Thanks R. I meant to apologise for the poor photo of the RACV unit. Didn't have a separate shot to send quickly, so photo-copied a colour photo in it's frame through the glass ! Not exactly a success. Cheers, Bill

Location: Euroa, Australia

Ivan writes:

Hello Ruairidh,
I have a poster from the A7 Anniversary Rally in Melbourne. It shows the Ruby-style coupe shown in your post of Bill Sheehan's photos. I photographed it as it is too big to scan. Perhaps you would be kind enough to post it for me. I think the coupe must be the same car as that shown in the last of Bill's photos. The poster was given to me back about 1978 by Ken Anderson when I visited him in Melbourne, and I liked it well enough to frame it.
Thanks,
Ivan

Ivan - I'm afraid the Coupe body is different from the RACV type (which was also made for State Electricity commsn. Meter readers). The coupes (and we have several in our Club) have a nicely-shaped boot which doesn't extend back as far as the commercial ones. If of interest, the photo for the poster was taken to advertise our National Austin Seven Rally. The photographer arranged a picnic scene in a park. The coupe owner was Roy Ducat (since deceased) and the '25 Chummy was mine (note the number plate, and that's me!) and our respective wives were arranged around a barbecue, but the photo man decided to eliminate them, and left in Roy's dog, much to their disgust! (Would cause a furore these days?). He then bled out many of the "dots" in the photo to result in a sketch-type illustration. The coupe I think is now in Queensland and the Chummy is in West Australia. These Sevens get around! Cheers, Bill

Location: Euroa, Australia