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I've found these two for sale on the net in Australia. The blue car looks very similar to Malcolm's, the red one less so - it appears to have detail differences to the screen pillars and top door hinge and the door cutaways don't seem as great as Malcolm's car. His car also has the four blade fan - see photo below.
Malcolm's engine detail:
Jeff.
Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England
Here's an event you should be aiming to take part in with your Seven in 2019 Malcolm !
Jeff.
Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England
This car is featured on the gallery page of the 'Austin Motor Vehicle Club of New South Wales' - looks similar in many ways to Malcolm's car. This one appears to have a similar rear bumper - assuming those bumpers are original fitment.
Jeff.
Location: Almost but not quite, the far North East of England
Bill Sheehan writes:
Hi R - I'd be very grateful if you could put the following up on the Forum under 1936 Austin 7 tourer, please. Cheers, Bill
From Bill Sheehan
Not sure that a lot of the following comments will help Mal much, but here goes. It always amuses me how many owners in Oz claim their Seven to be built by Holden, because not necessarily so. Different dealers in each State had bodies built locally. The fact that Holdens were in more than one State adds to the possible myth. Tony is correct re the Lion's head badge for Holden, but I'm not sure this lasted much into the Thirties. Many Holden-builts did have a small aluminium or zinc plate affixed under the rear seat timber (if it had a rear seat!. I'll have to chide Tony about his memory - Mal's car is nothing like mine was. It was a Sports Roadster (b&w photo) and I got it from the original owner who bought it new to go on his honeymoon in 1937. The w/screen folded down and the scuttle was extended back with one eyebrow well over the dashboard. The hood not only folded back, but scissored inwards to repose inside the body - very tidy. The Blue car is a later Tourer version with modified wings and twin eyebrows over the dashboard. The Red beauty, a later version again, is probably the sleekest version made. Note the more-modified wings (this one has MG TC-type park-lights merged into the wing tops) and the twin eyebrows as well as the different bonnet-side vents. Very desirable. The owner insists the body was built in England, but I strongly doubt this. When the Ruby-type cars were allotted Car numbers in Longbridge they chose ARQ and ARR, but called the Australian-built cars AS. (They also allotted a prefix for the chassis exported, but I'm not at home to look it up). All three of the above had AS Car plates. The scuttles came to Oz on floorpans, with a box of wings, lights and other bits. Two types arrived here, some with the Longbridge-type windscreen pillars set into the holes in the tops of the scuttles, others plain so the pillars (I think locally made) could be bolted to the scuttle-sides a la earlier Sevens. This means the windscreens were probably locally-made as well. I also believe some came out without the the scuttle vents. Mal - re the Katherine man - I'm about to post him exact measurements of every part of the floor and how to make them to help him, so anything I can do to help you, just ask. Cheers, Bill
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This is from an Australian Big Seven brochure, but it would suggest that your car is a Tourer rather than a Roadster (note the greater slope of the tail on the Roadster, which presumably reduces the seating to a 2+2):
The brochure makes no mention of the coachbuilder.
