10-11-2023, 11:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2023, 12:17 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
If you download the "Chassis Number" list (it contains many engine numbers as well) you'll see that several cars registered in the first part of 1929 have engine numbers in the 75,000 range. Of course, there is no guarantee that these are original to the car but the closeness of the numbers to the time does suggest that they might well be.
https://a7ca.org/chassis-register/ scroll down to "By Chassis Number" and you can download and search a PDF. All I did was mark one column and look for "69".
Here are a few examples that show you car has a later engine (or at least the crankcase). 1928 registered cars seem to have numbers in the range 60,000 to 70,000. Perhaps somebody with a known original can confirm?
David, if you are new to the Seven, here is some background that I hope you'll find useful:
There are so many Austin 7 clubs that, in 1969, an association of them was formed - and this is now the go-to place that hosts a mass of important data: https://a7ca.org/ It's a very large site with lists of clubs, a superb archive of historical data, reproduction handbooks, chassis and car registers, A7 history, A7 model identification, events, etc.
Find a club near to you and explore the A7CA website: https://a7ca.org
The Pre-War A7 club has a very useful Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pwa7c .... with other enthusiasts forming groups for specific models or regional interests.
To read the fascinating background to the car - with reproductions of the notebook by the Stanley Edge the design draftsman see: https://a7ca.org/austin-seven/the-people/
To see if your car is listed (or to add it - that would be very useful) the A7CA provides a list of known vehicles: https://a7ca.org/chassis-register/ It includes versions by English Austin, American Austin and Bantam, German Dixi and BMW and French Rosengart. You can search by chassis, car and registration number and model type.
Handbooks and Parts List can be downloaded as PDFs: https://archive.a7ca.org/collections/han...rts-lists/
Sales brochures can be found here: https://archive.a7ca.org/collections/show-brochures/
For new Austin 7 parts use these links:
Explore the A7CA website: https://a7ca.org
https://www.theaustinsevenworkshop.com/
http://austinrepro.com/ This engineer offers standard and also beautifully made difficult-to-find reproductions of headlamps, speedometers, rev counters and items for the Swallow, Nippy, Ulster, etc:
For both new and used parts try: http://www.7ca.co.uk/ and http://www.southernsevens.co.uk
Another link with details of restorers, gearbox, suspension and bodywork experts, etc: https://oldcarservices.co.uk/austin-seven-specialists/
Austin 7 books can be bought from: http://www.pwa7c.co.uk/bookshop.php
For engine, other mechanical work and restorations one highly recommended business is: http://www.albaaustins.co.uk
For 20+ pages of digitally restored, interesting and high-resolution Austin illustrations (that you can download and print out) see http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin7
Fitting indicators? A guide is available here: http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin-7-indicators
https://a7ca.org/chassis-register/ scroll down to "By Chassis Number" and you can download and search a PDF. All I did was mark one column and look for "69".
Here are a few examples that show you car has a later engine (or at least the crankcase). 1928 registered cars seem to have numbers in the range 60,000 to 70,000. Perhaps somebody with a known original can confirm?
David, if you are new to the Seven, here is some background that I hope you'll find useful:
There are so many Austin 7 clubs that, in 1969, an association of them was formed - and this is now the go-to place that hosts a mass of important data: https://a7ca.org/ It's a very large site with lists of clubs, a superb archive of historical data, reproduction handbooks, chassis and car registers, A7 history, A7 model identification, events, etc.
Find a club near to you and explore the A7CA website: https://a7ca.org
The Pre-War A7 club has a very useful Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pwa7c .... with other enthusiasts forming groups for specific models or regional interests.
To read the fascinating background to the car - with reproductions of the notebook by the Stanley Edge the design draftsman see: https://a7ca.org/austin-seven/the-people/
To see if your car is listed (or to add it - that would be very useful) the A7CA provides a list of known vehicles: https://a7ca.org/chassis-register/ It includes versions by English Austin, American Austin and Bantam, German Dixi and BMW and French Rosengart. You can search by chassis, car and registration number and model type.
Handbooks and Parts List can be downloaded as PDFs: https://archive.a7ca.org/collections/han...rts-lists/
Sales brochures can be found here: https://archive.a7ca.org/collections/show-brochures/
For new Austin 7 parts use these links:
Explore the A7CA website: https://a7ca.org
https://www.theaustinsevenworkshop.com/
http://austinrepro.com/ This engineer offers standard and also beautifully made difficult-to-find reproductions of headlamps, speedometers, rev counters and items for the Swallow, Nippy, Ulster, etc:
For both new and used parts try: http://www.7ca.co.uk/ and http://www.southernsevens.co.uk
Another link with details of restorers, gearbox, suspension and bodywork experts, etc: https://oldcarservices.co.uk/austin-seven-specialists/
Austin 7 books can be bought from: http://www.pwa7c.co.uk/bookshop.php
For engine, other mechanical work and restorations one highly recommended business is: http://www.albaaustins.co.uk
For 20+ pages of digitally restored, interesting and high-resolution Austin illustrations (that you can download and print out) see http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin7
Fitting indicators? A guide is available here: http://www.lathes.co.uk/austin-7-indicators