14-04-2022, 05:47 PM
My grandfather had 2, very good cars, robust, but no character.
I think part of it also is that they were not made in the 'vintage' period, so '8' specials are are also not a 'thing'.
To be fair all 30's saloons suffer from popularity, father had a 1931 Singer 10 - sidevalve job. Kept it until the mid 80's. The singer club has a picture of one claiming it to be the only survivor, but it isnt the one dad had, so there must be 2!. And of course the 30's painted rad Sevens, i.e the Ruby etc are considered generally the least desirable model.
The purely mechanical nature of a 7 in terms of its brakes that mean generally that you cant kill them, they may end up rubbish, but they still work. Once the rubbers had gone off in your morris by the mid 1960's it was a small fortune in wheel cylinders and master cylinder for what amounts to a worthless car and so they were parked, and like all pre war cars rusted in abundance. This is also true of many of the other 30's cars also with hydraulic brakes etc.
The 3 speed box on the Pre Series, Series I and II also was quite dated. Just like a cheap Ford Pop
I think part of it also is that they were not made in the 'vintage' period, so '8' specials are are also not a 'thing'.
To be fair all 30's saloons suffer from popularity, father had a 1931 Singer 10 - sidevalve job. Kept it until the mid 80's. The singer club has a picture of one claiming it to be the only survivor, but it isnt the one dad had, so there must be 2!. And of course the 30's painted rad Sevens, i.e the Ruby etc are considered generally the least desirable model.
The purely mechanical nature of a 7 in terms of its brakes that mean generally that you cant kill them, they may end up rubbish, but they still work. Once the rubbers had gone off in your morris by the mid 1960's it was a small fortune in wheel cylinders and master cylinder for what amounts to a worthless car and so they were parked, and like all pre war cars rusted in abundance. This is also true of many of the other 30's cars also with hydraulic brakes etc.
The 3 speed box on the Pre Series, Series I and II also was quite dated. Just like a cheap Ford Pop