Free downloads of high-quality Austin 7 images

[Mike Costigan]

I believe The Light Car & Cyclecar magazine was first published around 1910 and continued into the immediate post-WW2 period, by which time 'Cyclecar' had been dropped from the name. I have seen copies dating from around 1948/49 but I suspect it either folded or was incorporated into another title soon after.

[Steve Jones]

I think it carried on until the early/mid 1950's. The VSCC library has a very comprehensive run and I can ask next week for dates of the earliest and latest editions.

Steve

[Hugh Barnes]

Looking at the University Library catalogue, it finished publication with volume 72 in 1956...

[Tony Griffiths]

Thank you, Frank, for your kind remarks. I've now increased the page count to 17 - and when I catch up with other stuff that I've neglected - I add more.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/Austin7

[Howard Wright]

Hi All

Firstly congratulations to Tony for some excellent work in finding and regrading these images. Tony has provided me with many images that will, no doubt, appear in future Grey Mag issues.

Secondly the history of “The Light Car and Cyclecar” is fascinating especially with Austin Sevens featuring so strongly.

May I suggest this would make an excellent topic for an article in the Grey Mag!  Anyone up for the challenge?

Cheers

Howard

[Frank Stoll]

Hello,
thank you Steve for having a closer look at the archive. Since I have been a proud owner of my Austin Seven I have always looked for The Light Car magazine and was surprised to see how many times the car was presented on its front page. When I was young I always thought that this could hardly be a coincidence and suspected the magazine to be some sort of "Austin propaganda" device. 
Therefore I would really like to learn more about the way the Austin Motor Company used the media (in this case The Light Car) to promote its cars and whether the magazine was willing to prefer those companies that paid the most.
So Howard's idea to work on an article in the "grey mag" is brilliant... I would immediately contribute to that... but from Germany this won't be possible.
Kind regards
Frank

[Steve Jones]

Appologies for not answering earlier, Frank, but I didn't get to the VSCC Library until this morning. The first edition of 'The Light Car and Cyclecar' was in November 1912, the last in December 1956. The VSCC hold all but a full run with just a handful missing. Some of the early editions were printed on very poor quality paper such that they are very delicate and cannot be bound and these are held loose in box files. The majority are in binders, though, and available for research.

Steve

[Frank Stoll]

Hello Steve,
I wish I had the opportunity to browse the archives as well... I love that sort of work. Thank you very much for your efforts. Are these items (especially the very old pieces) about to be digitalized? I have some very old copies of some political adverts and party manifestos of the 1918-1923 era and touching them means destruction... I hope that won't happen to those items as well.
Kind regards
Frank

[Tony Griffiths]

Update:
As the number of pages has now expanded to 20 they are on two separate sections of the site and require a different URL to download images:
http://lathes.co.uk/Austin7 and http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin7-2 with both linked by hyperlinks at the top and bottom of each page
To download the full-resolution versions:
On pages 1 to 8 put, for example, http://lathes.co.uk/Austin7/img5.jpg and hit return
The final digit shown (in this case 5) runs up to http://lathes.co.uk/Austin7/img103.jpg
On pages 9 and onwards put, for example,  http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin7-2/img6.jpg These images run up to img205.jpg
You have to copy the entry exactly - and your computer should then download the image and allow you to save it.
If in trouble, ask your 10-year-old grandchild to help.
I'll add more as time permits.
Or, more simply, to see all the pictures visit: http://lathes.co.uk/Austin7 and follow the hyperlinks at the top of each page.