22-06-2021, 06:15 PM
Good afternoon one and all.
It is really great to see this Arrow Competition 65 back in the responsible ownership of someone who will care for it and bring it back to the condition it was in.
I have known about this particular Arrow since May 2011. It was originally registered in Croydon in 1934, but the records are, as far as I know "presumed destroyed". The running chassis was built in the Austin factory in January 1934, according to Bryan Purves's A7 Source Book. The car was exported to Italy in 1974.
Thank you Mike, Mark, Dickie and Martin for your appreciative comments about the Austin 7 Arrow Competition design - which I of course do agree with!! If I can ever be of help with any thing to do with Compton's Arrows, then please drop me an email. There are 6 Austin 7 Arrow Foursomes entered for this year's Beaulieu A7 Rally - sadly no Competitions as far as I know!
Cheers
Jim
It is really great to see this Arrow Competition 65 back in the responsible ownership of someone who will care for it and bring it back to the condition it was in.
I have known about this particular Arrow since May 2011. It was originally registered in Croydon in 1934, but the records are, as far as I know "presumed destroyed". The running chassis was built in the Austin factory in January 1934, according to Bryan Purves's A7 Source Book. The car was exported to Italy in 1974.
Thank you Mike, Mark, Dickie and Martin for your appreciative comments about the Austin 7 Arrow Competition design - which I of course do agree with!! If I can ever be of help with any thing to do with Compton's Arrows, then please drop me an email. There are 6 Austin 7 Arrow Foursomes entered for this year's Beaulieu A7 Rally - sadly no Competitions as far as I know!
Cheers
Jim