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Spero's Special
Tony Press Offline
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09-07-2024, 11:57 PM (This post was last modified: 10-07-2024, 12:00 AM by Tony Press.)
A nice tribute to this pre war Austin 7 special
 
Spero's streamlined special: a look at the lost White Bird Austin - PreWarCar

   
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10-07-2024, 08:24 AM
As with lots of things on PWC it's not very well researched or written.

Would love to see someone do a recreation of it though.
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10-07-2024, 09:15 AM
Not the most handsome of A7s. It would look better if the front was at the back. Nice to see a re creation though!
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10-07-2024, 11:02 PM
(10-07-2024, 08:24 AM)austin Wrote: As with lots of things on PWC it's not very well researched or written.

Would love to see someone do a recreation of it though.

Bit harsh.

Perhaps someone should write a better story ?

Tony.
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11-07-2024, 07:51 AM
Hi All

It would make a good article in the Grey Mag if anyone can rise to the bait?

Particularly as contributions for 2024D (copy deadline 27th August) are currently a bit thin.

Cheers

Howard
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11-07-2024, 09:09 AM
(10-07-2024, 11:02 PM)Tony Press Wrote:
(10-07-2024, 08:24 AM)austin Wrote: As with lots of things on PWC it's not very well researched or written.

Would love to see someone do a recreation of it though.

Bit harsh.

Perhaps someone should write a better story ?

Tony.

Possibly, but there are a fair few articles that I have commented on correcting some basic facts.

Sadly I don't have the time to write a better story at the moment, but still maintaining my website.
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11-07-2024, 08:33 PM
I rather like the somewhat basic line of that machine but wonder how it would fare in a wind tunnel...
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11-07-2024, 09:00 PM
Agree Duncan, they still had a fair bit to learn about aerodynamic drag back then.
Love the body though - I can only guess it must have had a very loud exhaust to carry off that 'LSR' look.
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