06-11-2017, 10:50 AM
Jean,
We went with a group of five Liege to Spain and drove through the Picos Europa and the French Pyrenees. We travelled on several unmetalled roads that any Austin 7 would cope with but didn’t venture into the ‘rough stuff’ so I don’t know what the lesser tracks are like.
I don’t know which Austin 7 you should go for as I don’t have any experience of what makes a good Austin 7 trials car, others on this forum will be able to advise you better than I can. My only observations and thoughts however from watching them is that those with a projecting tail, like the Ulster, can get into trouble as they are vulnerable to grounding as are the long wheel based cars with their rear petrol tanks.
Perhaps I should point out that ‘Classic Trials’ as well as the 8 car classes have classes for motorcycles so why not persuade your local club to include a class for Austin 7s. You may attract some of us lot to come over there and join in the fun!
Cheers,
Roger
We went with a group of five Liege to Spain and drove through the Picos Europa and the French Pyrenees. We travelled on several unmetalled roads that any Austin 7 would cope with but didn’t venture into the ‘rough stuff’ so I don’t know what the lesser tracks are like.
I don’t know which Austin 7 you should go for as I don’t have any experience of what makes a good Austin 7 trials car, others on this forum will be able to advise you better than I can. My only observations and thoughts however from watching them is that those with a projecting tail, like the Ulster, can get into trouble as they are vulnerable to grounding as are the long wheel based cars with their rear petrol tanks.
Perhaps I should point out that ‘Classic Trials’ as well as the 8 car classes have classes for motorcycles so why not persuade your local club to include a class for Austin 7s. You may attract some of us lot to come over there and join in the fun!
Cheers,
Roger