFaulknerUlsterRep Offline
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08-08-2022, 08:08 PM (This post was last modified: 08-08-2022, 08:45 PM by JFaulknerUlsterRep.)
If you want someone to go along and have a look at the car then I’m only about 5 miles away from where it is. It’s been for sale for a few months now. For the same sort of money this looks a better example https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1481937
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09-08-2022, 08:23 AM
If the engine and box really has been rebuilt, then this might be a good honest car if the problems are still visible rather than pugged over...? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265818285102
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Ivor Hawkins Online
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Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
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09-08-2022, 08:42 AM
Yes, I forgot to mention the door drop, that is always worth checking out because sometimes it can be a sod to fix.

The black 34 looks pretty good and the red one on eBay has the look of a car that has been in continuous use for a long time.
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Car type: '28 GE Cup. '28 AD Chummy '30 RL Saloon. '34 RP Saloon. Too Many toys!
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09-08-2022, 10:09 AM
Given that Austin 7s were cheap cars, I'm not that convinced that panel lines and gaps were concourse standard when new. 

About 99.5% of box saloons extant show some what is termed 'door droop'. Most of them are structurally sound.
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Car type: 1933 RP Standard Saloon
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09-08-2022, 10:23 AM
+1 to that. Mine has the horizontally challenged door problem but it's as solid as a rock. I just call it "patina".
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David Stepney Offline
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Car type: 1933 RP Standard Saloon
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09-08-2022, 07:59 PM
Mine is the same, but the doors still open and shut nicely.
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10-08-2022, 12:28 PM
Just to finish this off:   thank you for the comments, and particulary the offer to go and see it.

Neighbour has bought the car - he used to own a special in his youth and wants to try an Austin once more.

I look forward to seing it, once I'm back from my boating holiday.
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Car type: 1934 RP Saloon
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10-08-2022, 12:54 PM
Am I seeing things, or are those sliding windows on the black ‘34 RP?
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Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
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10-08-2022, 02:00 PM
Well spotted Dugi, unique in an RP, I would say!
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