31-05-2020, 11:49 AM
Hi Parazine.
That's exactly what I thought. We had a Big Seven from early '38 fitted with an all-steel panel and I'd been under the impression that that was universal (with very late Rubies adopting the same panel towards the end of production). This thread appears to contradict that.
To confuse matters further, I was contacted last week by someone who has an all-steel panel on a Mark 1 Ruby.
Oh, the joys of trying to make sense of Austin Seven authenticity!
That's exactly what I thought. We had a Big Seven from early '38 fitted with an all-steel panel and I'd been under the impression that that was universal (with very late Rubies adopting the same panel towards the end of production). This thread appears to contradict that.
To confuse matters further, I was contacted last week by someone who has an all-steel panel on a Mark 1 Ruby.
Oh, the joys of trying to make sense of Austin Seven authenticity!