31-07-2018, 04:54 PM
(31-07-2018, 04:35 PM)Mr Pharmacist Wrote: Edit: This is my first post - hi everyone! I'm currently looking to buy an Austin 7.
After seeing this ad and realising that the car was pretty local to me I went to view it last night.
From my poitn of view, and not knowing a huge amount about these cars its was 'ok'. It looked good - body work looked well done from my brief look in a dimly lit garage - he said it belonged to Fuzz Townsend until a couple of years ago. He bought it off Fuzz a couple of years ago and added the boat tail himself. The engine runs, but it sounded rather rough. I wasn't able to drive it as it was getting dark (he has land where it could have been driven) so no idea if the drive train / brakes were in working condition. There were several leaks under the car - differential, engine and some other place that i'm not too sure where it was coming from.
The 2 biggest issues to me are the price - it needs a fair amount doing to it i'd say, and £8k starting price on ebay seems way too much to me, and more importantly the fact that it has shortened chassis and no V5. I posted a question on the A7 facebook page last night about registering an shoterend A7 without a V5 and there has been some debate about that subject!
Heavily modified and no V5 is something to be absolutely avoided, especially at the asking price. If it was straightforward to register it, then the seller should have done so.
For £8,000 you should be able to find something that's on the road and with its paperwork in order.