29-01-2022, 11:56 AM
Austin Seven specials I'd say could be the most interesting of all sevens.A good special doesn't have to conform to any originality issues and is a product of its designer/builders mind and hands,quirks and all.
Build quality and design possibly another matter,Some being brilliant as one on A7 specials now with a twin cam head and supercharged for instance,to good/ok down to really bad I'd say.
Inspiration must have come for many from P J Stephens ,Building and racing a 750 and John Haynes building an Austin Seven Special.
I found the P J Stephens book in the library at tech college and couldn't stop reading his story,building a race car for the 1953 750 mc series of races. Both of the writers becoming publishers in their own right of course.
Personally trying to keep the idea of building a model A Ford engined A7 based special out of my mind as a next project!
Build quality and design possibly another matter,Some being brilliant as one on A7 specials now with a twin cam head and supercharged for instance,to good/ok down to really bad I'd say.
Inspiration must have come for many from P J Stephens ,Building and racing a 750 and John Haynes building an Austin Seven Special.
I found the P J Stephens book in the library at tech college and couldn't stop reading his story,building a race car for the 1953 750 mc series of races. Both of the writers becoming publishers in their own right of course.
Personally trying to keep the idea of building a model A Ford engined A7 based special out of my mind as a next project!