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Re: 7 van

hi jon,

not saying its not a heath, but the number of times i here people say a car has a heath body on it?

heath must have made more austin 7 bodys than austin did.

he couldnt have made that many, im still after a scoop scuttle body. but the are no heath ones about. there should be 100s

tony.

Location: huncote

Re: 7 van

I'm sure this is not a John Heath body - it looks wrong in so much of the detail and his were always consistent and accurate.

Add to that the dreadfully unsympathetic paint job and the incorrect seats and amateurish looking door trim, and it wouldn't come very high on my wish list.

Re: 7 van

hedd jones
//. Were the vans built in house? Or by an external coachbuilder?. So where would you expect the chassis number to be?


Austin did not start building vans 'in house' until mid-1930; in all probability a 1928 C-cab van would have been built by Startin. Local coachbuilders would also have been used to build vans, but these are more likely to have been to an individual bespoke design to suit the end-user.

Coil ignition and shallow steering wheel would be ok for a late 1928 car, but not with the small radiator.

Re: 7 van

Mike Costigan
hedd jones
//. Were the vans built in house? Or by an external coachbuilder?. So where would you expect the chassis number to be?


Austin did not start building vans 'in house' until mid-1930; in all probability a 1928 C-cab van would have been built by Startin. Local coachbuilders would also have been used to build vans, but these are more likely to have been to an individual bespoke design to suit the end-user.

Coil ignition and shallow steering wheel would be ok for a late 1928 car, but not with the small radiator.


At the same time the headlamps would have moved from the scuttle to the wings - everything about this van suggests a cobbled together bitsa of dubious parentage.

Re: 7 van

Whatever it's fate - I hope the first thing done to it is change that ghastly colour scheme! Cheers, Bill

Location: Euroa, Australia.

Re: 7 van




Coil ignition and shallow steering wheel would be ok for a late 1928 car, but not with the small radiator.[/quote]

I completely agree with Mike, that variation never came out of Longbridge but other variants did during 'cross over' periods.

From chassis no 65442 the shallow wheel was introduced but the mag engine and small radiator remained.

From chassis no 67024 the raised nickel plated radiator was introduced but the mag engine was still there.

The transition was complete by chassis no 69104 when the coil engine was introduced