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1926 A7 club
Andy Bennett Offline
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#1
14-07-2023, 08:39 AM
Was there really an Austin 7 car club by 1926? It does look old but...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354907623680?...R-KVl7WqYg
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Mike Costigan Offline
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#2
14-07-2023, 09:23 AM
Yes, there was indeed an Austin Seven club formed in 1926. The topic was covered in a previous thread, although I am unable to find it. David Howe supplied a picture of an early gathering together with an example of the badge:


.jpg   1926 Austin Seven Car Club.jpg (Size: 293.78 KB / Downloads: 256)


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Andy Bennett Offline
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#3
14-07-2023, 09:29 AM
Ah thanks then it is indeed real and correct looking at the picture in the advert.
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#4
14-07-2023, 10:03 AM
Here's the earlier thread:

https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/for...p?tid=8735
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#5
14-07-2023, 11:05 AM
I have never seen an original, but the ebay one looks like a rather poor quality recast to me.
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#6
14-07-2023, 11:32 AM
I don't think it's a poor quality re-cast - it looks like it's stamped (the reverse looks concave) so almost certainly original, just in very poor condition.
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Andy Bennett Offline
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#7
14-07-2023, 01:03 PM
I agree it looks original but like it has been on the front of a car which followed a gritting lorry for most of its life and was then poorly repaired and bead blasted to clean it up. Having said that I guess by definition there can't have been that many made.
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