01-10-2020, 06:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2020, 07:06 PM by Bob Culver.)
Most notable of all is the available parking, free and probably with no time limit!. The disappearance of it even here in my time has been tremendous. When briefly in UK ten years ago I actually found a single vacant free parking space in one small town and have a photo as a momemto.
As for the original Ford Y and Rubys, the Y was larger, more powerful, brakes and road holding poor but no worse, and significantly cheaper. The wonder is that so many Austin Sevens sold, but Ford was seen as American and was still living down the Model T stigma. presumably the 7Y was improved as the later 10s. The late Rubies had a reputaion for crank failure when it was still rare for the 2 brg.
What is the car behind the Seven? Is it an Austin 8? Looks post war.
As for the original Ford Y and Rubys, the Y was larger, more powerful, brakes and road holding poor but no worse, and significantly cheaper. The wonder is that so many Austin Sevens sold, but Ford was seen as American and was still living down the Model T stigma. presumably the 7Y was improved as the later 10s. The late Rubies had a reputaion for crank failure when it was still rare for the 2 brg.
What is the car behind the Seven? Is it an Austin 8? Looks post war.