28-12-2023, 06:43 PM
20+ years ago, when I bought my Ruby, I quickly was made aware that some people did not consider it to be a 'proper' Austin Seven. Frankly, my dears, I didn't give a damn...
Fast forward to today, literally. I have been helping a pal with his recently acquired Big Seven, and, having spent quite a bit of the morning examining its nether regions, I am in no doubt it completely deserves to be included in any record of the pre-war Austin Seven.
There are many on this forum that have far more experience of Sevens than me so I am very willing to receive wisdom and criticism if I say that the Ruby (of course!) and the Big Seven are undoubtedly proper Sevens - and a postwar 'Seven' isn't. [Dons tin hat and ducks below parapet]
Fast forward to today, literally. I have been helping a pal with his recently acquired Big Seven, and, having spent quite a bit of the morning examining its nether regions, I am in no doubt it completely deserves to be included in any record of the pre-war Austin Seven.
There are many on this forum that have far more experience of Sevens than me so I am very willing to receive wisdom and criticism if I say that the Ruby (of course!) and the Big Seven are undoubtedly proper Sevens - and a postwar 'Seven' isn't. [Dons tin hat and ducks below parapet]