What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Ruairidh Dunford]

She is 13 and yes, I am very much enjoying it whilst it lasts!

[andrew34ruby]

And to complete the story (partially) could we have  pics of an Austin A 30 and an Austin Countryman (mmmm...Pininfarina ) and an Austin Mini please?

Here they are...

   

[circeonya@hotmail.com]

A bit off topic but I purchased an A60 Canbridge Countryman brand new in December 1960. In OZ they came with a 1620cc engine screaming it's head off at 4000Rpm for 60Mph. The bottom end got rattly at 60,000 miles and I replaced the big end shells, no mean feat with the cross member in the way. Eventually BMC cast a six cylinder version at 2480cc and three speed box. That is the engine that should have gone in the MGC but Issignosis knocked it back. I suspect it only had five main bearings because they made a rumbling noise from brand new. The word was the main bearing shells were sized wrongly. I got one at about 20,000miles, it rumbled when I got it and was no different at about 90,000 mile when I sold it.

[Charles P]

Loving the Cup R, make the most of the kids coming with you,  my 14 year old now ducks below the window level or prefers to walk !!

My father in law enjoyed the "rebound phase" a decade or more later when school friends asked about using one for their wedding!

C

[Tony Griffiths]

Took the Ruby - plus grandchildren onboard - for a short country run to our local pub for a birthday lunch.

[Cliff Ringrose]

My father in law enjoyed the "rebound phase" a decade or more later when school friends asked about using one for their wedding!

Mark Twain once remarked that when he was fourteen he realised that his father was so ignorant of the ways of the world it was an embarrassment to be out with him. When he was twenty-one he was amazed at how much the old chap had learnt in seven years!

[Chris KC]

Back up from Devon yesterday. I woke to the sound of rain falling at 4am, but by 06.30 the sky was clear and we spent most of the morning driving in glorious winter sunshine. Rain looked imminent past Avebury but within 30 mins the sun was out again and the gold and bronze and copper-colours of the hedgerows as the day wore on were truly astounding. Chased the dusk back into Bedford, with lights on for the last few miles. Hit 52mph on the by-pass! 9 hours solid but a good day's run.

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[Reckless Rat]

Over the past few days I have been plasterboarding the ceiling in the back half of my garage, mainly to keep the dust and debris out that gets blown onto the roof from a large oak tree outside, but also to contain the exploits of a squirrel that had made a nest on the mezzanine. It's only when you tackle a job like this that you realise you're not 30 any more...

[Tony Press]

Over the past few days I have been plasterboarding the ceiling in the back half of my garage, mainly to keep the dust and debris out that gets blown onto the roof from a large oak tree outside, but also to contain the exploits of a squirrel that had made a nest on the mezzanine. It's only when you tackle a job like this that you realise you're not 30 any more...

Goodness- - 30 - that was over half a century ago 

[Bob Culver]

hi Chris KC
Very much enjoy photos of the UK countryside. When relatives toured here  I lectured them on the hazards of roads to coastal settlements with impatient local users, although roads two way and sealed. Visitors assured me that as they were from coastal Devon so would not be a problem. When in Devon 10 years ago I saw what they meant. I was intrigued to travel roads like photo. Now very rare here, even to end of road farms provision always made for regular large trucks. 
I have read that the English lanes are so often sunken due the winter mud blowing away as dust in summer over centuries. And disturbing that the benign looking hedges often contain a stone wall...
Such roads place Sevens in context and they do not then seem as absurd, as modern souls regard them.